Category: Examiner News

  • Inmates clean local parks

    MILLSTONE — The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office inmate labor program was recently in operation in Millstone Township to assist with landscaping and the cleanup of parks in the area. During the week of April 6, six inmates were transported to Millstone from the Monmouth County jail. Once in the township, they trimmed hedges and trees,…

  • Residents urged to add name to Sara’s Law next-of-kin registry

    During the four years since the passage of Sara’s Law, more than 5,700 people have signed up for the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) registry for next-of-kin emergency notification. Sara’s Law, named for Sara Dubinin, a 19-year-old Sayreville resident who was killed in a 2007 car accident, created the next-of-kin registry to prompt emergency…

  • Camp Forsgate offering children a fun-filled summer

    Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township, announces the return of Camp Forsgate, a unique, full-day summer camp for children ages 4-10. Open to member and non-member families, Camp Forsgate will operate Monday through Friday from June 29 to Aug. 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with complimentary before and after care. Camp Forsgate’s setting complements…

  • Bon Jovi helps launch resource center for needy

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Jon Bon Jovi discusses plans for the B.E.A.T. Center, which he described as a resource hub for people in need, during an April 14 press conference at the center’s future location in Toms River. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Jon Bon Jovi is taking his efforts to serve those in…

  • Food banks expand arsenal in war on hunger

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Those involved with food banks across central New Jersey are working to alleviate hunger, a persistent problem plaguing families and individuals across the state. The number of those experiencing hunger continues to rise in New Jersey, according to a study by Feeding America, a nonprofit that seeks to educate…

  • Animal contact is cause of outage

    More than 4,000 Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) customers lost power on the evening of April 15 after animal contact with equipment occurred at the Millhurst substation in Manalapan. JCP&L customers in Englishtown, Freehold, Manalapan and Millstone Township were affected by the power outage, JCP&L spokesman Ron Morano said. Morano reported that 4,341 customers…

  • ‘Running and Winning’ targets gender gap in government

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer Joan Spring, left, a facilitator at the “Running and Winning” workshop held at Monmouth Regional High School on April 17, listens as former Freeholder Amy Mallet speaks to a group of high school students. The annual event brings together women serving in local, county and state government with female…

  • Farm sold at auction

    MANALAPAN — One of the few surviving farms on the Route 9 commercial corridor has been sold at auction. Bob Dann, an executive vice president with Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co., said the 135-acre farm on Route 9 south at the corner of Pine Brook Road, Manalapan, sold for $2,475,000 during an auction…

  • Allentown municipal tax rate expected to increase in 2015

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Ongoing litigation between Upper Freehold Township and Allentown will continue to have an effect on the budget, members of the Borough Council said prior to introducing the 2015 municipal spending plan. The budget is expected to produce an increase in Allentown’s municipal tax rate and in the taxes…