Category: Examiner News

  • Ex-county fire marshal admits accepting bribe

    NEWARK – The former fire marshal for Monmouth County pleaded guilty March 14 to accepting and agreeing to accept a bribe payment. Patsy R. Townsend, 58, of Neptune, who was also the emergency management and code enforcement official in Neptune, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini to a one-count information charging him…

  • New Millstone auditorium could provide tax break

    New foundation will help raise money for PAC’s operating fund BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – In the wake of frozen school funding at the state level, the Millstone Board of Education hopes its new Performing Arts Center will help offset taxes. The Performing Arts Center (PAC) is currently under…

  • Eleanor Gallery explores the feminine perspective

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – Ever wonder what really goes on in the mind of a woman? The Eleanor Gallery will give patrons a glimpse into the very depths of various local females in a showcase titled “The Feminine Perspective,” which will open on March 25. Located in the…

  • Roosevelt supports organic farming with CSA

    Program offers fresh herbs, flowers and veggies for almost 26 weeks BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Organic farmer David Burlew, of Roosevelt, checks his drip irrigation system while getting ready for the upcoming growing season on the Goldstein farm in Roosevelt on March 20. What’s cropping up around…

  • Candidates note growth, new school as top issues

    One Allentown and two Upper Freehold seats up for election BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP & JANE MEGGITT Staff Writers BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP &JANE MEGGITTStaff Writers Robert Cheff The Upper Freehold Regional School District will have contested races for its one open Allentown and two open Upper Freehold Board of Education seats. On April 18, voters will…

  • In early 1970s, officials perceived need for landfill

    Monmouth government constructed reclamation center at Tinton Falls BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff The work of finding a place for garbage is never finished at the Monmouth County Reclamation Center, Tinton Falls. The 1,000-acre facility opened in late 1976 as municipal dumps began to be phased out of…

  • Opinion divided on driving privilege for illegal aliens

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Some of New Jersey’s Latino community leaders are pushing to advance a state Assembly bill that would, if signed into law, permit thousands of illegal aliens to drive legally in the state. The proposal does not have universal support among state legislators. One assemblyman,…

  • National MS Society slates bike tour

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – A Clarksburg resident is beckoning area bicyclists to get in shape for a good cause. Kathleen A. Bailey, who has participated in the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society’s Coast the Coast bike tour for the past eight years, wants to draw area residents’ attention…

  • County sought incinerator as way to handle garbage

    It’s likely that no issue has ever evoked more emotion, pro and con, in Monmouth County than the incinerator the county proposed to build at its Tinton Falls landfill about 15 years ago. The incinerator would have been used for the disposal of solid waste. The issue reached fever pitch during the summer of 1991…