Category: Examiner News

  • Tale of two horses has a happy ending

    Animals ease into retirement on farm in the Sunshine State BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Butch and Buddy, two Belgian draft horses retired from the Monmouth County Park System, graze at their new home on Mill Creek Farm in Florida on July 13. MILLSTONE — Lisa Marie Post can finally breathe…

  • Monroe moving ahead on Rt. 33 development

    Officials believe baseball stadium is still a viable plan along state highway BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE – A Monroe Township task force is considering four properties for the future siting of a minor league ballpark, residential housing, retail establishments and other amenities. The Route 33 Land Development Task Force,…

  • Fun in the sun

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Brenden Griggs, 4, tries to maneuver through the cones while riding the roller race at the Frogbridge day camp in Millstone. Below, kids play a game of soccer. Bottom, Zoe Baicher, 7, gets to smash a pie in the face of her favorite camp counselor, Shan Skripak, during a theater…

  • Roosevelt resident chosen to attend forum in D.C.

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — Jaymie Reeber Kosa will go to the nation’s capital this summer to meet with Congress about improving education. The Roosevelt resident, who teaches at Thomas R. Grover Middle School in Princeton Junction, will join hundreds of other National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) from across…

  • U.F. woman to research reef turtles

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — An Upper Freehold resident will explore the secrets of the sea this summer. Cindy DeMaria, who teaches at Pennsbury High School in Bucks County, Pa., joined an expedition last week to study the foraging and nesting population demographics and reproductive biology of hawksbill…

  • Officials’ salaries range from zilch to $75,000

    Members of local governing bodies share views on compensation From Brick Township to Edison, salary packages for local elected officials are as varied as their geographical locations. Though some towns offer their mayors and governing-body members what may be considered generous compensation, and others offer little more than a title, most officials contacted by Greater…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Vincent Gasperro (l), 4, and Ikky Kobayashi, 4, wait to start the roller race at the Frogbridge day camp in Millstone on July 18.

  • Animal control officer could carry more weight

    Proposed ordinance could help crack down on animal cruelty BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Board of Health is considering an ordinance that would give the township’s animal control officer a permit to carry a sidearm. At the July 12 meeting, the board discussed a proposed animal cruelty…

  • Board plans for day-care center on Rike Drive

    Owner of Kids Workshop says plans to move her facility have changed BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The Planning Board approved an application to modify a building for a day-care center in Moto Park on July 13, but the tenant may no longer move to that site. Mecca Investors,…