Category: Examiner News

  • State police address recent burglaries in Millstone

    Various cars and six homes broken into during March, April BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE- The New Jersey State Police said an e-mail circulated by residents about recent burglaries has caused unnecessary disturbance in the township. Lt. Robert Hanley, station commander of the New Jersey State Police Hamilton Barracks, attended the Township Committee’s May…

  • AHS alumna has never stopped marching

    Avery Pontell-Schaefer finishes college career out in front of the band BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Amid 34,804 Rutgers University students, Allentown’sAvery L. Pontell- Schaefer achieved distinction. Top photo: Allentown’s Avery Pontell-Schaefer, 22, leads the Rutgers University Marching Scarlet Knights. Bottom photo: Pontell-Schaefer appears on the Jumbotron at the International Bowl in Toronto, Canada. The…

  • Family gives to farm in honor of late son

    Riding High thankful for contributions that paid for fencing BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Good fences make good neighbors. And for those with horses as neighbors, good fencing is imperative. Thanks to a fundraising drive by a township couple, Riding High Farm on Route 526 will put up new and improved fencing…

  • Many talents create new vision of mill

    CHRIS KELLY staff Allentown Art Guild members collaborated to create this mural of the Allentown Mill and Mill Pond. The mural is on display at the Allentown Public Library. Area artists collaborated to create an eclectic interpretation of Allentown’s most recognizable vista. Members of theAllentownArt Guild recently completedMural Project 2008, a collective artistic exercise in…

  • Freshmen victorious in AHS Battle of the Bands

    Kyle Oberhauser (l-r), Johnny Costa and David Corniola won Allentown High School’s annual Battle of the Bands contest while performing as Havana Harbor on May 2. ALLENTOWN – Freshmen rock. David Corniola, Kyle Oberhauser and Johnny Costa, performing as the band Havana Harbor, won Allentown High School’s annual Battle of the Bands contest on May…

  • Twp. wants increased surcharges

    “The taxpayers were told the lottery would solve our school tax problems. Anyone see their school tax going down?” – Elias Abilheira Committeeman BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer "The taxpayers were told the lottery would solve our school tax problems. Anyone see their school tax going down?" – Elias Abilheira Committeeman MILLSTONE – The township…

  • New season starts at Monmouth Park

    Racing officials hope for big year despite looming industry crisis BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer And they’re off! Monmouth Park’s 63rd season of live thoroughbred racing began onMay 9. The meet will run for 99 days through Sept. 28, with purses averaging $330,000 per day. Highlights of the meet will include the $1 million Haskell…

  • Jersey Fresh marred by tragedy two years in a row

    Aortic rupture said to have killed David O’Connor’s horse BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer An international event held at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold from May 8-11 was marred by a tragedy. SEAN BRADY staff Rider Anisa Tracy, of Parker, Colo., takes Trigger VIII out of a water hazard during the…

  • Recess task force bill advances in N.J. Senate

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer On May 5 the Senate Education Committee amended bill A-467, also known as S-226, which seeks to establish a task force that would be charged with studying the potential benefits of student recess and making recommendations on the advisability of mandatory recess in New Jersey school districts. The amendment adds…