Category: Examiner News

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has given its support to the residents of Upper Freehold Township as a plan for a high-pressure gas pipeline that would pass through the municipality continues to take shape. Residents initially brought their concerns about the pipeline to the freeholders’ Jan. 22 meeting.…

Betsy Poinsett Betsy Poinsett, 73, a longtime resident of Allentown who was involved in many community groups and projects, died on Feb. 21 at Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse, Philadelphia. Poinset was a resident of Newtown, Pennsylvania, at the time of her death. Poinsett, who was a native of Nebraska, moved to Trenton with her family…

Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in both the United States and Canada. So say the American Cancer Society and the Canadian Cancer Society, who project nearly 60,000 Americans and Canadians will lose their lives to colorectal cancer in 2015 alone. Though many risk factors for colorectal cancer, including age, heredity and…

By Thomas J. Kayal M.D. As a result of increasing numbers of people age 50+ choosing to undergo screenings for colorectal cancer — the standard screening age — incidences have been slowly decreasing every year since the 1980s. However, diagnoses for people under 50 have been increasing and are often diagnosed when the disease has…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Residents of Upper Freehold Township are growing more concerned for their safety after a natural gas explosion occurred too close for comfort. On Feb. 24, a home in Stafford Township, Ocean County, was destroyed by an explosion that resulted from a leak in a 2- inch-diameter…

TOP PICK Monmouth University’s Department of Music and Theatre Arts presents the musical “Urinetown,” running March 4-12 in Woods Theatre. “Urinetown” takes place in a future dystopia where a severe water shortage has made public pay-per-use toilets a legal necessity. The show is a satirical take on social change, corporate greed and Broadway musicals themselves.…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The Allentown High School Redbirds huddle for a team cheer prior to a recent game. The Redbirds (21-4) earned the No. 3 seed in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III state sectional tournament and played Red Bank Regional in the first round on March 3.

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie Gov. Chris Christie seeks to maintain flat levels of aid to municipalities and school districts in his fiscal year 2016 budget despite making the largest-ever pension payment in New Jersey history. During his Feb. 24 budget address at the State House, Christie outlined a new set of…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will acquire a piece of land in Millstone Township and a parcel in Upper Freehold Township to add to existing parks. According to resolutions recently passed by the freeholders, the Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners has found it necessary to acquire the…