Category: Examiner News

  • Ronald McDonald House provides the comforts of home

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Ronald McDonald shares a smile and some fun with children at a Ronald McDonald House, which provides a “home away from home” for families facing a child’s medical challenges. PHOTO COURTESY OF RONALD McDONALD HOUSE The hardships of family life — whether great or small — are usually ironed out…

  • Family fun featured at Color-A-Thon

    The Millstone Township K-8 School District PTO and PTSA are joining forces to host the first Color-A-Thon on Oct. 18 at the Millstone Township Middle School, 5 Dawson Court. Registration and pre-race activities will begin at 8 a.m. The Color-A-Thon race is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. The fundraiser is an exciting bonding experience,…

  • How you can lower your risk of breast cancer

    Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 percent of women named breast cancer as the disease they fear most.The specter…

  • Educating young women about breast cancer

    At the age of 12 to 15, many young women are experiencing the body and life changes that accompany adolescence. It can be difficult to imagine that breasts that are just beginning to develop may contain cancer. But such is the reality for some girls. The majority of women who receive a breast cancer diagnosis…

  • Youngster puts time, effort to good cause

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Sophia Schindel MILLSTONE — At the age of 12, Sophia Schindel of Millstone Township has found a wonderful way to help children who have special needs. She is an ambassador for the 2015 American Girl Fashion Show to benefit Special Olympics New Jersey. The fashion show will be held on Oct.…

  • Allentown tailgate party opens up to community

    ALLENTOWN — The Allentown High School Student Council is throwing a party. School administrators have invited the community to join them for a tailgate celebration. This first-time event for the community will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at the high school parking lot, 27 High St. “We are trying to create school spirit…

  • Autumn activities abound to enjoy in the Garden State

    By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer Gary DiGregorio, owner of the Twin Pond Farm & Country Market in Howell, demonstrates pumpkin bowling. Using a small pumpkin as a ball and hay bales as gutters — he bowls a strike. Everyone gets a prize in this game, with four strikes earning the big prize. MATT DENTON Fall…

  • Officials told of options for treatment plant

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Allentown officials will submit a general request for financing through the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust after mulling over the future of Allentown’s waste water treatment plant. Roberts Engineering Group President Carmela Roberts outlined three possible outcomes for the borough’s “deteriorating and dated” sewage plant on Fowlers Bridge Road. “Some…

  • Chance to cover Pope was ‘pinnacle of career’

    By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer Howell native Gary Gellman of Gellman Images was in Philadelphia on Sept. 26 covering the arrival of Pope Francis at Philadelphia International Airport and captured the moment (above) when the Pope stopped his motorcade, exited his vehicle and blessed and kissed a 10-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy. PHOTO BY…