Category: Examiner News

  • Allentown water, sewer rates likely to change

    Council to hold public hearing on issue March 10 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Two ordinances affecting water and sewer rates were introduced at the Feb. 24 Borough Council meeting. A public hearing on the ordinances is scheduled for the March 10 meeting of the governing body. The first ordinance changes the sewer…

  • Developer revises aspects of Village

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Three more hours of discussion about The Village at Manalapan retail and commercial center occupied the Manalapan Planning Board during its Feb. 26 meeting. Professionals representing the applicant, Manalapan Retail Realty Partners, reviewed changes that were made in the plan following the Planning Board’s Jan. 22 meeting. The applicant is…

  • Author’s message is to accept others

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer The young man who once struggled with identity issues stood comfortably in his own skin before a Georgian Court University audience addressing topics such as race, class, religion and homosexuality. On Feb. 12, author, musician and screenwriter James McBride made a second appearance at the university and delivered a message…

  • Fire destroys greenhouse

    A fire ravaged a greenhouse at the Millstone Koi property on Stillhouse Road Feb. 25. MILLSTONE — A fire tore through a Millstone Koi greenhouse in the early morning hours of Feb. 25. The Millstone Township Fire Department was dispatched to 153 Stillhouse Road at 4:31 a.m. for the reported structure fire. Chief Ed Reed…

  • LADACIN will host Rosebud Gala Dinner

    LADACIN Network will hold its 28th annual Rosebud Gala Dinner Dance on March 14 at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel. LADACIN Network, formerly Cerebral Palsy of Monmouth and Ocean counties, serves more than 2,800 infants, children and adults with developmental and multiple physical disabilities in Monmouth and Ocean counties. The Rosebud Gala is the agency’s premier…

  • AHS students cast off for charities

    Big part of Knitting Club is making items for others BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Knit happens at Allentown High School. The school’s Knitting Club, supervised by history teacher Judy Briar, meets bimonthly and has over 40 members. Those involved in the extracurricular activity not only learn how to create fashionable items for themselves, friends…

  • State kicks COAH plan back to Millstone Twp.

    Twp. to correct omissions, resubmit in March BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — In response to a question by an Indian Point resident, Mayor Nancy Grbelja gave an update on the township’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) situation at the Feb. 18 Township Committee meeting. The township’s controversial COAH plan, prepared by Township Planner…

  • Screenings with the stars

    Imagine going to the movie theater and seeing a festival-winning film before public release and then meeting its creators when the lights come up. Moviegoers will have those opportunities during the Filmmakers Symposium Spring 2009 Series, which will run for 12 weeks at two New Jersey theatres: AMC Loews at Monmouth Mall in Eatontown and…