Category: Examiner News
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In memory of military who perished at war
Clockwise from top left: Millstone’s New Jersey Veterans Memorial Council Chairman Richard D. Brody oversees a military honors ceremony at the Veterans Memorial after Millstone’s Memorial Day parade on May 31. Lt. Col. John Sheard, recruiting and retention commander for the New Jersey Army National Guard, gives the keynote address on behalf of the United…
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Exhibit examines role blacks played in war
UPPER FREEHOLD — Taking a chance with the side they thought would lead to freedom, enslaved and oppressed blacks fought alongside both British Loyalists and American rebels during the Revolutionary War. Learn more about this part of history by visiting the “Oh Freedom!” exhibit at HistoricWalnford, Walnford Road, Upper Freehold, now through Aug. 30. Open…
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Upper Freehold Regional School District imposes student activity fees
Freshman and JV football teams combined for 2010-11 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Families will have to pay $160 for their high-school-age students and $60 for their middle-school-age students to participate in extracurricular activities next year. The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education voted 7-2 on June 2 to implement the fees for the 2010-11 school year.…
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State recognizes equines’ impact on economy
Horse events scheduled throughout the state in June New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher kicked off the Month of the Horse in New Jersey by recognizing the state animal’s impact on New Jersey’s economy and residents’ quality of life. Speaking on June 2 at a therapeutic horseback riding facility, Atlantic Riding Center for…
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Cream Ridge stallion’s son runs fastest mile
Rock N Roll Heaven paced his way into the New Jersey Sire Stakes record books with a 1:48.3 victory in the $200,000 championship final at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford for 3-year-old pacing colts. The clocking erased the previous New Jersey Sire Stakes record of 1:49.1 by Artistic Fella on June 24, 2006, and is…
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Girl Scouts seeking adult leaders
The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore is in need of a few good women and men. The Girl Scouts are seeking volunteers — women and men of all ages and racial and ethnic backgrounds — to work with girls waiting to become Girl Scouts who need an adult leader. The demand for Girl Scout…
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Central Jersey choir to sing Jewish music from around the world
Concert will be June 10 at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — More than 50 amateur singers from Monmouth, Middlesex, Mercer and Somerset counties will come together June 10 to sing Jewish music from around the world. The Makhelat HaMercaz Jewish Choir of Central New Jersey…
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Daughter of baseball great visits local school
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Before the civil rights movement, before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., before Rosa Parks, there was Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sharon Robinson (above), the daughter of Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie Robinson, introduces Myles Hutcherson to his schoolmates at the West Freehold School in Freehold Township.…
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’Tis the season to farm and eat fresh food
Local growing kicks off with produce sales starting at community markets BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Red and green are the hues of the holidays but they’re also the telltale colors of the start of another bountiful season — farming season. Millstone farmer George Asprocolas harvests some lettuce at Asprocolas Acres off Dressage Court on…
