Category: Examiner News

  • Malpractice reform law called a good first step

    Doctors pushed for statelegislation but do notget all that they sought BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Doctors pushed for state legislation but do not get all that they sought BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer After almost two years of debate which included the first job action by physicians, a medical malpractice reform bill was recently signed…

  • Pastor bends rules for ‘carny’ couple’s wedding

    BY PATRICIAA. MILLERStaff Writer COURTESY OF ALLENTOWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Bertha “Birdie” Smith and Frank Sulik exchange wedding vows under the big top at the Allentown Freedom Fest festivities last Saturday. Associate Pastor Jenna Goggins presided over the ceremony, which was attended by fellow carnival workers. BY PATRICIAA. MILLER Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — It was a…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Jessica Lizura, 7, Cream Ridge, screams with joy while riding “Pharaoh’s Fury” during Freedom Fest at Allentown High School last week.

  • Olympic trials are slated next week at Horse Park

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Olympic trials are slated next week at Horse Park BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Horse Park of New Jersey is gearing up for the United States Olympic eventing team trials on July 13. The Olympic trials are the most prestigious event ever held at the facility, said…

  • Route 33 crash leaves one dead, one seriously injured

    Route 33 crash leaves one dead, one seriously injured PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff MON-OC paramedics and Millstone Township First Aid Squad members prepare an accident victim to be airlifted to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune Township, following a fatal accident on Route 33 in Millstone Tuesday afternoon. MILLSTONE — A 42-year-old Manalapan Township man…

  • Cleanup costs at Clarksburg School continue to mount

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer FILEPHOTO The renovation of the Clarksburg School for municipal offices has turned out to be more expensive than some township officials originally anticipated. MILLSTONE — A Board of Education official is "very frustrated" with the cleanup of contaminated soil at the old Clarksburg School. Brinkerhoff Environmental…

  • Upper Freehold officials spar over 6-acre zoning

    Committeeman warns officials they will BY JANEMEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANEMEGGITT Staff Writer Upper Freehold Township Committeeman William Miscoski was the lone holdout in a vote to re-examine 6-acre zoning at the July 1 committee meeting. The committee voted 4-1 to re-examine 6-acre zoning, despite the Planning Board’s recent vote to rescind an earlier decision to…

  • State bill will play havoc with budget, officials say

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Board of Education officials here are not happy with a state bill that would revise how school budget caps are calculated and reduce the allowable surplus for school districts. Board administrator Brian Boyle called the bill a "backdoor way to raise taxes." The bill,…

  • ATV battle turns ugly; some in town harassed

    Some Millstone residents afraid of retaliation, mayor says BY PATRICIAA. MILLERStaff Writer ATV battle turns ugly; some in town harassed Some Millstone residents afraid of retaliation, mayor says BY PATRICIAA. MILLER Staff Writer The all-terrain vehicle (ATV) controversy has escalated, pitting neighbor against neighbor in some cases, Millstone Mayor Nancy A. Grbelja said earlier this…