Category: Examiner News

  • Lot 37.01 owner gains support from neighbors

    Borough seeks to Lot 37.01 owner gains support from neighbors veronica yankowski Residents of Allentown are posting signs against eminent domain, such as the one above seen on Main Street, all around the borough in protest of the borough’s desire to take a private resident’s land in order to expand the municipal parking lot. Borough…

  • Investigation of 1916 shark attacks continues

    Staff Writer By josh davidson Investigation of 1916 shark attacks continues VERONICA YANKOWSKI John and Christine Nichols of Pennsylvania speak with National Geographic television producer Ashley Hoppin about the 1916 shark attack in Matawan Creek that killed Nichols’ great uncle, Stanley Fisher. MATAWAN — It has been decades, but researchers are still looking to solve…

  • Hadassah picnic

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI VERONICA YANKOWSKI Emily Barth, 6, enjoys a slice of watermelon after some time in the water during a Hadassah picnic at the Pine Valley Swim Club, Roosevelt, Saturday.

  • Residents say signs, not more parking necessary

    Capacity crowd angry at officials over possible taking of Lot 37.01 By alison granitoStaff Writer Capacity crowd angry at officials over possible taking of Lot 37.01 By alison granito Staff Writer ALLENTOWN â014 Every seat in the house was full at last week’s Borough Council meeting. With a capacity crowd inside, fire code regulations forced…

  • Planners want more tests on day-care center site

    Correspondent By jane meggitt Planners want more tests on day-care center site UPPER FREEHOLD — Additional tests are necessary before a day-care center on Yardville-Allentown Road can be approved by the Township Planning Board. The building that will house the proposed child-care facility was formerly an auto body shop, and Planning Board members had concerns…

  • Residents fear traffic implications of development

    Planning Board puts off vote, requests additional information UPPER FREEHOLD â014 Issues surrounding the reconstruction of Chambers Road, its rural nature, safety and speed limits dominated the discussion at last week’s Planning Board meeting. A hearing for a proposed development on Chambers Road lasted for more than three hours last week and is scheduled to…

  • Survivors share tales of hope at Relay for Life

    Correspondent By jane meggitt Survivors share tales of hope at Relay for Life FARRAH MAFFAI Diane Rickman Davis and Gen Sullivan, both of Millstone, walk the survivors’ lap at the Relay for Life held at New Egypt High School last week. The reaction to a cancer diagnosis is almost impossible to describe. Survivors at the…

  • Officials report on municipal water quality

    Millstone groundwater comes up clean during analysis By ruth calia stives Staff Writer Millstone groundwater comes up clean during analysis By ruth calia stives Staff Writer Monmouth County Board of Health Director Lester Jargowsky gave Millstone’s water quality high marks in his presentation to the Planning Board last week. He also applauded the recent hiring…

  • Millstone meets Manhattan HBO’s ‘Sex and the City’ coming to town to film at Jake’s Cree-Mee Freeze

    Staff Writer By Alison Granito Millstone meets Manhattan HBO’s ‘Sex and the City’ coming to town to film at Jake’s Cree-Mee Freeze JERRY WOLKOWITZ Jake’s Cree-Mee Freeze on Route 33 in Millstone was selected by HBO as a location for the season finale of its popular series Sex and the City. MILLSTONE — A local…