Category: Examiner News

  • A lifetime of hope and compassion

    Roosevelt resident Emily Silverstein remembered BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Hundreds of family members and friends gathered together in the Roosevelt Public School on Monday afternoon to celebrate the pulchritude of Emily Rachel Silverstein and to lament her untimely death. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Family and friends gather at the memorial service for Emily…

  • Giving back catches on with area foxhunters

    Food items being collected for needy at The Bank BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Although these are difficult economic times, the Give Back Foundation is still finding the means to help people in need — this time in the form of foxhunters. The nonprofit operates in Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Mercer and Middlesex…

  • State offers assistance to help smokers quit

    According to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, dieting, exercise and smoking cessation are typically the top three items on everyone’s list of personal goals, yet without the proper support they too often go unrealized. The reasons for quitting are as varied as the smokers themselves. Whether it is the cost of…

  • Cub Scout cleanup

    Millstone Township Cub Scout Den 3 cleaned up Abate Park and the surrounding area April 2, collecting four large garbage bags of litter. Pictured from left to right: Cole Smith, Justin Marcario, John Navarro, Aidan Marcario, Jake Detwiler and sister cub Leah Detwiler.

  • Gov. signs stalking bill into law

    Gov. Jon Corzine has signed into law a piece of legislation sponsored by the 12th District (Monmouth County) legislators to broaden protection for stalking victims. “This is a good day for women throughout the state who have been victims of stalking,” said Sen. Jennifer Beck, a member of the state Senate Judiciary Committee. “As technology…

  • Alexander, Faber run for re-election in U.F.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Unlike the past several years, there will be no contest in the Republican primary this June for the two available seats on the Township Committee. Mayor Steve Alexander is running for his third term on the governing body and Committeeman Bob Faber is running for his second.…

  • Holocaust survivor inspires young lives

    Millstone Twp. Middle School students study genocide, cultural tolerance BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Ilse Loeb’s mother had to let go of her to save her life. At the age of 13, Loeb, now of Monroe, fled Vienna on a train headed for the Netherlands to escape the Nazis. She remembers her mother accompanying her…

  • Preservation incentive considered

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The township aims to encourage more land preservation. An ordinance that would allow property owners to subdivide a portion of their lot when preserved through the New Jersey Farmland Preservation Program (NJFP) was introduced at the April 2 Township Committee meeting. The ordinance would amend the township’s…

  • Green teams tackle climate warming

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Green Team members from more than 20 municipalities gathered at the Monmouth County agricultural building in Freehold Township on March 21 to listen to speakers discuss ways to reduce energy costs, decrease greenhouse emissions and create a climate plan for their towns. Monmouth County Freeholder Director Barbara J. McMorrow welcomed the…