Category: Examiner News
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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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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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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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Legislators say time for reform is now
Package of bills awaits action at State House; property taxes drive effort BY MARK ROSMAN Staff writer The central New Jersey state legislators want residents to know they are pushing for Gov. Chris Christie’s reform package to advance in Trenton. During a Sept. 15 presentation at Manalapan town hall, Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon…
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Public invited to dedication
The Upper Freehold Regional School District will host a dedication ceremony for the new middle school on Saturday. The Board of Education has invited the public to attend the event at 11 a.m. in the Stone Bridge Middle School auditorium. “Oohs” and “ahs” echoed down the halls of the new Stone Bridge Middle School when…
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Ornament will depict Allentown Library
The Women’s Association of Allentown will introduce its first commemorative ornament at the upcoming Harvest Festival in Allentown, Oct. 9 and 10. The association plans to feature an ornament on an annual basis. The pewter ornament portrays the Allentown Library and will sell for $12. For more information, call Kathy Cann at 609-758-7878.
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Alzheimer’s is topic of science lecture
TINTON FALLS — The 2010 Norman J Field Lecture in Science, “Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease by 2020?” will be presented by Dr. Zaven S. Khachaturian on Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will take place at the Performing Arts Center Auditorium of Monmouth Regional High School, 1 Norman J Field Way, Tinton Falls. An informal…
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Patriotic and proud
In promotion of patriotism, Millstone Elks Lodge 2613 Americanism Chair Patrick McCaffery (l-r) and past district Vice President Tom Jamison present an American flag to Millstone Board of Education President Kevin McGovern and the school district’s Business Administrator Bernie Biesaida. The local Elks Club also provides a container in front of its lodge on Burnt…
