• Army medic recovering after being shot in back

    Pfc. Andrew Taylor of Jackson hopes to rejoin unit in 2011 BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) visits with U.S. Army Pfc. Andrew Taylor, 22, of Jackson, who is recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., from a wound he received after being shot while performing his duties as a…

  • Freehold mandates use of rapid entry system

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Municipal officials have unanimously adopted an ordinance that will require business owners to install a system that will enable firefighters to have immediate access to buildings in Freehold Borough in the event of a fire. The ordinance was adopted by the Borough Council at its meeting on…

  • Farmers may apply for aid in wake of heat and drought

    United States Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack has designated 16 New Jersey counties as natural disaster areas to assist farmers who suffered losses due to excessive heat and drought during the 2010 growing season. Farmers in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Sussex and Warren counties…

  • Christmas show to raise funds for food pantry and veterans

    The Company of Music, Theatre and Dance and its performance workshop youth ensemble will bring a taste of Broadway to the Jersey Shore with its “Christmas and New Year’s Spectacular,” created and directed by Alison Gertner Mann, to be performed Dec. 18-19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Millstone Performing Arts Center, Dawson Court, Millstone Township,…

  • Officials renew call for ‘polluter pays’ tax

    Superfund was created by Congress in 1980 to clean nation’s toxic sites BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Flanked by Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik and state Sen. Jennifer Beck, former New Jersey Gov. James Florio discusses the need for the renewal of the “polluter pays” Superfund tax during a press conference at the Imperial Oil toxic…

  • Karaoke, bowling expected in Marlboro

    Planning Board grants approval to Route 9 entertainment center BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer An existing office/warehouse facility at the border of Marlboro and Manalapan will eventually give way to a multi-use entertainment center. Day 2 Night will be coming to a location on Route 9 north, Marlboro, just south of Pinos restaurant. The project…

  • School district deals with projected deficit

    Freehold Borough K-8 officials are working on 2011-12 budget BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer It is never too early to start planning a school district budget, according to Patrick DeGeorge, and a first look at the Freehold Borough K-8 School District’s 2011-12 budget is showing an estimated shortfall of $354,144 for the district. According…

  • Photo

    A group of young volunteers help Al Chiu (l) unload the clothes he is donating to a drive sponsored by the Clark Mills School PTA and held at the school on Gordons Corner Road, Manalapan, on Dec. 11. The clothing drive was a fundraiser for the PTA, which supports various programs and activities at the…

  • for the record •••

    The article “PTO funds provide technology to budgetstrapped elementary school” in the Dec. 9 edition of the Examiner should have stated that Jean Mardaga is the former president of the PTO. Silvia Dimino serves as the group’s current president, and her administration has implemented many new fundraisers, such as the holiday bazaar, this year.

View our current articles

Stay connected to your community