Category: Examiner News

  • Drug Alliance gets the financial support needed to continue serving community

    New programming this year to include basketball tourney and dunk contest on July 23 BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Despite a funding scare, the Upper Freehold-AllentownAlliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, commonly known as the Drug Alliance, has successfully completed another year of serving the school system and community, according to coordinator Deborah Minnick. First…

  • N.J. Horse Council helps bolster equine enthusiasts’ various missions

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Horses in the care of Millstone’s Helping Hearts Equine Rescue await adoption. MILLSTONE — A local equine rescue organization has received a $1,000 grant from the New Jersey Horse Council (NJHC). The grant was awarded to Helping Hearts Equine Rescue (HHER) on June 8 during the NJHC annual open meeting at…

  • Bill eyes changes in govt. meeting procedures

    Proposed legislation targets items listed on agendas, texting, and taping sessions BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A state Senate bill that proposes to revise New Jersey’s Open Public Meetings Act is getting the attention of local officials. The bill, S-1351, is proposed by Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) and state Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Salem,…

  • Amendment provides $20M for veteran outreach efforts

    On June 2 the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bipartisan amendment authored by Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ) that would dedicate $20 million to veteran suicide prevention outreach efforts. “On an average day, America loses 18 of our veterans to suicide. These tragic deaths can be prevented, but only if…

  • N.J. celebrating Month of the Horse with a variety of equine activities

    The Month of the Horse in New Jersey is well under way, and New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher visited the Standardbred Retirement Foundation in Hamilton Township to highlight the many unique equine activities and facilities the state has to offer. “Horses are meaningful to our state in many ways,” Fisher said in…

  • Browsers and buyers welcome at book sale

    Turn off the electronic reader, pull the little ones away from their Nintendo Wii and return to a time when the only way to shop for books was to stroll through a book store, look at a book’s cover and feel the texture of the pages that held words of magic and mayhem, romance and…

  • Black bear spotted in Millstone Township

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer A black bear climbs a tree along Baird Road near Conover Road in Millstone on the afternoon of May 29. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROD STAHLEY Those taking a Sunday drive along Baird Road in Millstone over Memorial Day weekend likely expected to see horses and possibly some deer, but never…

  • Millstone proposes budget reliant on average tax increase of $55

    Public hearing on spending plan scheduled for July 6 BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent I f Millstone Township adopts its proposed budget for the next year, the average homeowner would pay a tax increase of $55. The owner of a house assessed at $510,750 would see the municipal portion of the tax bill rise 1 cent…

  • Baseball team rallies to help pitcher’s cousin fight leukemia

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD— TheNewJersey United Christian Academy baseball team wants Kevin Dunne to win. Dunne, 19, of Staten Island, N.Y., was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 11. The cancer went into remission when he was 15 years old. However, earlier this year Dunne had not been feeling well, and…