Category: Examiner News

  • Jacob Landau’s legacy lives on in Roosevelt

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer At left, an art showing takes place inside of the studio of the late artist Jacob Landau. He worked out of this geodesic dome, located on Lake Drive in Roosevelt. Above, Rosa Giletti, a curator, discusses the artwork of Jacob Landau. Jacob Landau considered Roosevelt the…

  • Republicans victors in Assembly race

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Despite a nasty primary and strict clean election pilot project guidelines, Republicans easily retained control of two Assembly seats in District 13. The Nov. 8 election saw Republican incumbent Sam Thompson re-elected with 29,206 votes, while Monmouth County Freeholder Amy Handlin won her first…

  • Rutgers seminars will focus on horse industry

    The Rutgers Equine Science Center at Cook College will sponsor two educational seminars on Dec. 13. Both events will take place at the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture on the Cook College campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, according to Diana M. Orban Brown, the center’s director of communications. The first seminar, Equine Management Update,…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Robert Dowling, of Millstone Township, bows his head in a moment of silence during a Veterans Day ceremony held at the Millstone Veterans Memorial on Nov. 11. Dowling served in the Air Force in the South Pacific.

  • School water no longer compromised in Millstone

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The township’s elementary school has restored the quality of its drinking water. The Millstone Township Elementary School, located on Schoolhouse Road, tested its water on Nov. 7. The water tested negative for bacteria, and the iron content has lowered to a reasonable standard, according…

  • Horse owner fined for animal neglect in U.F.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer One of the undernourished horses discovered at Freedom Farm in Upper Freehold Township. Five horses were turned over to the NJSPCA. UPPER FREEHOLD — A Bridgeton woman pleaded guilty in municipal court on Nov. 10 for failing to provide proper food for three horses kept at…

  • County food bank in need of donations

    The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties is in great need of food donations for the Thanksgiving holidays. Many supermarkets are giving away free hams or turkeys during the holiday season, and residents are asked to consider donating a ham or frozen turkey. Also needed are holiday trimmings such as stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, canned…

  • Petition asks Millstone to remove speed humps

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Approximately 20 residents signed a petition urging township officials to remove the speed humps on Carrs Tavern Road. The petitioners call the speed humps “retrogressive” and allege that the traffic-calming devices cause “serious safety and township liability concerns.” Speed humps create a gradual rise…

  • Carcass rots for 10 days on U.F. farm

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The township recently had to pay for the removal of a dead horse. The horse had been dead at Freedom Farm for 10 days, and vultures were feeding on it before the township had the carcass removed. Karen Peterson, who owns the Route…