Category: Examiner News

  • New Christian arts, music program starts up this fall

    Betty Anderson (back row l-r), Emily Yuhas, Ben Wolverton, Taylor Stephan, Sue Morton, Matthew Stephan and Music Director Pat Weitz and Elizabeth and Emily Anderson (front row l-r) Danny Wolverton and Robert Anderson get ready for a new Christian arts and music program at the Methodist Church in Allentown. ALLENTOWN – A new, ecumenical, weekday…

  • New ridership boosts call for rail line

    Ocean County and Monmouth County officials are cautiously optimistic that new ridership numbers presented last week to transportation officials may bolster the counties’ ongoing efforts to implement passenger rail service in one of the fastest-growing regions in the state. Armed with the new numbers, Ocean County Freeholder James F. Lacey and Monmouth County Freeholder Theodore…

  • Celebrate opera at local theater’s gala on Oct. 14

    New Jersey Opera Theater will present its second annual Celebrate Opera Gala on Oct. 14. The evening, which will begin at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Princeton, will be a celebration of opera and a toast to the success of New Jersey Opera Theater’s (NJOT) 2006 season, according to a theater press…

  • Westlake urged to resign from county tax board

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Three days after John Westlake pleaded guilty to tax evasion in federal court, he still held his governor-appointed post as president of the Monmouth County Board of Taxation. According to Patricia Nally, the Monmouth County Assistant Tax Administrator, Westlake had not resigned from his position on…

  • Monmouth Park to host thoroughbred festival

    An upcoming one-day festival will celebrate New Jersey’s best-born thoroughbred horses. On Sept. 16, Monmouth Park will host the fourth annual New Jersey Thoroughbred Festival, presented by the Malouf Auto Group in conjunction with the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey, according to a Monmouth Park press release. The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey…

  • Group gives out $900K to agencies

    The United Way of Monmouth County board of directors has officially announced that 68 local health and human service agencies will receive funding for the 2006-07 cycle. This year more than 50 volunteers assisted in the annual resource investment process reviewing more than 70 applications, making on-site visits to the agencies, conducting interviews with agency…

  • Board may start looking at alternative school sites

    Beacon Hill wastewater plant could solve problem with current property BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Interim Superintendent of Schools Robert Smith has recommended that the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education authorize the exploration of alternative sites for the new middle school. Smith reported on the current status of the Ellisdale…

  • Crop Walk to support hunger, poverty relief

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The borough will join 76 New Jersey communities and countless others across the nation this fall in holding a Crop Hunger Walk. During the Crop Hunger Walk on Oct. 22, area residents will walk a 5K route through town to raise awareness and funds…

  • Democrats choose new candidate for freeholder

    Middletown’s Gibadlo calls for closer scrutiny of county spending BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Critical of the recent rehire of politically connected attorney Malcolm Carton, the new Democratic candidate for freeholder says he wants to keep better tabs on the county’s legal spending. Greg Gibadlo, 59, of…