Category: Examiner News

  • Roosevelt school gym has no heat

    ROOSEVELT — The elementary school has yet to replace the heater in the gymnasium. Roosevelt Public School, which uses the gym for physical education classes and lunch, has not been using the space for these activities when the temperature does not allow. Any instructional programming moved from the gym to the school’s lobby has to…

  • Finishing touches put on new middle school

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer District continues to try to get a handle on room temperature control ALLENTOWN — The sky is the limit for the aspirations of students attending the new Stone Bridge Middle School. Upon entering the building each day, students are reminded of the adage as well as the theme the district…

  • C-Bunny lives to dance and inspire others

    TV appearance bolsters confidence of hearing-impaired dancer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone’s Christina Sarni performs a dance routine at the CentraState Fitness and Wellness Center in Freehold Township on Jan. 7. She recently appeared on “Live to Dance.” For the story, see page 8. ERIC SUCAR staff Christine Sarni has embraced her disability through…

  • All eyes on streamlining school costs

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Discussion continues about sharing services among three districts A s revenue sources for school districts continue to dry up in the downturned economy, the three districts in the region have started discussing sharing more services to streamline costs. Both the Millstone Township School District and Roosevelt Public School have approached…

  • Officials at odds over spending more on COAH planning

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Close vote decides U.F. will pay for full-time affordable housing planner R ichard Coppola’s appointment as Upper Freehold’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) representative passed in a 3-2 vote at the Jan. 6 reorganization meeting, and the issue provoked some sharp words among committee members. Committeemen Robert Frascella and Stan Moslowski…

  • Scattering sunshine in memory of Rachel Bungarden

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Above: The late Rachel Bungarden enjoyed a therapeutic horseback riding lesson with Angel, her favorite horse, at Riding High Farm in Allentown. Below: Scatter Sunshine, the foundation founded in memory of Rachel Bungarden to assist therapeutic riding programs, created a family room featuring this mural at Riding High Farm. Family…

  • Computers, TVs must now be recycled in New Jersey

    The Department of Environmental Protection wants to remind New Jersey residents that old TVs, computers and computer monitors — items known collectively as electronic waste — must be recycled as of the beginning of the new year. Electronic waste must be recycled as per the Electronic Waste Management Act, which bans the disposal of televisions…

  • Teachers can receive equipment for ‘Plants for Pollinators’ program

    The Freehold Soil Conservation District will provide “Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom” resource kits to teachers in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. The “Plants for Pollinators in the Classroom” program is designed to help students discover the importance of native pollinators and to study the relationship between plants and pollinators, according to a press release.…

  • Funding for farm energy audits available

    Residences and commercial establishments can receive energy audits. Now, New Jersey farms can too. Those who sign up before Dec. 31, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service may be eligible for funding to cover a portion of the audit cost, according to a press release from the South Jersey Resource Conservation…