Category: Examiner News

  • Bands to rock Pony, aid Samaritan Center

    Greater Media wants to fuel the holiday spirit by providing good music and a way to help the hungry at Greater Media’s Good Samaritan Holiday Bash to be held Dec. 13 at the Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park. Proceeds and nonperishable food donations will benefit the Samaritan Center, a food pantry headquartered in…

  • Obal receives conservationist award

    Richard Obal, Agriculture and Resource Management Agent for Monmouth County Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension, recently received the Outstanding Professional Conservationist Award from the New Jersey Association of Conservation Districts. According to a press release, this award is presented annually to a professional conservationist who has made an outstanding contribution to natural resource conservation in…

  • MTFEE continues its quest to enhance educational experience

    Foundation planning array of events to fund grants for Millstone schools BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Over the years, the Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) has remained steadfast in its goal to “fund extraordinary educational experiences” for every student in the school district. Millstone Township Middle School sixth-graders Rebecca Paglia…

  • Roosevelt to cut land valuations to avoid appeals

    Assessor: Reduction would be fairest way to deal with decline in property values BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The decline in the real estate market has led tax assessor Michael Ticktin to declare a 20 percent across-theboard reduction in land values to avoid the large number of tax appeals Roosevelt might have to defend. At…

  • What’s in a name?

    Roadways and bridges are named for the famous BY KAREN L. KESTEN Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff You’re stuck in traffic again and you turn on the traffic report. You hear the names of bridges and roads over and over, but who are these people, and why do they have their own bridge? Spanning the…

  • Birth of a town

    BY KATHY CHANG & KAREN L. KESTEN Staff Writers Ever wonder how a place, a township, a borough, a school, a park, a lake, a river, a bridge or a street got its name? The Walnford mill, built by the Waln family in Upper Freehold, is part of the Monmouth County Park System. Greater Media…

  • Car catches fire; truck overturns

    The Millstone Township Fire Department dispatched to eastbound mile marker 15.4 on I-195 at 12:57 p.m. Nov. 18 for a reported pickup truck fire. MILLSTONE — A vehicle caught on fire near eastbound mile marker 15.4 on I-195. Millstone Township firefighters under the direction of Lt. Alan South extinguished the blaze just after 1 p.m.…

  • Why do these people have a rest area on the New Jersey Turnpike?

    • Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross and a nurse in the Civil War, was a teacher and founded the first public school in New Jersey (1821-1912). Rest area is in Oldmans Township. • Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president of the United States, was born in Caldwell (1837-1908). Rest area is in…

  • New horse club in Millstone

    MILLSTONE — Discover the pleasures that horses provide. The Pleasure Horse Club of Central Jersey, which recently formed in Millstone, seeks new members. All horse enthusiasts, event those who don’t own an equine of their own, are invited to join, according to the press release. The fun and educational club will feature trail rides to…