Category: Examiner News

More than 300 people visited Fair Winds Farm in Cream Ridge on June 28 as a spotlight was placed on the standardbred industry. In top photo, Dr. Patricia Hogan speaks about her work at the Hogan Equine Clinic. Guests came from near and far and had a chance to get to know the farm’s equine…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Clarksburg Methodist Episcopal Church on Route 524 was built in 1845 and has a place on the state and national registers of historic places, but it has been in a state of disrepair for as many as five years. A tarp provides some coverage where the roof needs…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Mayor Bob Kinsey is urging anyone who has information about the individuals responsible for committing vandalism at Abate Park, Charleston Spring Road, Millstone Township, to share that information with the New Jersey State Police. Kinsey made his plea at a Township Committee meeting on July 1 and reminded residents…

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Steve Dillon of Monroe Township cleans his 1935 Graham at the Classic Car Cruise held at The Shoppes of Old Bridge on July 3. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Car enthusiasts, as well as families and investors, are flocking to car cruise nights throughout New Jersey to take a look at…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Emma Saker Emma Saker, 13, of Millstone Township is really going places at a relatively young age. She will be traveling to Japan from July 12-25. Emma, who is a pupil at the Millstone Township Middle School, will participate in the People to People Student Ambassador Program which was created by…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Lisa Post administers medication to Ozzy, center, a 10-year-old mule, while Wyatt, an 18- year-old Hanoverian, looks on in a field at the Chestnut Ridge Equestrian Center, Millstone Township. PHOTOS BY FRANK GALIPO Helping Hearts Equine Rescue Inc. needs funds to survive through the summer, according to volunteer Julie Stern. Helping…

TOP PICK Phoenix Productions will be reviving one of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s classics, “Mary Poppins,” at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank for two weekends starting July 10. Katherine LeFevre will star as Mary Poppins, with Bob Brown as Mr. Banks, Patricia Delesky as Mrs. Banks, Taylor Carpinello as Jane, and Jack Sweeney…

Food, rides and musical entertainment for people of all ages will be on the schedule when Freedom Fest State Fair takes place from July 8-12 at the Horse Park of New Jersey, 626 Route 524, Upper Freehold Township. Admission will be $15 for adults and $7.50 for individuals over the age of 65. Children under…

By REBECCA CHENG Staff Writer Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announces that hospitals in Monmouth and Ocean counties will replenish the overdose antidote Narcan at no cost to law enforcement agencies. REBECCA CHENG/STAFF Hospitals in Monmouth and Ocean counties are joining forces with their respective county prosecutors to combat the heroin and opiate overdose…