Category: Examiner News

  • Decades of hope, time for a cure

    Sixth annual Relay for Life of New Egypt will take place this weekend BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer A community of hundreds of local residents, business people, and military servicemen and servicewomen, along with their families and friends, will spring up at the New Egypt High School in Plumsted Saturday night.…

  • Annual 5K attracts over 100 runners

    Funds raised for individuals with disabilities BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – More than 100 runners took to local country roads April 28 to help people with disabilities. Allies Inc. held its second annual Country Roads 5K at Walnford Park. The event hosted dozens of runners in its 5K run,…

  • Wright resigns, feeling ineffective against mayor’s plan

    Former Planning Board member says master plan is going nowhere BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – After spending 12 years on the Planning Board and the last year as its vice chairman, Barry Wright has resigned. The reason for his resignation, he said, is that he is tired of…

  • Fight like a girl

    Girl Scout earns Silver Award organizing rape escape program BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOSBYSCOTTFRIEDMAN Stephanie Dreifus, 15, (top photo) and Becky Weir, 14, both of Millstone, practice a technique for breaking free from a choke hold while Amber McGarvey, 13, (left photo) and Erinn Benedict, 14, both of Millstone, practice…

  • Listening in on ‘Big Blue’

    Jazz & blues, a splash of water: the annual music fest is back in town BY TOM CHESEK Correspondent BY TOM CHESEKCorrespondent Q Big Bill Morganfield uickly now: What has 10 sets of ears, stays hidden away from public view and has the first word as to when summer on the Shore really gets started?…

  • Family helps work toward a future without cancer

    Couple encourages support of Relay for Life on June 9-10 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Allen and Amie Harris and their daughters, Caitlyn, 10, (l) and Alicia, 8, will participate in the upcoming Relay for Life in New Egypt on June 9-10 in honor of Alicia, who is an…

  • Dreamland needs approvals from the state

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Planning Board granted preliminary approval for a 39-lot subdivision at its May 22 meeting, but 17 of the lots also need approval from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The lots with artesian conditions, which require approval from the state, need…

  • Ernst Farm helps county top 10,000-acre mark

    Upper Freehold has more than 7,000 acres in preservation Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian G. Burry (l), Upper Freehold Mayor Stephen Fleischacker and the state’s agriculture secretary, Charles M. Kuperus, announce the preservation of the Ernst Farm at a special ceremony held on the Jonathan Holmes Road property in Upper Freehold on May 22. UPPER FREEHOLD…

  • New construction to start on 140-acre Millstone tract

    Farm owner will not retire ability to further subdivide property BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – A single-family home will be built on the 140-acre site formerly known as the Fu Sing Farm. The township’s Zoning Board unanimously approved the project at its May 23 meeting. Vito Cardinale, who wants…