Category: Examiner Calendar

  • DARE isn’t the answer for some school districts

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Middletown isn’t the only school district that uses alternative programs to educate children about the ramifications of substance abuse. While Oceanport, Long Branch and West Long Branch do have a DARE program implemented in their schools, each of those towns is also part of what is referred to as…

  • DARE classes seen as a positive experience

    Staff Writer By lindsey siegle FARRAH MAFFAI The Drug Abuse Identification Kit, also called the drug board or drug box, shows a variety of legal and illegal drugs and paraphernalia and also explains the effects of their abuse. Youngsters often say the box is what they remember most about Dare. Since it began in Los…

  • Agriculture scholarships available to students

    Students pursuing careers in agriculture are eligible to apply for a scholarship from the Careers in Agriculture Scholarship program, jointly sponsored by Agriliance, Land O’Lakes Farmland Feed, and Croplan Genetics. High School seniors who will enroll in a two- or four-year agronomy or livestock curriculum in fall 2002 are eligible to apply. Fifty $1,000 scholarships…

  • Bulletin Board Local organizations join online animal shelter

    Bulletin Board Local organizations join online animal shelter Central Midwest Collie Res-cue–Northeast, Howell, and the Standardbred Retirement Foundation, Freehold, have joined Petfinder.com, a cyberspace animal shelter. The Web site represents more than 50,000 homeless animals in approximately 2,600 shelters and rescue groups nationwide. Each animal in need of a home has its own home page…

  • Gasko’s Farm to host blood drive, open house

    Gasko’s Family Farms, Federal Road, Monroe, will sponsor a blood drive conducted by the New Jersey Blood Council on Dec. 2, during its annual open house and Customer Appreciation Weekend of Dec. 1-2. The blood drive will begin at 9 a.m. Sunday, and appointments are requested; call (732) 446-9205. The open house and Customer Appreciation…

  • Celebrity chef to appear in Freehold Township

    Emeril Lagasse, celebrity chef, television personality and author, will sign copies of his cookbooks, including his newest, Prime Time Emeril, at 4 p.m. Dec. 5 at Sam’s Club, Trotters Way, Freehold Township.

  • ’Tis the season

    PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Matthew Wood, 2, and his father, Craig, OF Bricktown, choose their family Christmas tree, along with other family members Sunday at Keris Tree Farm and Christmas Shop in Upper Freehold.

  • Bulletin Board ‘Guns for Cash’ program slated in Allentown

    Bulletin Board ‘Guns for Cash’ program slated in Allentown The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, the Monmouth County Police Chief’s Association and the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will sponsor the 11th "Guns for Cash" program. The program will be held at the Hope Fire Company No. 1, Route 526, Allentown,…

  • 10-digit dialing to take effect

    10-digit dialing to take effect Starting Saturday, residents and businesses throughout central and northern New Jersey must dial 10-digit telephone numbers when making calls within the 732, 973 and 201 area codes. The new dialing method was announced by Verizon earlier this month as a result of three new area codes being added within the…