Category: Examiner News

  • State grants UFRSD $233K to replace old thermostats

    ALLENTOWN — The New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA) will grant over $200,000 to the Upper Freehold Regional School District to replace outdated temperature systems in older school buildings. The Regular Operating Districts ROD) grant program would provide $233,549 of the estimated $583,872 cost of replacing automatic temperature systems at the elementary and high schools,…

  • Fair photo contest seeks entries

    People who are passionate about photography can showcase their photography skills at the 2010 Monmouth County Fair. The theme of this year’s amateur photography competition is “Celebrating Milestones.” As the Monmouth County Park System celebrates its 50th anniversary of keeping the county green and livable, area residents are invited to bring in current photos of…

  • Woman of the Year promotes, appreciates and preserves village

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Sandy Stevens’ love for her town and community has gained her recognition as Woman of the Year. The Women’s Association of Allentown presented Stevens with the honor for doing all of the things she finds pleasure in — appreciating, promoting and helping preserve Allentown. An Allentown native, Stevens…

  • Pieces of the Roosevelt Public School legacy

    Grads commended for continued commitment to community BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Friends, family and community members gathered to help mark one of the most important milestones in a Roosevelt child’s life — graduating from Roosevelt Public School. Roosevelt Public School Principal Shari Payson presents the sixth-grade graduates during the 73rd annual commencement exercises in…

  • Equine West Nile virus season off to an early start

    The state has garnered reports from county mosquito control agencies that suggest a possible early start to the equine West Nile virus (WNV) and Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) season. State veterinarian Nancy E. Halpern explains in a June 10 press release from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture that extremely high numbers of Culiseta melanura…

  • Presto change-o: Accountant turns magician

    Millstone resident gives illusionists a place to hang out and learn from each other BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Neil Schloss can make filing a tax return or starting a new business look like magic to those who can’t handle math. The accountant has always been a whiz with numbers but had something else up…

  • Panhandle Region Plan meeting in Roosevelt

    Public invited to attend at 7 p.m. June 21 ROOSEVELT — The Monmouth County Planning Board will hold its second and final public information session on the draft Panhandle Region Plan. The event will take place at 7 p.m. June 21 in the Roosevelt Public School, 2 School Lane. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. and…

  • Community can experience living history at WWII center

    Brookdale Community College’s Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution will present a 65th anniversary commemoration, “Last Battles in the Pacific – 1945” and “The Start of a New War – 1950.” The free community event will be held on June 26 beginning at noon at the Warner Student Life Center on the…

  • Free resources for women with postpartum depression

    Among the babies born in the United States every year, 35 percent are born from the beginning of June through the end of September. For every eight in 10 births, new mothers will experience at least a brief episode of the “baby blues” — feelings of sadness, anxiety, loneliness or moodiness — within the first…