Category: Examiner News

  • Families create safe social networking site for kids

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Parents worried about their children’s use of unregulated websites like MySpace and Facebook can now present kids with a safe alternative for online social networking. Two Millstone couples have collaborated to create www.jerzeytalk.com, a social network for computer users ages 7 to adult. Once registered for the website,…

  • Young activist tries to help Alaska in D.C.

    U.F. teen lobbies for arctic protection BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Upper Freehold’s Jake Calvitti (l) and his friend Jesse Miller met Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) during Alaska Wilderness Week in Washington, D.C. UPPER FREEHOLD — The Arctic NationalWildlife Refuge is one of the last unspoiled wilderness places left in America and the Alaska Wilderness…

  • Hot meals delivered

    Allentown and Upper Freehold residents over the age of 60 can have hot meals delivered to their homes. The borough and the township share a Meals on Wheels program to help seniors who need assistance preparing food at home. Participants receive a hot meal, as well as cereal, fruit, juice and milk, in mid-morning deliveries…

  • Allentown budget relies on 13¢ tax rate hike

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The average Allentown homeowner with a house assessed at $154,500 would pay an additional $202 in municipal taxes this year if the Borough Council adopts the budget introduced March 24. The council is considering a 13-cent tax rate increase per $100 of assessed property value to cover municipal spending during…

  • Horse Park faces hard times

    BY JANE MEGGITT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers UPPER FREEHOLD — Due to the economic climate, the Horse Park of New Jersey has canceled the Garden State Combined Driving Event and may cut other popular shows later this year. The driving event, scheduled to take place May 29-30, has been held at the Horse Park…

  • Effort will give veterans proper burial

    Every American veteran deserves a proper burial when the time comes. Proper burial, for a veteran, includes military honors by a uniformed honor guard. Unfortunately, the time has come and gone for more than 900 remains of previously cremated veterans from all branches of service in New Jersey. They are veterans whose remains have not…

  • Dog-training facility hopes new plan barking up right tree

    Witnesses assert noise, traffic will not be factors BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Will the third time be the charm for Shelly Liebowitz and his Shelly’s School for Dogs? The answer will not be known until the April 29 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, when Liebowitz’s planner will testify before the board. At…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Fifth-graders Sean Curry (l), 10, and Max Vuolle, 11, check themselves out on the computers in the Roosevelt Public School library, which will now operate after school hours as a community library, thanks to volunteer efforts coordinated by the PTA.

  • Rutgers agents outline rules for managing animal waste

    Workshops designed to help owners prepare plans according to state regulations BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Livestock owners and farmers who spread manure on their crops must develop an Animal Waste Management Plan (AWMP), according to new state rules. Mike Westerndorf, of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, explains the implications and impacts of New Jersey’s new…