Category: Examiner News

  • Officials keep municipal tax rate stable in Millstone

    Meeting on failed school budget scheduled for May 17 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Municipal taxes will not increase this year for the average township homeowner. The Millstone Township Committee unanimously voted to adopt its $7.1 million 2006 spending plan, which keeps the tax rate flat on the municipal…

  • Youth group thrives on kids gone ‘wyld’

    Annual spaghetti dinner planned May 24 PHOTOS BY DENNIS SYMONS JR. During the monthly meeting of the Wyldlife Club at the Millstone Township Community Center on May 6, Chelsea Laday, above, plays ping pong shuffle, while at left, Danielle Balint (r-l) Monica Gorycki and Gabby Stender face off in a spaghetti-eating contest. MILLSTONE – One…

  • Memorial Day parade scheduled in Millstone

    MILLSTONE – The township will honor those who served in all wars at a Memorial Day parade on May 29. The theme of the parade, which will begin at 10 a.m. rain or shine, is “Honoring Their Service to Our Country,” according to Richard D. Brody, chairman of the Millstone Township Veterans Memorial Council. Troops…

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    DENNIS SYMONS JR. Brittani Ferriola wraps Meredith Greenberg and Peyton Black (l) with plastic wrap, while Kristin Kay looks on during the monthly WyldLife Club meeting at the community center in Millstone Township on May 6. See story, page 3.

  • Son: ‘Flight 93’ shows passengers as heroes

    Longtime Manalapan resident was on board hijacked plane on 9/11 BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Two days before “United 93” was released to the general public on April 28, family members of United Airlines Flight 93 passengers were guests at a special premiere of the film at the Tribeca Film Festival…

  • County opens its museums through September

    The Monmouth County Historical Association’s four 18th century historic house museums have opened for the season and will remain open through September. Open hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, from 1-4 p.m. Admission is free, although a donation is appreciated. The public is invited to tour these sites that reflect life as it was 250…

  • Freeholders pan gov.’s ‘sick tax’

    FREEHOLD – Citing the impact Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed “sick tax” would have on Monmouth County’s hospitals, the Board of Freeholders passed a resolution critical of the proposal to tax hospital beds, urging all 120 state legislators to oppose such a levy. Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick, who prepared the resolution, said the tax being proposed…

  • Group studies WWII impact on Monmouth

    The Monmouth County Historical Association will hold a special event to honor and commemorate veterans of World War II on May 28 from 3-5 p.m. World War II veterans and their families are invited to attend a reception and view the museum exhibition “Home Front” at the MCHA Museum and Library, 70 Court Street, Freehold.…

  • Impromptu trip to Afghanistan an eye-opener

    Shrewsbury resident accompanies noted photographer to war-torn zone BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer STEVE McCURRY Art Petrosemolo (c), with Afghan translator and guide Qais Azminy, gets a close look from a motorcycle driver on the road in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Petrosemolo took the pictures of the two Afghani children pictured at left…