Category: Examiner News

  • Cartoon

    Children of all ages visit with Casey, the 6-year-old Jack Russell terrier featured in the Casey and Bella children’s book series, at the Barnes & Noble in Freehold on Nov. 12. For the story, see page 18.

  • County to receive federal funding for truck wash

    Monmouth County will be receiving $500,000 in federal funds to help defray the cost of building a truck wash facility that is needed to comply with new state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) storm water regulations. The truck wash facility will help towns comply with the regulation as well, according to a press release from…

  • Teen collecting coats for Monmouth families

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — Tyler Hunt may only be 17, but he is already well-acquainted with the art of giving. Tyler, who is a senior at Howell High School, is the mastermind behind “A Coat for Christmas,” an annual holiday coat drive that provides warmth for less-fortunate Monmouth County families during the…

  • U.S. Census Bureau opens in Freehold Twp.

    BY ALAN DRUCKER Correspondent FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — With Census Day, April 1, 2010, less than five months away, preparation is under way to ensure that every person residing in the United States is counted. On Nov. 13, census officials and community leaders celebrated the opening of a new office in the Monmouth Executive Center at…

  • Job fair offered hope to people seeking work

    About 1,000 job seekers attended a recent job fair at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, in which 65 employers including resource organizations participated. “The job fair gave people hope that there are jobs available in our community,” said Monmouth County Freeholder Deputy Director John D’Amico, liaison to the Monmouth County Division of Economic Development and Workforce…

  • No contest in Millstone, Roosevelt, U.F. elections

    There were no surprises in three local elections, as candidates ran unopposed. In Upper Freehold, Republican Steve Alexander won a third term on the Township Committee with 1,903 votes. Republican Bob Faber earned a second term with 1,858 votes. In neighboring Millstone, voters reelected Republican Nancy Grbelja to a third term on the Township Committee…

  • GOP retains council seats in Allentown

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — The Borough Council will remain solidly Republican. In the lone local contested election, incumbent Dan Wimer and newcomer Margaret Rose defeated Democratic candidates Wayne Smith and Robert Johnson. Wimer received the most votes with 381 and Rose received 365 to win election to the two open three-year term…

  • Millstone resident sentenced to prison

    32-year-old counterfeited stamps to mail fake handbags MILLSTONE — A township resident has been sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for creating fake postage to ship counterfeit designer handbags he sold through eBay. U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson, sitting in Trenton on Nov. 4, also ordered Steven Sul, 32, to pay $15,711 in…

  • Scouts created U.F. open space inventory

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Local Boy Scouts earned recognition for their participation in helping develop the township’s master plan. The Township Committee honored Boy Scout Troop 180 on Nov. 5 for helping prepare the township’s open space plan by taking the inventory. Scoutmaster Bill Hoover, his son Alex and Jake Stein…