Category: Examiner News

  • Families walked to honor memory of their children

    Remembering with love their children who died, nearly 150 parents, family members and friends joined hands and hearts in the two-mile Walk to Remember. Members of the local chapter of The Compassionate Friends, a nationwide selfhelp support organization for families following the death of a child, held the local walk on July 25 at Veterans…

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    Kids of all ages enjoy riding the horses at Riding High Farm in Allentown on July 31. For story, see page 16. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Riding club maintains highest standards for special-needs riders

    New programs offered for preschoolers and veterans BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Above: A participant, with help from volunteers, takes a ride through the woods at Riding High Farm in Allentown on July 31. Left: A volunteer helps a participant gets ready to hit the trail. More photos at gmnews.com. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff…

  • Students will have to pay to participate in most cases

    High school activity fee of $160 and middle school fee of $60 due Sept. 30 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Starting in September, Upper Freehold Regional School District students will have to pay an annual fee to participate in most extracurricular activities, including sports. The activities beyond the regular school day that do not have…

  • Attempt to renegotiate school budget before appeal fails

    Slow appeal process worries district, because budget cuts will affect school opening in Sept. BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The clock is close to, if not past, midnight for the Millstone Township Board of Education’s appeal to the state Department of Education (DOE). The board appealed the Township Committee’s decision to cut $1.2 million from the…

  • Team N.J. earns 81 medals at Special Olympics Nat’l Games

    Millstone resident fought off goals to help soccer team take third place BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Zachary Stroik brought home the bronze. The 20-year-old competed in soccer with Team New Jersey at the 2010 Special Olympics National Games held at University of Nebraska in Lincoln, July 18-23. The games were the largest sporting event…

  • Concrete truck and van collide

    Passenger transported to hospital in Medevac helicopter Avan overturned after colliding with a concrete truck at the intersection of Route 537 and Ely Harmony Road. Millstone Township firefighters respond to an overturned van that collided with a concrete truck at the intersection of Route 537 and Ely Harmony Road in Millstone July 22. As a…

  • A step back in time to reflect and renew

    Friends of Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House holds 95th anniversary service at historic site BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Baptist hymns wafted over the pastoral setting where Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House seemed posed in another time to welcome visitors into peaceful reflection on Sunday. Bonnie Gunzleman leads the choir during the 95th reunion celebration…

  • Gov. withdraws state support for horse racing

    Horse enthusiasts consider privatizing state-owned tracks a death knell for equine industry BY JANE MEGGITT & JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Gov. Chris Christie has decided to drain state support from New Jersey’s horse racing and breeding industry to try to give lifeblood to faltering Atlantic City casinos. Christie gave a press conference at the new Meadowlands Stadium…