Category: Examiner News

TOP PICK Playhouse 22 presents its 20th annual production of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” 8 p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 20 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Fred Dennehy returns as Ebenezer Scrooge. The rest of the cast includes Peter Reimann as…

REBECCA NOWALSKI Erika Armellino, 10, helps her dad select the perfect Christmas tree during their visit to the Keris Tree Farm and Christmas Shop in Upper Freehold Township on Dec. 6.

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Deer management is a crucial process in controlling the population of the wild mammal in New Jersey, a number that could well exceed 200,000 this year, according to state officials The state issues annual warnings during peak deer mating season that occurs usually from late October…

By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer The holiday season has brought an increase in traffic and frustration to some residents of Upper Freehold Township and neighboring Robbinsville. An Amazon fulfillment center (a warehouse and shipping facility), that was built this year in Robbinsville, has caused traffic congestion on Interstate 195, Old York Road, Gordon Road and…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Reuse holiday items as gift boxes and gift tags, such as a festive holiday napkin used as wrapping, a paper holiday napkin left over from last year, the newsprint-wrapped gift, the burlap-wrapped gift and the gift tags cut from Christmas cards. Residents are encouraged to “Go Green For the Holidays.”…

MILLSTONE — Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with their alleged participation in a string of burglaries in Millstone Township. According to a New Jersey State Police press release, police have arrested Dean Lombardi, 23, of Jackson, Thomas Ditre, 23, of Brick Township, and Tomas Sinkevicius, 20, of Howell, in connection with…

By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer As hundreds of children begin new lives with their “forever families” following National Adoption Day events, they will also be able to begin their own personal “little libraries” because of the efforts of the nonprofit Bridge of Books Foundation. The Bridge of Books Foundation, in partnership with the New…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – The first phase of a collaborative outdoor art project was recently completed by three organizations in an effort to create a “sense of place” throughout Allentown. Representatives of the Allentown Village Initiative (AVI), the Upper Freehold Regional School District and the borough noted the completion of six wooden…

FREEHOLD — The Arcadian Chorale will return to Freehold Borough for a holiday concert on Dec. 11. The show is sponsored by the Freehold Borough Arts Council (FBAC) and will take place at 7:30 p.m. at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, 16 McLean St. The chorale, under the musical direction of Marina Alexander,…