• Bystanders assist car accident victims before help arrives

    Millstone Township firefighters respond to an overturned vehicle on I-195 on Aug. 9. MILLSTONE — A vehicle overturned at mile marker 14.7 on I-195 on Aug. 9. The Millstone Township Fire Department responded to the motor vehicle accident on the eastbound side of the interstate at 11:07 a.m. Aug 9. Firefighters, under the direction of…

  • Former gas station is only Roosevelt property in need of redevelopment

    Borough plans to amend redevelopment ordinance, update computer equipment BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent ROOSEVELT — An ordinance to amend the borough’s redevelopment plan was introduced at the Aug. 9 Borough Council meeting. The new ordinance would amend a 2003 ordinance that designated certain areas of the town as areas in need of redevelopment. A public…

  • Freeholders adopt resolution supporting horse racing

    Governor urged to recognize industry’s importance to Monmouth County The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders has adopted a resolution urging Gov. Chris Christie to find a way to protect New Jersey’s horse racing industry. The resolution, adopted on Aug. 12, asks Christie to consider the benefits of horse racing — both thoroughbreds and standardbreds…

  • Proud to be another bar and grill

    Lobster Shanty makeover includes sports bar atmosphere and American food menu BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The newly renovated Jack Baker’s American Bar and Grill has a sports bar atmosphere with a bar at its core and a view of nine television screens from every seat in the house. JEFF GRANIT staff MONROE — A…

  • Millstone Cheetahs No. 1 in New Jersey

    Team ranked sixth nationally after World Series in Orlando, Fla. BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Millstone Cheetahs pounced into first place in the state for fastpitch softball. The 14-and-under girls softball team also finished the season with the sixth best overall record in the nation after returning home from the United States Specialty Sports…

  • Hope in action for a better world

    First-ever winners of Emily Silverstein Awards for a Better World recognized at concert BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Emily Silverstein has a lot of help from her friends. The late Roosevelt resident’s hope in action for a better world lives on through many in the Roosevelt and surrounding communities, as attested to at the second…

  • Millstone BOE asks UFRSD for busing services at 11th hour

    In a best-case scenario, 22 out of 31 terminated Millstone bus drivers would be offered jobs BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The Millstone Township Board of Education is now out of the transportation business. So said board President Kevin McGovern at the Aug. 9 meeting, when the board voted to approve an interlocal services agreement to…

  • for the record •••

    The article “Group Speaks Out on Behalf of Yeshiva Prior to Trial” in the July 22 Examiner should have stated that the upcoming trial will concern the yeshiva’s use of 28 Homestead Lane as a dormitory, not the yeshiva’s appeal of Superior Court Judge Lawrence Lawson’s decision to order the yeshiva to return to a…

  • Keeping kids connected to the arts

    Millstone native Tim Acito returns to demonstrate creative passions can become a career BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Twenty-three area youths spent their summer on stage with glee. They learned acting, dance and movement, voice ensemble, musicianship and music theory in the Summer Music Arts Camp at the Millstone Township Performing Arts Center (MPAC), and…

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