Category: Examiner News

  • Cheerleaders give back

    MILLSTONE — Three cheers for local cheerleaders. Cheerleading students at Cheer University in Millstone participated in The Susan G. Komen Foundation Pink for the Cure Oct. 15-16. The cheerleaders wore pink and collected funds for the foundation in support of breast cancer patients. “Almost all of us know a cancer victim or a survivor,” Jamie…

  • Foundation finds ways to help cancer patients

    BY DEVIN ALESSIO Staff Writer Monica Vermeulen knows how horrible it feels to hear the words, “Your child has cancer.” In February 1991 her family members’ lives were forever changed when her 3-year-old daughter, Ashley, was diagnosed with Wilms tumor, a type of kidney cancer that occurs in children. Ashley, now 21, endured years of…

  • Photo

    Allentown High School goalkeeper Connor Darrell dives for the ball during a game against Hopewell Valley Central High School in Allentown on Oct. 13. For more photos from this event, see page 43 and visit GMN Photo Galleries at www.gmnews.com.

  • Lt. gov. candidates back shared services

    County residents Guadagno and Esposito in three-way debate at Monmouth U. BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The state’s three candidates for lieutenant governor, including two local residents, each touted shared services programs between state municipalities and school districts as a way to provide tax relief to New Jersey residents during a…

  • Campus to serve as inoculation site

    Most students to get shots during school; public to be served after school BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP AND JANE MEGGITT Staff Writers The Upper Freehold Board of Health will conduct an H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, vaccine clinic in elementary/ middle school, but the date has yet to be determined. At the township’s Oct. 13 Board…

  • Pantry struggles to meet demand

    Donations sought to go directly to Englishtown, Manalapan, Marlboro & Millstone residents BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer At the Samaritan Center in Manalapan, empty shelves tell the story — more local families than ever before need assistance on a regular basis. Pat Baxter (l) and Margaret Camia are two volunteers who work at the Samaritan…

  • Millstone youth uses music to lift the human spirit

    Frankie Prendergast has gone confidently in the direction of his dreams. Frankie Prendergast, Millstone, plays the upright bass at the Romp for Research held in Manhattan Oct. 4 to raise awareness and funds for Down syndrome cognitive research. The 18-year-old Millstone musician, who graduated from Allentown High School last year, has always wanted to change…

  • No cell tower at new school

    Health effects reviewed BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Millstone Township School District will not pursue the construction of a cell tower on the middle school property. At the Oct. 12 Board of Education meeting, the majority of the board members indicated they are not interested in having a cell tower on the middle school…

  • Millstone’s inaugural trail ride canceled

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — It is unlikely that the Millstone River Inaugural Ride will take place this year. Originally scheduled for Oct. 3, the ride was postponed to Oct. 17 or Oct. 18 due to rain. Inclement weather predicted for both Oct. 17 and the rain date of Oct. 18 forced cancellation…