Category: Examiner News

  • Millstone Twp. paves its own Great White Way

    Broadway stars will light up the Millstone Township Performing Arts Center this weekend. Lawrence Street, of “Urinetown,” Bart Shatto, of “Les Miserables,” “Civil War” and “Dracula,” David Weitzer, of “Radio Hits of 1958,” and Gregory Wright, of the New York Metropolitan Opera, will headline the “One Night on Broadway” show that will serve to officially…

  • Millstone officials mull church expansion plan

    Planning Board carries application to Nov. 12 meeting BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Township professionals and representatives of St. Joseph’s Church will meet with the Monmouth County Planning Board (MCPB) to discuss access driveways along Stillhouse Road and Sweetmans Lane for a potential parish hall. The decision to consult with the county was…

  • Remembering a hero

    Family and friends mourn the loss of Coleman Bean, 25 BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Coleman Bean was a lot of things to a lot of people. He was a son, a brother, a soldier, and to seemingly everyone who knew him, a good friend. He was someone they could count on to be there,…

  • Domestic violence victims to benefit from fundraisers

    Two ways to enjoy the outdoors and further a good cause are coming up during the third week of September when 180 Turning Lives Around is holding back-to-back fundraisers to benefit the Monmouth County nonprofit, which is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual abuse. Starting at noon on Sept. 21, 180 Turning Lives Around…

  • Board aims to make signs more visually appealing

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Those signs that sprout like mushrooms, advertising loans, jobs, dental services and almost anything imaginable, may soon be subject to fines in the township. At the Sept. 11 Planning Board meeting, board members discussed the types of signs they would like to see in future development projects,…

  • Survey says: Millstoners like schools, dislike taxes

    School district questionnaire garners 255 responses BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Residents vote down the school budget because of high property taxes. The Millstone Township School District recently started a series of surveys, the first of which asked residents questions about the school budget. Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue presented the initial…

  • Yearling sales markedly down in New Jersey

    Local breeders feeling pressure from states with slots at racetracks BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — It was a sobering Sunday for the horse industry. That’s how Bob Marks, the marketing director of Perretti Farms, described the 2008 New Jersey Classic Yearling Sale, held Sept. 7 at the Horse Park of New Jersey…

  • New Jerseyans sought to work polls Nov. 4

    TRENTON — New Jerseyans can play an active roll in history by serving as poll workers in this year’s general election. Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells and Robert Giles, director of New Jersey’s Division of Elections, issued a press release last week reminding state residents of the opportunity to work the polls Nov. 4.…

  • Safety Fair to offer lifesaving training to county families

    Fair to be held Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Ocean Township High School Children throughout the county are faced with dangers in their communities every day, Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno said. To help families be proactive in keeping their children safe, Guadagno and the Sheriff’s Office are joining forces with Greater Media Newspapers for…