• Board president winds down term of service

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — In January, the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education will have a new president. The current president, Lisa Herzer, did not seek a third full term in the Nov. 6 election. Herzer has served on the board since 2005. Herzer, who is married with three children,…

  • Lessons of the past shape the future

    CHHANGE cuts ribbon on new facility at Brookdale campus BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Top: Howard Dorman, CHHANGE board president, stands in front of the “Journey to Life” exhibit at the center’s new facility on Brookdale Community College’s Lincroft campus. Above: Sy and Marilyn Siegler, founding partners of CHHANGE, attend the celebration. PHOTOS BY JEFF…

  • Millstone committee concludes year’s work

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The Millstone Township Committee took care of some end-of-the-year business at its final meeting of 2012 on Dec. 19. The committee unanimously adopted an ordinance lowering the township recreation lacrosse program’s registration fee from $90 to $40. Among the resolutions the committee unanimously passed was a one-year contract for Central Jersey…

  • Images of 2012 …

    2012 was a year abuzz with activity in the area covered by the Examiner. For more of the newspaper’s staff photographers’ best photos of the year, see page 6.

  • Your card will be arriving any day now

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Here we are, deep in the throes of the holiday season. Chestnuts are still roasting on open fires and Jack Frost is nipping at our noses. A fire is warming our hearth, a pumpkinspice candle is giving the house a homey aroma, and although the tree is leaning slightly…

  • If you’re not part of solution, you’re part of the problem

    CODA GREG BEAN You’ll have to excuse me for a moment until this case of the black whirlies passes and my equilibrium returns to something resembling normal. I always wondered what it would feel like to fall down the rabbit hole like Alice did, and now I know. It’s not that much fun. I put…

  • datebook 

     A family movie afternoon will be offered at 4 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Allentown Library, 16 S. Main St. Open to all ages. Contact the library for more information at 609-259-7565.  Make a snowman tube sock craft at 4 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Allentown Library, 16 S. Main St. Decorate a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Historical figures come alive in school program

    HILLSBOROUGH: Historical figures come alive in school program

    Auten Road Intermediate School student Jesi Herterich as Annie Oakley.

  • MANVILLE: Santa Claus pays early visit to town

    MANVILLE: Santa Claus pays early visit to town

    Santa Claus listens intently as Tyler Thomaszfski gives his wish list.

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