Category: Examiner News

  • IN THE ARTS

    The Novins Planetarium, Ocean County College, main campus, College Drive, Toms River has announced its fall schedule. “Story Time Under the Stars” brings storybooks to life. Giant-sized pictures float among the stars to accompany tales. Children will enjoy the stories while learning about the stars and other visible objects in the nighttime sky. Feel free…

  • Area Muslims begin observance of Ramadan

    Month of fasting, personal sacrifice lasts through Oct. 12 BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer Ramadan, the monthlong devotion that includes fasting and acts of good will, began last week for Muslims throughout the world. Muslim men gather for prayer in South River last week, the first week of the holy month Ramadan. Holmdel resident…

  • County surplus property up for grabs at auction

    Monmouth County will hold its annual surplus property auction Sept. 23 at East Freehold Park Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, beginning at 10 a.m. Items will be available for public inspection at 8 a.m. The county will receive 99.04 percent of auction proceeds. Vehicles make up a good share of the items to hit the auction block.…

  • Agencies give county highest bond rating

    Tagencies, Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, recently announced that Monmouth County will be retaining its triple-A status. Only a small percentage of counties throughout the United States have been granted AAA ratings, the highest rating, according to Mark E. Acker, Monmouth County’s finance director. In fact, Monmouth County is the only county in New…

  • ‘Buyer Beware’ signs grab developer’s attention

    Orleans Homebuilders urged to fix estates BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Buyer beware. Signs with that slogan on it recently popped up on many of the houses in the Winchester Estates development. About half of the homes in the 41-lot development have been sold. Starting in the high $700,000s, some of the…

  • Festival will put Latino culture on display for all

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Local leaders say tensions have eased between two sides FREEHOLD – Ethnic heritage festivals have a history of bringing people from different backgrounds together in one venue to share and learn about each other’s cultures, and the upcoming Latino Festival in Freehold Borough is no different. It appears as…

  • UFRSD puts an end to its Ellisdale era

    District pays nursery to break contract for land for new school BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The school district has terminated its contract with Princeton Nurseries to purchase a site on Ellisdale Road for its new middle school. When asked last week for an update on the Princeton Nurseries contract, Upper Freehold…

  • Industry uncertainty affects N.J. horse sales

    Slot legislation in surrounding states looms over Jersey-bred equines BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Can Jerseybred racehorses remain competitive with those foaled in slots-enriched neighboring states? The New Jersey Classic Sale, held at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold on Sept. 9, had horse sales totaling over $2.2 million,…

  • Truck sales co. owner admits bribing official

    NEWARK – A co-owner of local truck sales company pleaded guilty on Sept. 13 to bribing a public official and also to conspiring to launder money purported to be loansharking and illegal sports gambling proceeds. Stephen Appolonia, 53, of Colts Neck, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini to one count of making…