Category: Examiner News

  • Wine and beer tasting event to aid MS center

    CentraState Healthcare Foundation will present “An Evening in the Vineyards” from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus at CentraState Medical Center, 901 West Main St., Freehold Township. The community is invited to enjoy a sampling of fine wines, boutique beers, unusual spirits and hors d’oeuvres from around the world…

  • Millstone plans to raise price of retrieving impounded pets

    New animal control services provider works with Helmetta shelter in Middlesex County BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Getting Fido or Fluffy back if picked up by animal control will likely cost more come September. The township contracted with Western Monmouth Animal Control (WMAC), overseen by the Manalapan Health Department, to provide animal control services…

  • A day of pride in agriculture

    Country fair dedicated to memory of ‘Doc’ Dey BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Allentown’s Katie Carter, 8, tours the exhibits of livestock during the Stars and Stripes Country Fair at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold on Aug. 20. For more photos, see www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff The late Dr. S. Perrine Dey…

  • Break into the world of comedy with five funny minutes

    Comedian Steve Trevelise to host laugh competition at Hightstown tavern Sept. 10 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Roosevelt’s Steve Trevelise, a comedian and radio personality who also teaches comedy at Catch A Rising Star in Princeton, will host a comedy competition at Tavern on the Lake in Hightstown on Sept. 10. ROOSEVELT— Ready to make…

  • Three Millstone residents plead guilty to 43 counts of animal cruelty

    Sentencing includes lifetime ban from animal ownership BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Millstone municipal court has banned three Stillhouse Road residents from owning pets for the rest of their lives after they pleaded guilty to 43 charges of animal cruelty. John F. Blocker, 57, his girlfriend, Rose J. Islam, 46, and her sister, Donna…

  • Carve, slash, hang 10 and respect the ocean

    Pigdog Surf Academy teaches students more than surfing technique BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Above: Chris Stephan takes a Pigdog Surf Academy student out on the ocean. Below: Stephan coaches the student in riding a wave to shore. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY Middletown native Chris Stephan is sharing his passion for surfing with others through…

  • Perretti Farms for sale; owner liquidating equine inventory

    Major standardbred operation leaving N.J. partly due to Gov.’s decisions regarding horse racing BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Perretti Farms in Upper Freehold is the largest standardbred breeding operation in New Jersey. William J. Perretti has announced the dispersal of Perretti Farm’s equine inventory over a two-year period starting in November. A 400-acre section of Perretti…

  • ‘Grow Monmouth’ initiative attempts to help businesses

    The Monmouth County Department of Economic Development is gearing up to help Monmouth County businesses grow and create jobs. A new “Grow Monmouth” initiative will also actively work to attract news businesses to the county. “It’s no secret that what our economy needs right now is jobs,” said Freeholder ThomasA. Arnone, liaison to the Department…

  • Legislators consider sale of Perretti Farms a sign of N.J. horseracing at crossroads

    Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande are saddened to learn that Perretti Farms has decided to sell its main farm operation. Perretti Farms put 400 acres of its 770-acre property in Upper Freehold on the market last week, and announced the liquidation of most of its equine inventory. Despite the likely…