Category: Examiner News

  • Barn fire prevention discussed in Millstone

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A barn fire is a horse owner’s worst nightmare. The Millstone Township Bureau of Fire Prevention has developed a voluntary barn inspection program to educate residents about potential fire hazards in barns, and to raise awareness about fire prevention and suppression in the community. Two career firefighters with…

  • Bands work in harmony to help feed the hungry

    Greater Media’s Good Samaritan Holiday Bash will feature The Reveling with Jay Weinberg BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Music, merriment and good will to others contribute to the spirit of the holiday season. Greater Media wants to fuel that spirit by providing a way for people to enjoy good music, have some fun and help…

  • GCU community to celebrate 2nd annual Victorian Christmas

    The holiday spirit will be found at Georgian Court University’s second annual Victorian Christmas Festival and Gift Boutique to be held from Dec. 4 through Dec. 6 in the Casino Auditorium on the historic Lakewood campus. As guests shop for unique gifts and crafts from more than 30 vendors and artisans at the gift boutique…

  • Childhood memories form basis of book

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Three years ago when Pat Pattan started her book, “When We Were Growing Up,” little did she know that it would reveal a message for the economic turmoil of today. Subtitled “Uplifting Stories of Families That Turned Hard Times Into Good Times,” Patten interviewed people who were born between 1914 and…

  • County establishes an ethics board

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has created a county ethics board as a means of assuring standards of ethical conduct for county employees and officers are clear, consistent, uniform in their application and enforceable. A resolution adopted by the freeholders on Nov. 10 alters the county’s Administrative Code to include the newly created ethics…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Kaylie Repko, 5, (l) Kylie Byrne, 6, and McKenzie Van Handel, 9, design pie sculptures during a class at the Spiral School in Cream Ridge on Nov. 19. For the story, see page 16. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Art that looks good enough to eat

    Spiral School student-artists exhibit sculptures in downtown confectionery BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Clay and acrylic paint never looked so yummy. Patrons of Chocolate N Dreams in downtown Allentown had more to drool over than the shop’s handmade chocolates on Nov. 20. Student-artists exhibited art that looked good enough to eat in…

  • Master Gardeners graduate a new crop of volunteers

    Twenty-four Monmouth County residents became certified Master Gardeners at a graduation ceremony held Nov. 12 at Hominy Hill Golf Center, Colts Neck. “These graduates from the Monmouth County Master Gardeners program embody expertise in all things related to gardening and community service in Monmouth County,” Freeholder Lillian G. Burry said at graduation. “Their efforts are…

  • Roosevelt shul must downsize

    Student population cannot exceed more than 12 after June 28, 2010 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The yeshiva in Roosevelt will have to reduce its student population by more than half come June 2010. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Lawrence Lawson, sitting in Freehold Nov. 17, ruled that Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah could continue operating in…