Category: Examiner News

  • Millstone racer raises dust at motocross mecca

    Jesse Pierce wins class at national championship BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone’s Jesse Pierce is driven to win. The 15-year-old Allentown High School sophomore competes in motocross at tracks in various states nearly every weekend from March to November. He has won several races in the last seven years, and recently returned from the…

  • Police to more closely monitor mining traffic

    Residents complain about trucks illegally idling and driving on residential roads BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The mayor has asked the New Jersey State Police to monitor truck traffic in the township more closely. At the Aug. 19 Township Committee meeting, Mayor Nancy Grbelja told state trooper Ryan Barclay of the Hamilton Barracks…

  • Roosevelt featured in new exhibit

    Explore Roosevelt’s past through photography, oral history, lecture, and documentary at the Monmouth County Library this fall. The exhibit “Monmouth County in the Great Depression,” on view in the Manalapan library for the month of October, will feature information about Roosevelt when it was known as Jersey Homesteads, as well as S.S. Morro Castle. Besides…

  • N.J. open space question officially on Nov. 3 ballot

    On Aug. 18, Gov. Jon Corzine signed legislation that puts a public question on the Nov. 3 statewide ballot to let voters decide whether to continue the state’s efforts to preserve clean water, fish and wildlife habitat, working farms, historic places, and forests. On June 25 the New Jersey Assembly and Senate approved the legislation…

  • County yet to ratify keep of USDA offices

    Talks ongoing despite meeting where issue seemed resolved BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Although local officials believe an objectionable phrase in a lease agreement between Monmouth County and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be removed, the Board of Chosen of Freeholders has not confirmed the redaction. When asked about the lease, William…

  • Roosevelt funny man to teach comedy course

    Steve Trevelise has been a fixture on N.J. and Pa. radio for decades BY DEVIN ALESSIO Staff Writer Steve Trevelise ROOSEVELT — We have all been there: we have watched episodes of “Seinfeld” or “Last Comic Standing” and wondered how that comic got to be so funny. Aspiring comedians can now fine-tune their funny bones…

  • Search is on for Rat Rock Girl

    The search is on for the Rat Rock Girl, a spokesmodel for Greater Media radio station WRAT-FM (95.9). Bud Light is presenting the “Search for the Rat Rock Girl,” someone who will represent WRAT on-air, at events, on Rat TV, and more. The winner will receive a part-time salary of $20,000; up to $1,000 in…

  • Horse Park of New Jersey needs new blood

    Local venue seeks members, programming ideas UPPER FREEHOLD — The Horse Park of New Jersey needs to hear from the horse community. In order for the Horse Park to continue to offer seminars and events, more people from the horse community have to get involved with the venue’s operations, according to Joan Harper, a Horse…

  • CentraState charity ball to benefit ICU expansion

    BY DEVIN ALESSIO Staff Writer The CentraState Healthcare Foundation’s 48th annual Charity Ball, themed “Boas and Fedoras: A Night at the Cotton Club,” will take place on Nov. 21 from 6:30 p.m. to midnight at the Eagle Oaks Country Club in Howell. Last year’s Charity Ball, which had the theme of “A Night at the…