Category: Examiner News

By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer FILE PHOTOS For many, the new year represents a chance to turn over a new leaf, leaving behind undesirable habits to form new, better ones. Perhaps the most popular New Year’s resolution is to lose weight or become more physically fit. But as scores of people who have made such…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Millstone Township has received a grant in the amount of $250,000 for the first phase of a major park development plan at Millstone Park, Red Valley Road. The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders recently approved the allocation of $2 million from the county’s open space trust fund to make…

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer PHOTOS COURTESY OF KENWOOD RACING An Oceanport stable is giving racing fans an opportunity to get in on the action of horse ownership without the hefty costs of purchasing a horse or the consistent expenses associated with it. H. Robb Levinsky, co-founder of Kenwood Racing, said the Taste of Thoroughbred…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Residents were expected to raise concerns they have about the possible construction of a high-pressure gas pipeline in the community during the Jan. 6 meeting of the Township Committee. The meeting took place after this edition of the Examiner went to press. The committee moved the…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer “This Cold Place” Bruce Springsteen and his music are synonymous with a lot of things about New Jersey: the working man, the Jersey Shore, “Glory Days” and “Atlantic City.” But in a new book, “Trouble in the Heartland,” Springsteen songs such as “Hungry Heart” and “Born to Run” found a…

New Jersey Repertory Company presents “Swimming at the Ritz,” based on the life of socialite Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, who was appointed the U.S. ambassador to France in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton. The show will have a limited engagement from Jan. 8 to Feb. 1. Harriman was dubbed the ultimate “party girl”…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Fifty years of service by the Allentown Public Library Association will be commemorated in 2015 as residents and officials mark the milestone anniversary. While the Allentown Library has existed in one form or another since 1874, officials said 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the library association.…

Monmouth County Park System administrators are working to make improvements to parks throughout the county. At a recent Board of Freeholders meeting, a public hearing was held in regard to the reallocation of funds from the county’s Open Space Trust Fund for capital improvements to the parks. Paul Gleitz, principal park planner for the park…

Greater Media Photographer Eric Sucar shares some of his favorite photos from 2014. Manalapan boys soccer teammates celebrate their win against Monroe Township in Central Jersey Group IV on Nov. 13. Adam Fearon and his newly adopted son, Justin, share a hug before a ceremony held during Adoption Day at the Monmouth County Courthouse in…