Category: Examiner News

  • Golf outing raises funds for N.J. standardbred industry

    UPPER FREEHOLD — New Jersey horsemen benefited from a recent golf outing at the Gambler Ridge Golf Course. The course in Cream Ridge welcomed 110 golfers to the 15th annual Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey’s (SBOANJ) golf outing on July 12. Another 18 people arrived later for a prime rib dinner and…

  • Ride to help standardbreds

    The Standardbred Retirement Foundation will be holding a fundraising ride/walk on Oct. 17. The ride will be held at Sleepy Hollow Stable in the New Egypt section of Plumsted. The trails wind through Collier’s Mills. There is no registration fee, but the foundation is asking for participants to collect at least $25 in sponsorships. There…

  • U. F. officials want no part in preserving contaminated land

    Twp. supports boundary change to give property to Allentown BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Members of the Upper Freehold Township Committee still don’t support the acquisition of contaminated land off Breza Road for open space, even though the state and neighboring Allentown will take responsibility for it. At the July 8 meeting, officials said they support…

  • The tenor and the soprano: A match made in music

    Millstone entertainers host summer concert series at Jenkinson’s Inlet Beach BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer As children, they dreamed. As adults, they live those dreams together on stages all over the world and found home sweet home in Millstone. Entertainers Donna and Tony Buonauro, Millstone, who have performed all over the world, take over hosting…

  • Crafts, garden entries sought for Monmouth County Fair

    Do you think you bake the best cookies, grow the biggest and juiciest tomatoes, or make the most creative crafts in your neighborhood? You may have what it takes to earn a blue ribbon in the 2010 Monmouth County Fair home and garden competition. So gather up your best needlepoint, knitting, and craft creations and…

  • Millstone moves to protect riparian zone; U.F. waits

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — The township has moved to better protect the interface between land and waterways. The Township Committee adopted a riparian zone ordinance that includes some additional provisions recommended by other municipal groups. The ordinance passed in a 4-0 vote at the July 7 meeting. Committeeman Fiore Masci was absent. Township…

  • Scenic route through U.F. and Allentown nearly complete

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — Seven years after its inception, the 31.5-mile Upper Freehold Historic Farmland Byway is close to fruition. Members of the governing body reviewed a corridor management plan (CMP) for the scenic route at the July 8 meeting and plan to vote on a resolution in support of the CMPAug.…

  • Mare saved from slaughter

    Rescuer shares story of horse still not out of the dark BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Since debilitated, diseased and lame horses cannot be sold at auction, one seller at Camelot Horse Auction in Cranbury super-glued a sock over a hole in a mare’s head in an effort to conceal the open wound.…

  • Millstone BOE president resigns

    Kevin McGovern elected to post By Jane Meggitt Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Board of Education elected a new president at its July 12 meeting after the surprise resignation of Tom Foley via email on July 8.      Foley had served on the board for 14 years, and as president since 2008. Foley did not return…