Category: Examiner News

  • Library system pays tribute to Narozanick

    Ted Narozanick MANALAPAN – Longtime Monmouth County Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick, flanked by hundreds of friends and supporters, eloquently thanked the residents of Monmouth County for allowing him to serve for 21 years on the county Board of Freeholders. His remarks came as he was being honored by the Monmouth County Library System, which held…

  • Nurturing the living component of WTC memorial

    Trees for former site of twin towers will be held at Halka Nurseries BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Chet and Jamie Halka, of Halka Nurseries in Millstone, watch as World Trade Center Memorial Foundation members look over their trees for planting at the ground zero memorial for…

  • Nov. 28 luncheon to focus on county’s business outlook

    WEST LONG BRANCH – Monmouth County’s economic conditions and forecast will be center stage when a top area business executive addresses the Fifth Wednesday Squires Luncheon at Branches, West Long Branch. Ben Waldron, executive director of the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council (MODC), will describe findings in the organization’s 2006 Business Outlook Survey. The comprehensive study asks…

  • Millstone community better off because of bargains

    MTWO collects more than $2,500 for local projects BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Although Nov. 17 looked like Black Friday, it wasn’t, but people in Millstone Township still shopped ’til they nearly dropped. Most locals leaving the Millstone Township Women’s Organization’s (MTWO) vendor night at the township elementary school did so…

  • Tree lighting

    Off the Wall Craft Gallery owner Karen Deets (l-r) and Mary Maleski light a Christmas tree in downtown Allentown. The borough will hold its annual holiday open house on Dec. 2-3. Visit www.allentownnj.com for details.

  • Good Samaritan Center forced to relocate in 2007

    Social services agency will lose lease at Englishtown location BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer The shelves at the Good Samaritan Center in Englishtown start to fill up with food for those in need during the holiday season. A local center set up to help people in dire situations is currently facing…

  • Refinancing could save $647,143 in Millstone

    Millstone MILLSTONE – The Board of Education unanimously agreed at its Nov. 13 meeting to the advance refunding of $22.7 million in outstanding obligations. Business Administrator Brian Boyle explained that the school district issued $34.5 million worth of bonds in 2004 to pay for the new middle school. Last year, more than $9 million of…

  • History is in the air at Lakehurst base

    Area residents tour site of famous Hindenburg crash BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer PHOTOS BY DAVE BENJAMIN Tour guide Donald Adams tells members of the Four Seasons at Metedeconk Lakes Men’s Club how the surrounding area looked on May 6, 1937, the day the Hindenburg burst into flames at Lakehurst naval…

  • Calendar sales make for ‘New Beginnings’

    Proceeds benefit homeless animals at MCSPCA shelter All proceeds from the sale of the New Beginnings 2007 calendar will support the mission of the Monmouth County SPCA, Eatontown. These dogs are from Allentown. Let holiday shopping commence for the pet lovers among friends, family and even your customers! The 2007 New Beginnings calendar is available…