Category: Examiner Calendar

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Cousins Michael Yake and Sarah Narburgh of Allentown use their time off from school on Friday to engage in a snowball wrestling match.

  • Area Lions Clubs to hold charity dinner-dance

    New Jersey Lions Multiple District 16-B will hold its annual "Dine, Dance and Donate," charitable ball Feb. 15, 6:30-11:30 p.m., at The Sheraton, Eatontown, 6 Industrial Way (Highway 35 north), Eatontown. This event is held every year in an effort to raise funds for special projects such as rehabilitation programs, sight conservation and research and…

  • AAUW high school essay contest under way

    The Northern Monmouth County Branch of the American Association of University Women is now sponsoring its second annual essay contest for ninth- and 10th-grade girls. The deadline is Feb. 28. Contest material is posted on high school bulletin boards. The contest supports the AAUW’s theme of increasing awareness of under-representation of young women in professional…

  • ‘Relay For Life’ kickoff event Feb. 18

    ‘Relay For Life’ kickoff event Feb. 18 The American Cancer Society’s 2003 Relay For Life will be held June 7-8 this year, again at New Egypt High School. All residents in the greater Allentown, Upper Freehold and New Egypt areas are welcome to become involved in this community event. Relay For Life is a team…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Conservation is topic ofessay, poster contests Conservation is topic of essay, poster contests The Freehold Soil Conservation District has announced its 2003 conservation essay and poster contests, "Food for the Future in the Garden State." The contests for students in Middlesex and Monmouth counties are designed to promote awareness and understanding of how human activities…

  • Educational foundation to host ‘Cupid’s Ball’

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Isabella Kalpanovich (r), a polysomnographist, places monitoring devices on Megan Frueh, of Lakewood, prior to testing procedures at the Center for Sleep Disorders at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. The Millstone Foundation for Educational Excellence has announced its first event of the year. The group will host "Cupid’s Ball," a Valentine’s Day dinner-dance…

  • Handmade blankets needed for AHS project

    Allentown High School students Margaret Ryan, Chris Schulze, David Nicholson and Jonathan Steuber have established the Quilter’s Barn, Allentown, as a blanket drop-off site for Project Linus NJ Inc. The students became involved with Project Linus as a community service project for the National Honor Society. Project Linus is a nonprofit organization that distributes handmade…

  • Bird-watching session at golf course Feb. 8

    Bird-watching session at golf course Feb. 8 The Monmouth County Park System invites area adults to go "Birding at Charleston Springs Golf Course" on Woodville Road, Millstone, Feb. 8 from 9-11:30 a.m. Participants will have an opportunity to search for winter birds in the woods, fields and ponds of the golf course. The cost is…

  • Help needed for ‘Great Backyard Bird Count’

    The National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are asking bird enthusiasts across North America to take part in the "Great Backyard Bird Count" by counting birds on Feb. 14-17. The event is designed to put the spotlight on birds that appear on Audubon’s "WatchList," an accounting of bird species in decline or…