Category: Examiner News

MATT DENTON Allentown High School’s Tristan Millett muscles his way through a pair of Trenton Catholic Academy defenders during a preseason basketball scrimmage in Allentown. The 2015-16 season will tip off Dec. 19 in Allentown with the Redbirds playing Lawrence High School.

By MATTHEW SOCKOL Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Middle School will present its annual holiday concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 in the Millstone Performing Arts Center at the school, 5 Dawson Ct. Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend. The concert will feature almost 100 pupils in grades six through…

TOP PICK With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness, proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. Perhaps, his most…

REBECCA NOWALSKI Erika Armellino, 10, helps her dad select the perfect Christmas tree during their visit to the Keris Tree Farm and Christmas Shop in Upper Freehold Township on Dec. 6.

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Deer management is a crucial process in controlling the population of the wild mammal in New Jersey, a number that could well exceed 200,000 this year, according to state officials The state issues annual warnings during peak deer mating season that occurs usually from late October…

By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer The holiday season has brought an increase in traffic and frustration to some residents of Upper Freehold Township and neighboring Robbinsville. An Amazon fulfillment center (a warehouse and shipping facility), that was built this year in Robbinsville, has caused traffic congestion on Interstate 195, Old York Road, Gordon Road and…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Reuse holiday items as gift boxes and gift tags, such as a festive holiday napkin used as wrapping, a paper holiday napkin left over from last year, the newsprint-wrapped gift, the burlap-wrapped gift and the gift tags cut from Christmas cards. Residents are encouraged to “Go Green For the Holidays.”…

MILLSTONE — Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with their alleged participation in a string of burglaries in Millstone Township. According to a New Jersey State Police press release, police have arrested Dean Lombardi, 23, of Jackson, Thomas Ditre, 23, of Brick Township, and Tomas Sinkevicius, 20, of Howell, in connection with…

By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer As hundreds of children begin new lives with their “forever families” following National Adoption Day events, they will also be able to begin their own personal “little libraries” because of the efforts of the nonprofit Bridge of Books Foundation. The Bridge of Books Foundation, in partnership with the New…