Category: Examiner News

  • 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…

  • New Jersey will honor WWII vets with memorial

    FREEHOLD – Recognizing the sacrifices made by World War II veterans, particularly those who lost their lives to preserve freedom, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has donated $25,000 toward the fund-raising effort to build a memorial in New Jersey. “We have a Vietnam veterans memorial and a Korean War memorial, but New Jersey still…

  • Proposed bill could phase out certain local services

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Members of the township’s Board of Health expressed concern about a state Senate bill that would turn local tax, animal control and public health services over to the county. At a Nov. 14 meeting, Board of Health members discussed the proposed bill with…

  • Upcoming ‘light wave’ will signify compassion

    ALLENTOWN – Local families will light the way to remembering loved ones who have passed away on Dec. 10. Joining hundreds of organized memorial services around the world, members of the Mercer County Chapter of The Compassionate Friends (TCF) in Allentown will light candles Sunday, Dec. 10, in an act of symbolic remembrance. TCF is…

  • Master gardeners honored for service to Monmouth

    COLTS NECK – The Master Gardeners of Monmouth County, a group of gardeners dedicated to educating the public about horticulture and the environment through community service, recently celebrated the class of 2006 graduation with a covered-dish supper at Hominy Hill Golf Course. This year, in addition to the milestones of individual members, the group is…

  • Volunteers sought for county’s SART

    M ake an impact by becoming a rape care advocate. The N.J. Rape Care Program of 180 Turning Lives Around in Hazlet needs both men and women to become rape care advocates for victims of sexual violence in Monmouth County, according to a 180 Turning Lives Around press release. 180’s rape care advocates are members…