Category: Examiner News

  • Million dollar donation to help fund expansion

    Medical center officials grateful for support from Millstone couple BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer PHOTO BY CLARE MARIE CELANO A donation from Robert and Donna O’Donnell of Millstone Township to CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, will help to fund the construction of an ambulatory care campus. See page 22.…

  • Prosecutor’s Office rep. to host talk about scams

    PLUMSTED — Crafty thieves use a lot of tricks, which a local church wants to help expose. The New Egypt United Methodist Church will host Cynthia Boyd, a senior investigator with the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, during its Senior Spot at 1:15 p.m. on Dec. 15, according to a church press release. Boyd oversees the…

  • Board pushes for animal cruelty officer in U.F.

    Horse surrendered to NJSPCA now ready for adoption BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A recent case of horse neglect at a local farm has increased the Board of Health’s desire to make Animal Control Officer Mary Klink the township’s animal cruelty investigator, or ACI. On Nov. 10, a…

  • Firefighters complete training at academy

    The Monmouth County Fire Academy graduated 31 volunteers from its Firefighter I class on Dec. 11. Twenty-five other Firefighter I volunteers were graduated on Dec. 3. The fire academy is on Route 33, Howell. According to a press release from the county, the firefighters attended weekend classes beginning in September and have logged 135 hours…

  • Board takes issue with its member

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The Board of Education reviewed one of its members’ comments to the Examiner last week. The board voted 7-2 at its Dec. 12 meeting to send a letter to the Examiner to clear up a situation regarding board member Thomas Foley. The letter would…

  • Movies nixed out of The Village at Manalapan

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — Plans for a multiplex theater and performing arts center are apparently off the table at The Village at Manalapan, a retail shopping center planned for the intersection of Route 33 and Millhurst Road. Attorney John Giunco, representing Manalapan Retail Realty Partners, made the announcement…

  • Upper Freehold could inherit contamination

    Developer may cap arsenic, dieldrin under roadway BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Upper Freehold Board of Health wants to allow a developer to place soil containing arsenic and dieldrin under a roadway in his development. The board voted 4-2 at its Dec. 13 meeting to recommend to the Township Committee…

  • Millstone resident earns top honor as attorney

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Peter Chamas, of Millstone Township, just received the title of New Jersey Super Lawyer from New Jersey Monthly, a magazine about law and politics. MILLSTONE — For the second year in a row, a township resident has taken the title of Super Lawyer. Although a Super…

  • Newspapers announce second Greater Women Award

    Nominations of outstanding women are being sought from Monmouth, Middlesex and northern Ocean counties. The Greater Women of Central New Jersey Award celebrates women who triumph despite the challenges and make a true difference through their efforts. Women may be nominated for one of three categories: business, health care or the nonprofit sector. Nominees may…