Category: Examiner News

  • Twp. seeks relief from paying to use schools

    BOE says school budget cannot supplement recreation any longer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The weekend snowstorm rendered moot the question of whether Millstone Township’s recreation programs would be able to use the public schools. Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue wrote an email to parents and community members on Dec. 15 reiterating that the…

  • Millstone Scouts help fill local food bank shelves

    MILLSTONE — Local Girl Scouts helped four local organizations feed the hungry and earned the highest award Scouts their age can earn. Five girls from Millstone Township Girl Scout Troop 1559 designed “Project Hunger” in order to help those in the area who need food. Kaitlyn Kohlhepp, Julia Dreifus, Meredith Baum, Sarah Zachary and Janelle…

  • Looking for heroes

    Do you know an “ordinary” person in the local community who has accomplished something “extraordinary” that has made the world a safer, healthier and better place to live? Let that person know they are appreciated by nominating him/her to be one of the Red Cross Jersey Coast Chapter’s first-ever Hometown Heroes. Those selected as Hometown…

  • County plans to install solar panels

    Monmouth County residents will soon reap the environmental and economic benefits of solar energy. Next year, the county will implement the first phase of a renewable energy program using canopy and roof installations. “It is vital that we take the concept of clean, renewable energy very seriously,” said Freeholder Amy A. Mallet, who spearheaded the…

  • A look back at the last decade

    Residents reflect on changes, major events in their respective towns BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer As the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, locals reflect on what has affected their towns and their lives over the past 10 years. Residents, former and current officials, and other members of the Allentown, Millstone,…

  • Goats: The gifts that keep on giving

    Allentown youth on mission to help families in Africa this holiday season BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Nicholas DeMauro may be on Santa’s nice list this year, but he doesn’t expect to see many presents for him under the tree. Nicholas DeMauro, 10, of Allentown, talks about families in Malawi, Africa, that will…

  • Residents become teachers for a day

    Volunteers gain new appreciation for profession BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Some Millstone residents have a better understanding of township students and schools because they took the helm of a classroom for a day. Above: Board of Education member Amy Jacobson works with students in teacher Mary O’Rourke’s chemistry lab during the “Teacher for a…

  • Millstone residents fume over wood burn

    Mayor calls for new open-fire regulations BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Although the state permitted a five-day wood burn at a property on Sweetmans Lane and Reed Court, township officials wouldn’t have. Mayor Nancy Grbelja said that state authorization does not supercede local ordinances, and she would like the township to create wood-burning…

  • Authorities warn of scam involving vaccine registration

    Area law enforcement authorities are advising residents of a phishing scam that asks residents to create a profile online for the state swine flu H1N1 vaccination registration program. According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, fraudulent emails are being sent telling the recipient to register online with the CDC in…