Category: Examiner News

  • Regionalization study nearing completion Work should be

    Regionalization study nearing completion Work should be finished by year’s end; resident survey coming soon By ruth calia stives Staff Writer According to Roosevelt Mayor Michael Hamil-ton, the work of the Regionalization Task Force, a subcommittee of the Western Monmouth Panhandle Alliance, should conclude by the end of the year. Mayor Hamilton chairs the subcommittee…

  • Harvest Fest

    Caitlin Loesch, 6, of New Egypt gets a kiss from a pony during Allentown’s Harvest Festival on Sunday. Visitors to the Allentown Harvest Festival admire one of the classic cars, a 1954 Mercury Sun Valley. Little Alexandra Pollera of Howell chooses a pumpkin.

  • Carriage driving enjoys a revival Enthusiasts say it’s family oriented, challenging and fun

    Correspondent By jane meggitt Carriage driving enjoys a revival Enthusiasts say it’s family oriented, challenging and fun VERONICA YANKOWSKI Liz Kwasnik and Astrid Fallon of Allentown show their horse during the Garden State Horse and Pleasure Show at the N.J. Horse Park in Upper Freehold on Sunday. UPPER FREEHOLD — At the turn of the…

  • Photo

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Casey McGuigan of Girl Scout Troop 756 and Emily Lynch-Fries of Troop 1837 prepare to sell pumpkins and corn to support their troops during Allentown’s Harvest Festival on Sunday. For more festival pictures, see page 27.

  • Election 2001 Dem challengers say fresh ideas needed Newcomers Smith and Soodul hoping for upset in Borough Council race

    Staff Writer By linda denicola Election 2001 Dem challengers say fresh ideas needed Newcomers Smith and Soodul hoping for upset in Borough Council race Stephanie Smith ALLENTOWN — For the first time in a number of years, voters will have a choice of candidates, two Republican incumbents and two Democratic newcomers, all running for two…

  • State police making the rounds of local towns

    Staff Writer By linda denicola ROOSEVELT — Sgt. 1st Class Ann Marie Grant, who is the new commander of the Hightstown State Police Barracks, and Detective Sgt. James South attended Roosevelt’s Borough Council meeting on Monday. Over the past months, Grant has been attending municipal meetings, introducing herself to various governing bodies and the residents…

  • Five area horses diagnosed with the West Nile virus

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Tears Old Glory, a quarterhorse recovering from West Nile virus, gets a loving hug from owner Barbara Isaac at her Riding High Farm, Upper Freehold. Three recover; two in Allentown had to be euthanized By jane meggitt Staff Writer As of last week, 12 horses in New Jersey had been diagnosed this year…

  • Council hears different sides of sidewalk issue Tripping hazards concern some Allentown walkers

    Staff Writer By linda denicola Council hears different sides of sidewalk issue Tripping hazards concern some Allentown walkers ALLENTOWN — No decision was made last week on the issue of whether or not to install sidewalks where none exist in the historic part of the borough. After listening to five or six residents express their…

  • Pfefferkorn would try to limit development Independent candidate opposes combining planning, zoning boards

    Staff Writer By linda denicola Pfefferkorn would try to limit development Independent candidate opposes combining planning, zoning boards John Pfefferkorn MILLSTONE — The independent candidate for the five-member Township Committee said he can be a voice of reason on a committee that he believes is pro-development. Although John Pfefferkorn’s name will appear on the ballot…