Category: Examiner News

  • Millstone Community Education slates camps

    Millstone Township Community Education will hold the following summer camps: • Video Game Animation, 9-11 a.m. July 19-23, for children entering grades three through six, at the Millstone Primary School, Room F109. The fee is $125. • Kidzart: Out of This World, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 19-23 at the Primary School, Room F108.…

  • July packed with free events at Monmouth County Park System

    In honor of Parks and Recreation Month, the Monmouth County Park System invites area residents to the following free activities planned for July: • “ July 4, 1776,” 1-4 p.m. July 3-5 at Historic Walnford, Walnford Road, Upper Freehold. Celebrate America’s anniversary by dipping a quill in ink, donning a tri-cornered hat and imagining life…

  • More area youths dedicate lives to military service

    BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — Members of this year’s graduating class at Allentown High School (AHS) who opted to join the military were honored at the July 8 Township Committee meeting. All branches of the military have AHS enlistees with the exception of the Coast Guard. Jonathan Mele, son of former Mayor John…

  • Monmouth County Fair plans host of activities

    The 36th annual Monmouth County Fair will return to the East Freehold Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, July 21-25. Organized and presented by the Monmouth County Park System in cooperation with the Monmouth County 4-H, the fair maintains the agricultural nature of a traditional county fair with its home and garden competition, petting farm and…

  • Robert Goolrick talks about ‘A Reliable Wife’ at library

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A predominantly female crowd gathered at the Marlboro branch of the Monmouth County Library recently to meet and discuss the book “A Reliable Wife.” But this wasn’t a typical book club meeting, because on this day the author of the book that was being discussed was on hand…

  • Local athlete will compete at national games in Nebraska

    MILLSTONE — Zachary Stroik, 20, will compete in soccer at the 2010 Special Olympics National Games in Lincoln, Neb., from July 18-23. His performance at the Fall Sports Festival qualified him to compete at the national level with Team New Jersey, which comprises 52 athletes and 15 coaches. “New Jersey is proud to be sending…

  • in the service •••

    Daniel R. Bailey, son of Katie and Paul Bailey of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, has entered basic cadet training at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., in preparation to enter the first academic year at the academy. The sixweek, two-phase orientation program must be successfully completed by the cadets…

  • Family grieves for two lost relatives

    June 16 murders claimed lives of brother and sister in Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A mother and father have lost two of their four children, a daughter and son have lost a mother and uncle, and a husband has lost a beloved wife and brother-inlaw in a pair of…

  • Jersey retirement ceremony postponed

    The Lakewood BlueClaws have announced that due to a Philadelphia Phillies make-up game on Sept. 2, the Ryan Howard jersey retirement ceremony originally scheduled for that night in Lakewood has been postponed. Howard, a Phillies star first baseman who played with the BlueClaws in 2002, was to be at FirstEnergy Park and become the first…