Category: Examiner News

  • Scouts serve Thanksgiving dinner to seniors in Trenton

    ALLENTOWN — Cub Scout Den 5 took part in a 30-year Thanksgiving Day tradition in Trenton. The Scouts joined the Kiwanis Club of Trenton in serving a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings to over 100 senior citizen residents of Trenton’s Luther Towers beginning at 5 p.m. on Nov. 23. The complex, located at 489…

  • Millstone Cyclones win championship

    The Cyclones, a U12 girls soccer team, finished its first season in the Jersey Area Girls Soccer National League with a championship title. MILLSTONE — The Cyclones whirled through their first season in the Jersey Area Girls Soccer National League to win the championship title. The U12 girls team, led by head coach Rocco Regina…

  • Little League to pay for field repairs, build press boxes at Byron Johnson Park

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — In a time of fiscal austerity, the Township Committee was all ears at the Nov. 18 meeting when the local Little League offered to pay for upgrades and repairs at township baseball and softball fields. Mike Zuppa, the new president of the Allentown Upper Freehold Little League (AUFLL),…

  • Millstone Scout helps make Camden more sustainable

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone’s Brian Cullinane built a chicken coop and donated six of his chickens to the Center for Environmental Transformation in Camden to earn the Eagle rank in Boy Scouts. JENNIFER KOHLHEPP MILLSTONE — Brian Cullinane helped his chickens fly the coop to take up residence in Camden. In an effort…

  • Monmouth County legislators want state to give horse racing fair shake

    Monmouth County legislators would like to see further discussion take place before Gov. Chris Christie implements the latest recommendations for horse racing made by his Advisory Commission on Gaming, Sports and Entertainment. Among the recommendations are moving all racing that currently takes place at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford to Monmouth Park in Oceanport,…

  • DEP lifts drought watch in Monmouth and Ocean

    New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin last week announced the lifting of the drought watch for the coastal north region of the state, including nearly all of Monmouth County and northern Ocean County. Evidence of a return to more normal rainfall, cooler temperatures and diminished water supply demands led to the decision…

  • Millstone firefighters offer child safety seat inspections

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone firefighters aim to fill a void for families in the community. Millstone firefighter Darrell Reilly inspects a child safety seat at the firehouse on Nov. 11. The township fire company now has two certified car seat inspectors that provide free inspections by appointment. JENNIFER KOHLHEPP The Millstone Township Fire…

  • Former GM of harness track sentenced in check scheme

    New Jersey Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that Donald R. Codey Jr., the former president and general manager of Freehold Raceway, was sentenced on Nov. 10 for stealing $3,045 in raceway promotional vouchers and assisting two patrons to cash more than $1.3 million in bad checks at…

  • Roosevelt water tower repair to cost $495,000

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent ROOSEVELT — The Borough Council unanimously voted to award the bid for rehabilitation of the town’s 73-year-old water tank to a Millstone company at the Nov. 8 meeting. U.S. Tank Painting Inc. had the lowest responsible bid for the work at $495,000. Councilman Dan Hoffman was absent. The governing body also…