Category: Examiner News

  • Millstone Twp. commended for reinvigoration of historic interest

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Monmouth County Historical Commission (MCHC) and the Board of Chosen Freeholders have awarded a $5,275 restoration grant for the township-owned Clarksburg Methodist Episcopal Church on Stagecoach Road. The MCHC will present the grant to township officials during a Feb. 28 ceremony at the Hall of Records in Freehold.…

  • Two Millstone properties set for auction March 4

    Previews scheduled for noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 10 and Feb. 17 MILLSTONE — Two adjacent parcels totaling nearly 150 acres are set to go on the auction block in March by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co. will auction a 12.2-acre homestead and a 136.6-acre country estate,…

  • New legislation may bolster N.J. horse races with $30M

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent District 12 Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande said that two Atlantic City revitalization bills signed by Gov. Chris Christie contain significant victories for the horse-racing industry. The legislation appropriates up to $30 million in purse subsidies for races at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford and Monmouth…

  • Christie: Reforms painful for some, but necessary

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie addressed the concerns of residents point-blank on two critical issues — the public employee salary cap and education reform — while promoting his larger reform agenda at a town hall meeting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2179 in Middletown on Jan. 26. Sitting behind…

  • Towns try to cope with costs of snow cleanup

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The winter for the record books has been taking a toll on municipal budgets. At the Millstone Township Committee meeting on Feb. 2, the governing body passed resolutions allowing the purchase of up to $50,000 worth of liquid magnesium chloride and sodium chloride from the Monmouth County Cooperative Pricing System. The…

  • Concert to feature Cornerstone Music Studio teacher

    FREEHOLD —St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Throckmorton Street, will host another performance in its Downtown Concert Series on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. The theme of the concert will be “Music is the Food of Love” in honor of Valentine’s Day. The performance will showcase a classical presentation featuring guitar and violin, according to a press…

  • Libraries celebrate Black History Month

    Black History Month will be celebrated at the Monmouth County Library with special weekend programs at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, and the Eastern Branch Library, 1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury. The programs will explore the legacy of more than 3,000 New Jersey African Americans who served in the Civil War; and…

  • Scheuerman sets his sights

    Allentown High School student Ross Scheuerman signed a letter of intent to attend Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., where he will play football. Scheuerman is pictured (l–r) with Brian Irwin, athletic director; Jay Graber, head Allentown High School football coach; Dr. Christopher Nagy, principal; and Brian Myslinski, vice principal. In the front row are his mother,…

  • Scout makes paths behind old mill more accessible

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Matthew Kostman, 18, of Boy Scout Troop 180 in Allentown, works on his Eagle Scout project in Heritage Park, where he cleared and laid gravel on a path and built three bridges. ALLENTOWN — Even as a tiger he knew he wanted to become an eagle. Matthew Kostman, 18, started…