Category: Examiner News

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Millstone Performing Arts Center, Dawson Court, will host a benefit performance featuring ventriloquist, musician and comedian Taylor Mason at 8 p.m. Nov. 13. Ticket prices range from $15 to $25 and may be purchased online at the website www.millstoneperformingarts.com. Mason’s performance will benefit the family of the late…

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer New Jersey’s long effort to overturn a federal ban on sports betting saw new light as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has opted to hear the case again. Dennis Drazin, adviser to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, the operator of the Monmouth Park race track in Oceanport, said…

FREEHOLD — Downtown Freehold Borough has added an art gallery to its roster of business establishments. The Freehold Art Gallery, 7A W. Main St., above a CVS pharmacy, offers a venue for area artists to display their paintings, sculptures, jewelry and other artwork. The gallery opened with the exhibit “Western Monmouth Masters” featuring the work…

TOP PICK Lindsay Andreanszky In Rutgers Theater Company’s presentation of An Oresteia, “bloodline” takes on a whole new meaning in this trilogy of revenge and justice-seeking at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater. The House of Atreus, headed by Agamemnon, king of Argos and a Greek army commander, has a long and sordid ancestry of murderers…

By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Monmouth County has sold two care centers that officials said have been losing millions of dollars each year. The John L. Montgomery Care Center, Freehold Township, and the Geraldine L. Thompson Care Center, Wall Township, have been sold to private owners. On Oct. 20, the county held three public auctions…

Carolyn Latkovich Editor’s Note: This week Greater Media Newspapers examine a few of the struggles faced by families and individuals in Central New Jersey. This begins an occasional series on some of the physical, emotional and mental health challenges and successes experienced by our readers. Forty seconds is about the time that it takes to…

The Struggle is real but the solutions are many By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer THINKSTOCK Luck played a role in the transformation of a Manalapan teen’s life when he went to the pediatrician with his mother. Dr. Jill Sharon, a Manalapan pediatrician, was filling in for Alec Fiallo’s regular pediatrician, and she noted his high…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Pumpkins of all sizes were ready to be picked at the Red Wagon farm market, Route 33, Manalapan on Oct. 22. The pumpkins are set for their big day, Halloween, on Oct. 31.

PHOTOS BY MATT DENTON Tessa Katz, left, and Asia Garrison, both 11, paint pumpkins during the Allentown Fall Festival on Main Street, Allentown, Oct. 10. Below, the Odessa Klezmer Band featuring Ed Goldberg on accordion, Steve Kaplan on woodwinds and Joe Golding on drums performs near the Old Mill during the Allentown Fall Festival.