Category: Examiner News

  • Captivated by the plight of the people in Guatemala

    Allentown man helps bring food, medical care to the less fortunate BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Jeffrey McLaughlin, of Allentown, brushes a boy’s teeth in a fluoride clinic held in the village of Santa Caterina Polopo. ALLENTOWN — His compassion for children has helped bring new hope to an impoverished Guatemalan…

  • Allentown library looking for more financial support

    Fundraisers becoming harder to organize due to lack of volunteers BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold UPPER FREEHOLD – The Board of the Allentown Public Library Association Inc. is looking for new members to replenish its ranks. At the Dec. 21 Township Committee meeting, the board’s treasurer, Roxanne Robinson, gave…

  • Twp. pushes alternative septic issue into next year

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — After months of discussion, the township’s Board of Health has still not decided whether it should support an ordinance permitting the use of alternative septic systems. Although the board’s attorney said it is too late in the year to move forward with an…

  • Looking into the mind of the creator

    The Eleanor Gallery hosts first-ever showing of Mueller BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Roosevelt ROOSEVELT — To see Robert E. Mueller’s schemas is to get a glimpse into what the mind that creates snowflakes must be like. Mueller, a Roosevelt resident and artist who is widely known for his woodcuts that…

  • Legislature grants gay couples civil union rights

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer TRENTON — Same-sex couples in New Jersey will now have access to all the legal rights and responsibilities heterosexual couples possess, except for the right to call their relationship “marriage.” On Thursday, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill that will allow same-sex couples to have…

  • Millstone paves way for new warehouse project

    Arsenic at site would be blended with clean soil and/or capped BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Plans for a warehouse complex along Route 33 have received preliminary approval. The Planning Board granted preliminary approval for the nine-lot commercial subdivision at its Dec. 13 meeting. A group called 33 Associates…

  • Gas-to-energy operation captures design award

    FREEHOLD — The gas-to-energy facility located at the Monmouth County Reclamation Center, Tinton Falls, has been awarded Project of the Year (power category) by the New York Tri-State Metro Chapter of the Design-Build Institute of America. Methane gas, produced naturally by decomposition, is extracted from the landfill using a series of wells. The collected gas…

  • Plans pitched for lot across from Rick’s Saddle Shop

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A new bank and drugstore, along with new medical offices, may soon pop up along Route 539. The Planning Board reviewed conceptual plans for the commercial development called Cream Ridge Concepts at its Dec. 14 meeting. Planner/engineer Mark Shourds, of Medford, unveiled the…

  • Offering a peaceful respite, sharing a historic property

    Couple renovates Waln family home into bed and breakfast BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Bill Dey stands in the foyer of PeaceFields Inn, a bed and breakfast located near Historic Walnford in Upper Freehold. The drive to PeaceFields Inn in Upper Freehold is lined with grapevines growing at the winery, horses…