Category: Examiner News
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Explore the past in a pastoral setting Oct. 3
offers hands-on experiences of history, featuring many family-friendly activities and historic demonstrations and exhibits. The event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 3 at Historic Walnford in Upper Freehold begins with an overview of a time line covering the last 250 years. Visitors will also be asked to write down their predictions of what…
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School district starts spending state-restored budget money
Resident takes issue with process that discounted citizens’ votes against increased taxes By Jane Meggitt Correspondent Several employees laid off in June got their jobs back because the state restored $960,683 of the $1.2 million cut from the school district’s 2010-11 budget. At the Sept. 27 Board of Education meeting, board members voted unanimously…
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N.J.’s great outdoors
Top: Kayakers launch into the lake during the New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area in Upper Freehold on Sept. 25. Above: A hands-on demonstration about wildlife had participants building bat houses. Right: Kayakers wait their turn to take to the waters of the Assunpink Lake. Luke Spera, 8, Maplewood, tries…
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Help break a world record for pumpkin carving Oct. 9
Event proceeds will benefit Susan G. Komen Foundation BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR — Carve a pumpkin to help find a cure for cancer while simultaneously trying to break a world record on Oct. 9. K&S Farms’ Field of Terror in East Windsor will host Carve for the Cure, a fundraising event for…
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AHS alumna will serve with the Peace Corps in Paraguay
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Lucy Nicholls pets the Seeing Eye dog she helped raise. The 6-year-old Labrador retriever named Boca served at Morristown’s The Seeing Eye campus before retiring and being adopted by the Nicholls family. ERIC SUCAR staff UPPER FREEHOLD — Lucy Nicholls always wanted to join the Peace Corps. Now, after finishing college,…
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Archives Week theme: WWII
Monmouth County is getting ready for its annual Archives and History Week with special events planned on Oct. 5, 6 and 9 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. On the agenda are a number of activities that will provide attendees a glimpse into Monmouth County’s history during World War II and…
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Groomers go glamorous
Millstone family opens new pet salon in Hightstown BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Jayne Gallagher, of Millstone, who has operated a mobile pet grooming salon, gets ready for her new business venture, Bubblesaway Pet Salon, behind Precious Pets in Hightstown. SCOTT FRIEDMAN MILLSTONE — Besides giving dogs a bath, brushing their teeth and combing their…
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Patrons of all ages take a look at some of the bass that can be caught while fishing in the state during the New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo held in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area in Upper Freehold on Sept. 25. For more photos, see page 36. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Twenty-five years of pink ribbons and still no cure
Breast cancer survivor from Millstone calls attention to need for more research; advocacy BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Even though every October for the last 25 years has gotten pinker, the fight against breast cancer is far from over. Breast cancer survivor Kim Casamassima, of Millstone, said that while National Breast Cancer Awareness Month helps…
