Category: Examiner News

  • Atlantic Highlands & Highlands offer all of the charms of seaside towns

    BY REBECCAMORTON Visitors don’t have to wait until summer to enjoy the many charms of Atlantic Highlands’ First Avenue. Nestled along the Sandy Hook Bay, Atlantic Highlands and Highlands are two small Jersey shore towns that have much to offer. Both towns are easily accessible along Route 36 and have access to the SeaStreak ferry,…

  • Jewish women in politics focus of talk

    Amy Handlin, Amy Mallet & Barbara McMorrow to sit on panel at museum BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Three well-known women who serve in public office will participate in “Jewish Women in Politics: A Panel Discussion” at the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County on March 27. The event is scheduled…

  • Monmouth freeholders introduce 2011 budget

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has introduced a $496 million preliminary budget for 2011, an increase of 0.53 percent over last year. The vote to introduce the budget was 4-1. Several department have not had an opportunity to present their budget proposals to the board and the freeholders expect more cuts will be made,…

  • Assemblywoman gains new appreciation for teachers

    Legislator and other community members invited to serve as teachers for a day in Millstone BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (12th District) served as teacher for a day at Millstone Township Middle School on March 8. JEFF GRANIT staff She has no problem commanding a courtroom or a government committee, but Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande…

  • State loan will help support goals of Riding High Farm

    ALLENTOWN — Riding High Farm has secured a state loan to support its programming for the disabled. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) granted the $290,000 loan through the state’s Small Business Fund. This assistance will allow the farm to improve its day program, which helps train people with special needs in equine care…

  • Community members ‘Walk ’n Roll’ for people with disabilities

    WEST WINDSOR — More than 200 people spent their afternoon taking steps to support community members with disabilities at the third Walk ’n Roll with Enable. The annual indoor walk was held Feb. 27 and raised over $10,000 for the nonprofit organization devoted to enabling individuals with disabilities to live full and independent lives in…

  • Redevelopment of Meadowlands Racetrack estimated to cost $70M

    The group seeking to redevelop the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford has released this artist’s rendering of the proposed grandstand. The project to build a new grandstand at the Meadowlands is likely to cost $70 million. Jeff Gural, who is leading the group putting together the package to lease and redevelop the Meadowlands Racetrack in…

  • GreaterMedia Newspapers garners NJPA awards

    Eric Sucar, “High Noon Sledding,” third place, Feature, Independent Greater Media Newspapers received a combined 11 awards from the New Jersey Press Association for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2010. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 10 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties. Former Greater…

  • County suspends SCAT employees who attended rally

    Three Monmouth County SCAT employees who claimed they were sick on Feb. 25 received suspensions on March 3 after county officials received proof of their attendance at a union rally. The three were among 14 bus drivers and three office workers who called out sick on Feb. 25, leaving 174 developmentally disabled adults waiting for…