• Millstone schools face grim budget discussions

    Staff reduction, bigger class sizes being considered BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Decreased state aid and increased tuition costs loom over the Millstone Township school district’s budgeting process. The state has informed the school district that it may reduce state aid to Millstone schools by 10 percent, or $500,000, according to Board of Education President…

  • Paper granted reprieve at eleventh hour

    Community response prompts company to reconsider closing Examiner BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Agroundswell of community support has saved the Examiner. Despite no formal announcement to readers regarding the demise of the Examiner, many in the local community heard through the grapevine that Greater Media Newspapers was considering discontinuing publication of the paper as of…

  • To turn alarm off, throw entire clock against wall

    Coda • GREG BEAN If there’s anything more frustrating than trying to follow a procedure manual for a product that was built in a non-English-speaking country and then translated into the King’s Own by someone with a limited grasp of our language, I don’t know what it is. Back in the day when I didn’t…

  • A race to the finish

    From top: Allentown junior James Pleban competes in the boys 1600-meter race during the Colonial Valley Conference track meet held at The Peddie School in Hightstown on Jan. 13. Junior Bridgette Meloro competes in the high jump. Junior Dan Sandford (right) competes in the boys 1600-meter. Allentown senior Zack Wishbow (center) waits in line after…

  • Amabile gone in a snap; search on for new coach

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — The varsity football team should have a new coach in February. John Amabile resigned in December after coaching the football team for one season. Under his direction, the football team had its most successful season in recent history, finishing with a 4-6 record and tying the team’s record…

  • Allentown High

    Left: Allentown High School’s Desmond Bush (33) goes up for a basket. Above: Dennis Brophy (r) and Princeton’s Thatcher Foster go for a rebound during a game on Jan. 12 in Allentown. Allentown was defeated, 56-40. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANI staffT

  • Signing on the dotted line

    Left: Allentown High School student Matt Mueller signs a contract to play lacrosse with Providence College in Rhode Island in the presence of his parents Jeff and Michele. The high school’s assistant lacrosse coach Carl Schubauer (l-r), head lacrosse coach Mike Kays and guidance counselor Carol Bost also attended the signing. Above: Allentown High School…

  • Upper Freehold district braces for possible ‘dramatic’ cuts

    Loss of state aid and new middle school to strain budget process BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — A recession, a state aid reduction and a new school add up to the perfect storm for the school district’s budgeting process this year. Superintendent of Schools Dick Fitzpatrick has reported that the Upper Freehold Regional…

  • 80,000 pounds of food collected in challenge

    Millstone Primary School collects most food per student in its division BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Partnerships can make a powerful difference in the lives of the less fortunate. Millstone’s primary, elementary and middle school students learned this lesson when they helped the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in Neptune collect a…

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