Category: Examiner News

  • Bears make new home in Assunpink

    MILLSTONE — The local woods are already home to two wayward bears. A black bear removed from Woodbridge and another removed from Trenton now reside in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area, according to Bill Kastning, the chairman of the township’s Planning Board, who also works for the state Department of Transportation. Made up of 5,700…

  • Phony Web page stirs anger in Assembly race

    Democrat campaign worker says material was posted by accident BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer A Democratic campaign worker who is a New Jersey publisher has been caught Web-handed. A Web site that posed as the campaign home page of Republican 13th District Assembly candidates Amy Handlin and Sam Thompson…

  • Development looms in golf club’s future

    County doesn BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders will not purchase the Cream Ridge Golf Club (CRGC) as open space. The owners of the golf course, including Deputy Mayor William Miscoski, may now pursue development of the approximately 130-acre golf course located…

  • United in Memory: 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt

    BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Visitors gaze at the memorial quilt that has been on display throughout the country. Over 3,000 volunteers from 18 countries created 3,550 blocks for the quilt. Created as much for healing as for remembering, a hallowed patchwork memorializing victims of the 9/11 attacks will travel to…

  • Millstone holds forum about wayward bruins

    Officials project one bear every 3 square miles in Monmouth County by 2008 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone MILLSTONE — Black bears. They’re not just in north Jersey anymore. According to officials from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife Services, bears are steadily making their way into the central…

  • Breeders call thoroughbred racing a dying sport in N.J.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Local thoroughbred breeders hope that increased purses and breeder incentive programs will help revive their sport. Thoroughbred breeding in New Jersey has declined precipitously since its heyday in the 1960s and ’70s. Attorney Felice Busto is on the board of the Thoroughbred Breeders…

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    DENNIS SYMONS JR. A rainbow is seen over the grave site of James A. Collins on May 21. The American Legion recently placed the flag there in honor of Memorial Day on May 30.

  • Millstone resident earns highest scouting honor

    AHS senior is one of 17 girls nationwide changing the face of Girl Scouts BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer SEAN DWYER Lipica Shah sings the national anthem during a dedication ceremony for Project Hope on May 14. She designed the project, a center for victims during a disaster. MILLSTONE — Lipica…

  • Wanted man causes worry in Millstone

    State police want to dispel rumors surrounding incident BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer New Jersey State Police continue to search for a man wanted for getting into a shoving match with a Millstone boy last week, officials said. According to state police Lt. Kathleen Devlin, officials received a report of a potential abduction of a…