Category: Examiner News

  • ‘Grow Monmouth’ initiative attempts to help businesses

    The Monmouth County Department of Economic Development is gearing up to help Monmouth County businesses grow and create jobs. A new “Grow Monmouth” initiative will also actively work to attract news businesses to the county. “It’s no secret that what our economy needs right now is jobs,” said Freeholder ThomasA. Arnone, liaison to the Department…

  • Walk honors Joe Driscoll, passenger on Flight 93

    Community invited to attend 10th annual event to be held at Battlefield State Park BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent Patrick “Joe” Driscoll, who was a resident of Manalapan for more than 40 years, loved to walk. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was on a plane making his way to Yosemite Park to walk with a friend on…

  • Join the Moment of Remembrance

    A mericans are being encouraged to come together as a nation for the Moment of Remembrance at 1 p.m. EDT on Sept. 11, 2011. The event will memorialize the lives lost during the events of Sept. 11, 2001 with one minute of reflection marked by the ringing of bells, sounding of sirens and other actions…

  • Mayor urges all to report storm damage to help most vulnerable

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Mayor Stuart Fierstein wants to see those who need financial assistance with storm cleanup get their due . Fierstein issued a preliminary report on Sept. 2 regarding the damage hurricane Irene caused in the borough. In the report, he urges all residents and business owners with property damage…

  • Allentown residents rise above destruction caused by flood

    Owners of properties deemed temporarily uninhabitable hope to be home for the holidays BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Allentown resident Henry Wikoff walks through the hole on the side of his house where his driveway collapsed beneath the water that flooded his property during Hurricane Irene. For more photos, see www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff Floodwaters…

  • Just miles apart, business and home affected differently during storm

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — While Dr. Scott Palmer’s business on Millstone Road weathered the storm well, his home just miles down the road went for days without power. Palmer, who owns the New Jersey Equine Clinic (NJEC) on Millstone Road, said the clinic was well prepared for any veterinary medical emergency during Hurricane…

  • County library systemoffers free education courses

    Take classes for free with the Monmouth County Library System’s new Universal Class database. The Universal Class database offers hundreds of non-college credit continuing education courses in history, art, math, real estate, computer technology and many other subjects. Universal Class also offers courses for schooling in the home, training for a GED and starting a…

  • Flood may have washed away more businesses

    Remaining shops focused on preparing for Fall Festival BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Allentown residents discuss the destruction caused by the flooding of the millpond during Irene, while construction workers repair the mill’s attached auxiliary building and the collapsed driveway near the entrance to Heritage Park on Aug. 31. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Three…

  • Local horse farms prepared and weathered storm well

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent I rene not only took its toll on people, but on the horses and livestock in Millstone and Upper Freehold as well. Jacki Hundertpfund, owner of Golden Gait Farm in Millstone, said she felt like someone was watching over her farm during Irene. “We took every imaginable precaution … securing everything…