Category: Examiner Calendar

  • Poster, bumper sticker contests on ‘Living Soil’

    "The Living Soil" is the theme of the 2004 Conservation Poster and Bumper Sticker contests. The contests are open to students from Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Both contests are divided into four divisions: grades 2-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. Freehold Soil Conservation District local prizes include $100, $75 and $50 U.S. savings bonds. All first-place…

  • Roosevelt offers winter recreation programs

    The Roosevelt Community Education and Recreation Coalition is sponsoring the following programs this winter: In "Playing Around With Theatre," a workshop co-sponsored by Youth Stages of Princeton, students will participate in theater games, movement and arts activities as they learn about improvisation and character development for the theater. Classes will be held at the Roosevelt…

  • Villagers to host program on American Revolution

    The Villagers of Allentown will meet Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. in the Allentown First Aid Squad building. John Fabiano will present a program on "Allentown and Upper Freehold in the American Revolution." Guests are welcome.

  • Quilting bee, Groundhog Day events at Walnford

    The Monmouth County Park System will host "A Quilting Bee" Jan. 31 from 1-3 p.m. at Historic Walnford in Crosswicks Creek Park, Upper Freehold Township. Area residents are invited to spend a little time around the quilting frame, stitching through layers of fabric while hearing stories about women who did this work in the past.…

  • Quilters invited to display their work in Allentown

    "Quilts Around Town," a display of quilts, will take place in Allentown March 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 28 from noon to 5 p.m. The Quilters Barn, Allentown, and the Allentown Business Community Association are sponsoring the event. Anyone who has made a quilt and would like to share its beauty…

  • Area eateries to serve up specialties at ORT event

    Monmouth- and Middlesex-area restaurants and caterers will be offering samples of their specialties at An Evening of Good Taste Feb. 23, 6:30-9:30 p.m., at South Gate Manor (formerly Greystone Manor at Van’s Freehold Inn), South Street, Freehold Township. The event is sponsored by the Young Leadership Initiative of Women’s American ORT. Deborah Rettig of Manalapan…

  • Millstone group’s Cupid’s Ball slated for Feb. 7

    Millstone group’s Cupid’s Ball slated for Feb. 7 The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) will host its second annual Cupid’s Ball Feb. 7. The event will take place at the Woodlake Country Club in Lakewood. Cocktails will begin at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a four-course dinner, dancing, and music from…

  • Sheriff asks vendors to accept seniors’ ID cards

    Sheriff asks vendors to accept seniors’ ID cards Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley is asking help from local merchants to honor the Sheriff’s Office’s Ident-Adult senior emergency photo identification card program as a valid form of secondary identification. Many seniors no longer carry a driver’s license, and Ident-Adult cards can be invaluable in cashing…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Council seeks nominees for humanitarian award Community Bulletin Board Council seeks nominees for humanitarian award The Freehold Township Human Relations Council will give a Humanitarian of the Year award to an area high school student. The organization will recognize a high school student who demonstrates behaviors consistent with its mission, which is to foster and…