Category: Examiner News

  • Bills would require young adults to serve the nation

    No action has beentaken on legislationsince February 2003 BY ANNIKA MENGISENCorrespondent No action has been taken on legislation since February 2003 BY ANNIKA MENGISEN Correspondent A pair of bills that are currently awaiting action in Washington, D.C., have raised the concern of one local resident. S. 89 and H.R. 163, which await action before the…

  • South Beach Diet doctor hits Bayshore

    Dr. Arthur Agatston appears beforeabout 500 local fans BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Dr. Arthur Agatston appears before about 500 local fans BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Teresa Strand, Jersey City, gets her book autographed by Dr. Arthur Agatston, founder of the South Beach Diet, at the Garden Manor, Aberdeen, June 9. His…

  • Bank, car wash proposed for polluted site

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Zoning Board members had concerns about a proposed bank and car wash application on Route 537 at the June 10 Board of Adjustment meeting. Board members carried VLRP Corp.’s application to the next board meeting. The developer wants to build the structures at the…

  • Event brings messages of hope, a run for life

    Positive attitude is keyin battling cancer,survivors say BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Positive attitude is key in battling cancer, survivors say MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The Scarecrow (Don Taylor), Tin Man (Paul Willitts), Dorothy (Bobbie Pippin) and the Cowardly Lion (Holly Warrick) strut down the yellow brick road during the Relay for Life Walk in support of Greg…

  • Jewish War Veterans to honor Polish colonel

    All B’nai B’rith, Hadassah, and Deborah members, Holocaust survivors, the children of Holocaust survivors, and members of all Jewish congregations and their families are invited to attend a free breakfast as guests of the Jewish War Veterans Lt. Seth Dvorin Post 972 (the former Jewish War Veterans Manalapan-Marlboro Post 972). The planned program will begin…

  • Horse missing in Assunpink wildlife area

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A woman who fell off her horse in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area on Sunday was unhurt, but her horse galloped off and has not been seen since. Barbara Luna fell off Blake about 2 p.m. Sunday near the Roosevelt Road section of…

  • MILLSTONE — The annual Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs event was a big success, the chairperson of the Municipal Drug Alliance said. COURTESY OF HELEN VARVI Emily Yates, 11, a sixth-grader at Millstone Middle School, shows off her award-winning catch at the Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs party sponsored by the Millstone Drug…

  • You’re about to enter the ‘Rondinone Zone’

    Sportswriter pens themysterious BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer You’re about to enter the ‘Rondinone Zone’ Sportswriter pens the mysterious ‘Ten Tales to Make Your Head Explode’ BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer If there’s a middle ground between the worlds of sports and horror, it could be professional wrestling. So it may not be a surprise that…

  • MOM rail line info released by NJ Transit

    Nine stations mayalign selected routefor commuter rail BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer Nine stations may align selected route for commuter rail BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer (Editor’s note: Greater Media Newspapers will present several articles on this issue that will detail what the preliminary study may suggest for this rail line. We will try…