Category: Examiner News
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Kevin “Two Steps” O’Connell sounds a drumbeat as he discusses the New Jersey Lenni Lenape culture to fourth-graders during an assembly at Millstone Elementary School on Feb. 24. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff
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Cream Ridge breeder honored
UPPER FREEHOLD — Fair Winds Farm owner Mark Mullen was among those honored at the 74th annual New Jersey Sports Writers Association Banquet. Mullen joined Steve Jones, of Cameo Hills Farm in New York, and Standardbred Horseman of the Year Steve Elliott at Pines Manor in Edison on Jan. 31. The team members behind pacing…
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Gingras gets career win No. 3,000
Yannick Gingras took the pressure off himself right away when he picked up career driving win No. 3,000 in the first race Feb. 24 at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford. Gingras, who was one win shy entering the card, wired the field with 2-1 favorite Income De Vie for the milestone. The 30-year-old Quebec native…
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Cases of Alzheimer’s disease to double by 2050
No cure yet for the most common, most debilitating form of dementia BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer (Editor’s note: The following statistics and information have been provided by the Alzheimer’s Association Greater New Jersey Chapter.) As the most common form of dementia, accounting for about 70 percent of all cases, Alzheimer’s disease affects 5.3 million…
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Silver Alert to find missing dementia patients is now law
Legislation that establishes a system to help locate missing persons who suffer from dementia or other cognitive impairments was signed into law by then- Gov. Richard Codey. The measure, S-1551/A-2844, creates an emergency Silver Alert System for providing public notification of those missing persons in a manner that is similar to the Amber Alerts that…
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In the Service
Marine Corps Pvt. Kenneth W. Van Norman II, son of Vincenza and Kenneth Van Norman of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., which is designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally. Van Norman and fellow recruits…
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On Campus
Nicole Galipo of Allentown was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Montclair State University. She was also accepted into the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. She is the daughter of Lisa and Bill Galipo of Allentown, and a 2009 graduate of Allentown High School. Liva-Marie Glover, daughter of Connie and William…
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CentraState invites community to help create historic timeline
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP —CentraState Healthcare Foundation is asking residents to help create a historic timeline tracing CentraState’s growth from its beginning as a community hospital in 1971 to the comprehensive healthcare system it is today. The timeline will be a permanent display in the corridor connecting CentraState Medical Center to the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory…
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Millstoners speak out about commercial plans at intersection
Residents concerned about lifting deed restriction, lighting at proposed bank, and more BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent MILLSTONE — Neighbors and a township official voiced concern about a proposed commercial development at the corner of Sweetmans Lane and Millstone Road at the Feb. 24 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. In October 2007, the applicant’s attorney, Kenneth…
