Category: Examiner News
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Call goes out in Monmouth County for senior art
FREEHOLD – Monmouth County residents age 60 and over are invited to submit one piece of original, visual art in Monmouth County’s annual 2010 Senior Citizen Art Contest and Exhibition. County residents may download the complete application packet from the county website at www.visitmonmouth.com/aging, pick up an application at the county’s Division on Aging, Disabilities…
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Jacob Landau’s Holocaust Suite
Monmouth University is hosting an exhibit of Jacob Landau’s “The Holocaust Suite” (1968) April 8-23 in the Monmouth University library, Seminar Room 102, Cedar Avenue in West Long Branch. “Holocaust” “The Holocaust Suite,” by the internationally known painter and printmaker, is considered a beautiful and disturbing set of seven lithographic prints. Commissioned by the Union…
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State transportation head tells teens about new law
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Pam Fischer, director of the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS), does not want to hear another tragic story like that of Kyleigh D’Alessio. Kyleigh was just 16 years old when she was killed in a motor vehicle accident in December 2006 in Washington Township, Morris County. She was…
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PAWPAC fundraiser aids puppies in crisis
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer An organization that calls itself PAWPAC (Protecting Animal Welfare Political Action Committee) is taking what it believes is a unique approach to helping innocent dogs that cannot help themselves — especially those languishing in puppy mills that are, in many cases, doomed to exist under inhumane conditions for the sole…
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Legislators investigating closing of bridal shop
Monmouth County’s 12th District legislators are calling upon New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow and Acting Director of Consumer Affairs Sharon M. Joyce to investigate the possibility of consumer fraud against the owner of Enzo’s Bridal, Route 9, Manalapan, which suddenly closed two weeks ago while still processing orders. Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon…
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Chicago City Limits at MPAC
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE — After the long winter, spring in to the sunshine and zaniness of Chicago City Limits. The professional comedy and improvisation touring company will present “America Idles” at the Millstone Performing Arts Center (MPAC) at 8 p.m. on April 17. Chicago City Limits has been delighting audiences of all…
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Lucky Chucky returns home to U.F. to stand
UPPER FREEHOLD — Perretti Farms will stand the divisional champion Lucky Chucky at the end of his racing career. The Cream Ridge farm, in association with Lindy Farms of Connecticut, has “acquired a substantial interest” in the trotting colt, according to a press release from the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey. The…
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Entertainer returns for benefit concert
Wade Preston and band from ‘Movin’ Out’ will play in Jackson on April 17 BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Entertainer Wade Preston will return to the stage at the Jackson Memorial High School Fine Arts Center, 101 Don Connor Blvd., at 7 p.m. April 17 to perform in a benefit concert. The concert will be…
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Monmouth Festival of the Arts celebrates 40th anniversary
Art lovers can enjoy the creative inspirations of more than 250 regional artists on display and for sale at the Monmouth Festival of the Arts on April 17-21. This year the Monmouth Festival of Arts celebrates its 40th anniversary as one of the most popular and professional juried art shows in the region, supporting artists…
