• MCAR chooses Realtor and Realtor-Associate of the Year

    The Monmouth County Association of Realtors (MCAR) announces they have chosen Diane Traverso, Prudential Zack Shore Properties, as 2014 Realtor of the Year and Marissa Ferrari, Keller Williams-East Monmouth as 2014 Realtor-Associate of the Year. These individuals are being recognized for their effort and work expended in the interest of their community, humanitarian services, in…

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    A patron has picked the perfect pumpkin at Happy Day Farm, Manalapan, on Oct. 12. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Writer wants Smith’s support for HR1565

    A fter hearing about the alarmingly high number of school shootings this year — 74 in 2014 alone — I decided to write a letter to my congressman, Chris Smith (R-NJ). Congressman Smith has refused to co-sponsor a federal bill, HR1565, for expanded background checks on firearms. This bill would help keep guns out of…

  • Trying to find harmony on one local street

    I n response to a recent letter to the editor (“It Is Time to Pave Harmony Hill Road,” Examiner, Sept. 25, 2014), which responded to a letter I had written, I am writing to “clear up” inaccuracies in the letter.  In reference to the petition to pave Harmony Hill Road in Upper Freehold Township,…

  • Funding must be restored at The Arc

    I t has come to my attention that The Arc of Monmouth County will no longer be able to continue their mental/behavioral health services due to budget cuts. The Arc was receiving $392,000 through the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), but this will end in December. Our son, who has autism, needs this service to…

  • Principal, pupils and pig celebrate reading success

    By MAUREEN DAYE Kelly Huggins, principal of the Newell Elementary School, Allentown, puckers up to kiss Petunia the pig as she fulfills a promise she made to pupils. Huggins said that if the children surpassed a reading goal, she would kiss a pig. The students exceeded the goal and placed 15th in the world for…

  • Sayreville football future in jeopardy

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO & WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writers Paige Magee takes part in an Oct. 12 vigil held at John F. Kennedy Park in Sayreville in support of student athletes who were the victims of alleged hazing. MATT DENTON The future of Sayreville War Memorial High School’s football program is in question after seven…

  • Monmouth County online surplus auction to begin Oct. 18

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that the fall 2014 county surplus auction will begin Oct. 18 and continue through Oct. 21. “The online surplus auctions continue to serve the county well,” Freeholder Deputy Director Gary J. Rich Sr. said. “It provides a greater benefit in terms of revenue and makes it easier…

  • Residents: Main St. traffic will get worse with funeral home

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Terrible traffic conditions on Main Street in the Tennent section of Manalapan prompted two residents to comment on an ordinance that could impact the two-lane road on which they live. Main Street runs from Route 522 (Freehold Englishtown Road) to Millhurst Road. The residents who spoke at the Oct. 1…

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