Category: Examiner News

REGIONAL INTEREST By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The question of where to place a cellular communications tower remained unresolved at a recent meeting of the Freehold Township Zoning Board of Adjustment. However, representatives of New York SMSA Limited Partnership (Verizon Wireless) revealed they may have an alternate site for the proposed 120-foot-tall…

TOP PICK Six Flags Great Adventure’s new holiday extravaganza, “Holiday in the Park,” runs weekends and select days through Jan. 3. More than a million lights, holiday entertainment, seasonal treats, Santa’s Village and many popular rides will magically transform into a winter wonderland. Signature attractions include: “Holiday Magic: A Celebration of the Season,” a light…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Investigators are attempting to pin down the cause of a motor vehicle accident that claimed the life of an 18 year-old Millstone Township resident. “Hearing this news is heart-wrenching,” Millstone Township K-8 School District Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder said. “To learn of the loss of a former…

Fred Davis, the national director of new chapters with the Antique Motorcycle Club of America, has announced that the Jersey Shore chapter has become the 63rd chapter in the national club. The Antique Motorcycle Club of America was founded in 1954 by a group of antique bike fans in New England, according to a press…

The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that the county’s recent auction of surplus items generated $180,736, bringing the combined total of the county’s online surplus property auctions to $2,961,759. Surplus property from the county’s Division of Fleet Services, Sheriff’s Office, Buildings and Grounds Department, Reclamation Center and park system, and seized and surplus…

EDISON — The New Jersey Comic Expo is coming to Edison. MAD Event Management will debut its newest comic convention on Nov. 21-22 at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, 97 Sunfield Ave. The biggest event of its kind to come to the Garden State, according to organizers, the expo is a family friendly…

TOP PICK The Monmouth Museum’s Annual Holiday Exhibition is “Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Oh My!,” with an opening reception on Nov. 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. The Monmouth Museum model train display will return. The Friends of the Monmouth Museum will present their Annual Holiday Tree, decorated with transportation memorabilia. Art scholars often talk…

Football rivalries keep tradition alive By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer MATT DENTON The staples of Thanksgiving have always included family, turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and high school football for many across New Jersey. What was once a traditional game for virtually every high school across the state is becoming a rarer occurrence as many of…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer A Manalapan man has been arrested and charged in connection with a double stabbing that occurred in Millstone Township. Police said Thomas Norman, 23, of Manalapan, was arrested on Nov. 7 in connection with the stabbing of two individuals that took place in the early morning hours of that day.…