Category: Examiner News

  • Audubon Society offers scholarships

    The Monmouth County Audubon Society has announced that the organization will sponsor up to $3,000 in scholarships for the fall 2011 semester. “Thanks to the generosity of one former member, our organization will be sponsoring this annual scholarship for the foreseeable future. We are very excited to be able to subsidize the education of future…

  • Firefighters put out basement blaze in Millstone Twp.

    MILLSTONE — Firefighters worked quickly to extinguish a fire in a Winding Creek Drive home on Saturday morning. The Millstone Township Fire Department dispatched to 4 Winding Creek Drive at 10:18 a.m. onApril 9 for a reported structure fire. Smoke detectors alerted the homeowner to the fire, and the homeowner was able to safely evacuate…

  • Volunteers collect 2,005 pounds of trash from Millstone waterways

    Millstone’s Dave Markunas and his son Jared found this sign buried along the Jackson Outlet Mall during the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association’s fifth annual stream cleanup on April 2. MILLSTONE — Twenty-three volunteers collected 55 bags of trash from multiple stream crossings throughout the township as part of the annual stream cleanup. The Stony Brook-Millstone…

  • County businesses offered money for re-employing workers

    Local businesses wishing to expand their workforce have a new financial incentive. The Monmouth County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) will reimburse up to 90 percent of wages to employers who re-employ and train a previously dislocated worker. The on-the-job training program, called Monmouth Works, is paid for through a state grant and is intended to…

  • Park system drop-in programs set for April

    From Earth Day celebrations to Fun with Frogs, the Monmouth County Park System is hopping with things to do this spring. Here is a list of upcoming park system activities planned for April:  Open Ceramics, April 17 from 12:30-4:30 p.m., Thompson Park Creative Arts Center, Newman Springs Road (Route 520), Lincroft. Attendees are invited…

  • Point Pleasant Beach: a shore town with much to offer

    Beachfront, boardwalk and a thriving downtown draw visitors year-round BY KENNYWALTER Point Plesant Beach Point Pleasant Beach is a shore town that prides itself on being about more than its expansive beachfront. In fact, the borough, known as Point Beach in Shore parlance, boasts numerous special events that draw people into town. The Festival of…

  • 4-H teens’ seedling sale starts

    I ndividuals who are thinking about planting trees in their landscape this spring will want to know that the Monmouth County 4-H Teen Council may have just the right species at the right price. Colorado Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, Douglas Fir and White Pines are the four varieties of evergreen seedlings available in bundles of…

  • Museum exhibit to explore lives of Monmouth’s Civil War veterans

    State supports project with $120,000 in grants The state has recognized the Monmouth County Historical Association’s continuing contributions to New Jersey history by awarding grants for a project that highlights the lives of county men who fought in the Civil War. The New Jersey Historical Commission awarded the association a general operating grant in the…

  • Task force will examine education regulations

    Gov. Chris Christie has signed Executive Order 58 creating the Education Transformation Task Force to conduct a top to bottom review of New Jersey’s education regulations. According to a press release posted on Christie’s Internet website, the goal of the task force will be to rethink the way the state delivers public education for nearly…