Category: Examiner Calendar

  • Golf outing for SRF rescheduled for July 1

    Inclement weather has caused the Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF)’s 16th annual Charity Golf Tournament to be rescheduled for July 1 at Knob Hill Country Club in Manalapan. All proceeds from the outing will benefit the SRF, which finds homes for non-competitive standardbreds and ensures their lifelong care. SRF also provides at-risk youths with a “Youth…

  • Podcasts address farm safety, fire prevention

    Safety is a year-round business, but in the spring as farm owners and managers get more active in their stables and fields, it becomes a top priority. To help remind the horse community of the basic principles of safety, the Equine Science Center at Rutgers, The StateUniversity of New Jersey, has posted two new podcasts…

  • Perrineville Jewish Center graduates nine students

    The Perrineville Jewish Center of Millstone Township has announced the graduation of its 2008 Bar/BatMitzvah class. This year, nine students finished the five years of study and requirements that entitle themto graduate. At Perrineville Jewish Center each Bar/BatMitzvah student enjoys his/her own celebrationweekend. Students do not share Bar/Bat Mitzvah dates. The congregation at the non-Orthodox…

  • Tee off ‘fore’ education with the UFREF in June

    The Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation (UFREF) will host its first annual golf outing on June 9 at the Cream Ridge Golf Club in Upper Freehold. All proceeds from the event will go toward the foundation’s grant programs in support of the Upper Freehold Regional School District. Admission to the outing costs $130 per player.…

  • CASA of Monmouth County seeks volunteers

    Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Monmouth County seeks volunteers for abused and neglected children. There are currently 581 children in Monmouth County who have been removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. Although CASA continues to serve more of these children each year, the need for volunteers continues to grow as more…

  • Free rabies vaccination clinic for cats and dogs

    The Monmouth County Health Department will sponsor a free rabies vaccination clinic for cats and dogs, May 24 from 11 a.m. to noon at the Public Works Garage, Route 571 and Rochdale Avenue, Roosevelt. Participation is open to all New Jersey residents. Pets vaccinated at this clinic must receive a rabies booster shot, either in…

  • Riding High Farm to hold fundraising fest June 8

    Riding High Farm, a nonprofit that provides adaptive recreational and therapeutic horseback riding for special needs children and adults, is holding its annual friends and family festival fromnoon to 4 p.m. June 8 at the Riding High Farm, 145 Route 526, Allentown. All are invited to the event which will offer a free country style…

  • College student from U.F. presents MRSA research

    Upper Freehold resident Jonathan Soffer, a senior at Beloit College in Beloit,Wis., presented his research on “Prevalence Analysis of USA300 Strain Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in Denver Metro Area Hospitals” at the 32nd Annual Beloit College Student Symposium onApril 10.He is a health and societymajor. Soffer’s presentation investigated the level of penetration of a community-based…

  • Second annual clambake scheduled in Millstone

    The Millstone Township Open Space and Farmland Preservation Council will host its second annual clambake on June 8 at the Clarksburg Inn, Route 524. Limited tickets are available at the cost of $25 per adult and $10 per child (excludes lobster). The first seating will be 1- 3 p.m. and the second seating will be…