Category: Examiner News

  • Students organize charity work

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Jeff Roberts’ Transitions Classroom students have always said charity begins at home. This holiday season they have been putting their words into action. The Transitions Classroom, a unique, self-contained learning environment offered by Allentown High School’s campus in Imlaystown, provides students with personalized…

  • Framing blackness: Bull Run owner focus of film

    Documentary looks at African American school and its students BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Above, a Friesian horse greets Dempsey Talbot Dixon at his Bull Run Farm on Halka Way in Millstone Township. At left, Dixon shows off the hundreds of award ribbons he has hanging in his carriage house. Dempsey…

  • French sculptors focus of landmark exhibition

    Described as the first of its kind in the United States in 25 years, an exhibition documenting the works of sculptors in Paris from 1832 to the early 20th century has opened in New Brunswick. “Breaking the Mold: Sculpture in Paris from Daumier to Rodin” is being presented through March 12 at the Jane Voorhees…

  • Roosevelt ponders how to offer best fire protection

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Roosevelt ROOSEVELT — The Borough Council discussed the future of the Roosevelt Volunteer Fire Department at its Nov. 21 meeting. Borough Administrator Robert Clark said the council must decide whether to finance additional equipment for new volunteer firefighters, make do with a bare-bones fire department or…

  • Hall of Famer Gary Carter to speak with area children

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — A township business has partnered with some baseball greats to provide a sports clinic for area children. Trinity Financial Sports and Entertainment Management (Trinity FSEM), a Millstone-based company that provides services to professional athletes and entertainers, will help sponsor “Diamond Days” at Shore Christian…

  • Hearing on controversial kennel slated for Nov. 30

    Friend of applicant speaks out after flier circulates in Millstone BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Millstone An upcoming Millstone Township Zoning Board hearing has garnered a kennel owner some negative attention in recent weeks. Sharon Gaboff, who will go before the Zoning Board of Adjustment on Nov. 30 seeking a variance…

  • Photo books purr-fect for the holiday

    Kim Levin BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Top, Birdie strikes a pose in “Cattitude: The Feline Guide to Being Fabulous.” Above, Border with mittens is featured in “Hound for the Holidays.” At left, Little SIlver residents John O’Neill and Kim Levin (with Charlie) have collaborated on four books about cats and…

  • Vigil to help ease families’ grief

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — A local grief support organization will participate in a worldwide candlelight vigil on Dec. 11. Members of the Mercer Chapter of The Compassionate Friends (TCF) in Allentown will join thousands of people around the world in lighting candles in remembrance of families grieving the…

  • Millstoner honored as one of nation’s top Girl Scouts

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Lipica Shah wasn’t afraid to be herself, and now she’s nationally known for it. The Girl Scouts of the USA recognized Shah, an 18-year-old Millstone resident, as a 2005 Girl Scout Gold Award Young Woman of Distinction during the 50th annual, national Girl Scout…