Category: Examiner News

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    SCOTT PILLING staff An Allentown Redbirds football player takes off with the ball during a recent game against the Old Bridge Rams in Allentown.

  • Monmouth, Ocean councils of Girl Scouts will merge

    Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts and Girl Scouts of Ocean County have announced that they will be joining forces to form one Girl Scout council serving approximately 18,000 girls throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties. Founded in 1912, Girl Scouting serves girls in every corner of the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,…

  • Church revitalizes, hopes to attract new congregants

    Besides renovations, new youth program, revamped music offered BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Clockwise from top: The Hornerstown Baptist Church in Upper Freehold has just undergone $75,000 worth of renovations in an effort to offer new programs and attract new members. Inset: A work in progress. What used to be a…

  • Rock. Group would try to camouflage warehouses

    Twp. planner suggests painting buildings to blend in with the sky BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold UPPER FREEHOLD – The Rockefeller Group is looking for some very tall trees to try to meet the township’s buffering requirements for its proposed warehouse project. One of two variances the Rockefeller Group,…

  • Park system sets goal to save 20,000 acres

    County wants to preserve 58 acres in Millstone, 131 acres in Roosevelt BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Monmouth Conservation Foundation’s gala on Sept. 30 attracted one of the largest crowds in its 29-year history. Guests drove down an allée of trees at one of the Monmouth County Park System’s (MCPS)…

  • Horse symposium draws politicos from around state

    Assemblyman calls for slot machines at racetracks BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF BILL DENVER Scott Palmer, owner of the New Jersey Equine Clinic in Millstone, speaks at the New Jersey Horse Industry Symposium at Monmouth Park in Oceanport on Sept. 20. Sen. Ellen Karcher called Millstone Township “the…

  • Master plan changes in the works for Upper Freehold

    Creating high-density development areas in town is a priority BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The township planner has advised officials against eliminating a housing bonus density for developers who use the township’s cluster option. Township Planner Mark Remsa appeared before the Township Committee at its Sept. 21 meeting…

  • County officials unveil redesigned Internet site

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer The new Monmouth County Web site has an updated look and easier navigation tools. The address is still www.visitmonmouth.com. FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, together with the county’s Department of Public Information, has launched a newly designed Internet Web site that…

  • U.F. still uncertain how to regulate new septics

    Alternative wastewater systems would not support village center development BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Board of Health will take at least another month before making a decision about a proposed ordinance that establishes requirements for advanced wastewater treatment systems. The board discussed the proposed ordinance at its…