Category: Examiner News
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Large orchid auction at Colts Neck firehouse
The largest orchid auction in New Jersey is scheduled for Oct. 10 at the Colts Neck Fire House No. 1, Route 537 (one quarter-mile west of Route 34), Colts Neck. The auction will begin at 10 a.m., with doors open for previewing at 9:30 a.m.T he auction is sponsored by the Deep Cut Orchid Society…
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Young drummer keeps the beat for E Street
Jay Weinberg fills in for his dad with Springsteen; calls experience ‘amazing’ BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Once upon a time in the Land of Hope and Dreams, a hard-working young prince who was Born in the USA was thrust into the limelight when the benevolent dictator of E Street called upon him to follow…
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County plans Oct. 20 job fair
Employers looking to hire qualified workers are invited to attend a job fair at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, scheduled for Oct. 20. The Monmouth County Division of Economic and Workforce Development, an arm of the county’s Department of Economic Development and Tourism, is partnering with the Jersey Shore Association of Human Resources and Brookdale Community…
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POWs, MIAs to be saluted at ceremony
The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will hold its annual POW/MIA and Gold Star Mothers Recognition Day ceremony on Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Holmdel. The third Friday of September is National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Ceremonies are held throughout the country in honor of America’s prisoners…
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‘Robocall’ ban goes into effect
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Director David Szuchman reminded residents that a federal ban on prerecorded commercial telemarketing calls — known as “robocalls” — began Sept. 1, under a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule. According to a press release from the Division of Consumer Affairs, robocalls cannot be placed to consumers unless the telemarketer…
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Volunteers bring back parish nursing ministry
St. Rose of Lima Parish establishes program in Freehold area BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent After a lapse of several years, members of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Freehold Borough are reviving the ministry of parish nursing, a specialty of nursing that does not involve any medically invasive procedures. Parish nursing, which is also known…
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Marching band set for ‘world tour’
Redbird music to take fans through Spain, Ireland, Korea BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer This school year, the Allentown Redbird Marching Band won’t just march, it will globe-trot. Tom Russo, 15, of Millstone (r), rehearses with the saxophone section of the Allentown Redbird Marching Band during band camp Aug. 24. The 56 students participating in…
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Homeowners, U.F. at odds over water bill
Heritage Green fire hydrant use runs up $4,400 bill that no one feels obligated to pay BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Who owns the fire hydrants at the Heritage Green development, and who must pay the resulting water bills? At the Sept. 3 Upper Freehold Township Committee meeting, Chief Financial Officer Dianne Kelly said that…
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Ride first loop of Millstone Twp. trail system Sept. 27
They blazed a trail and now they’re going to ride it. In an effort to combat the rural and urban sprawl destroying trails that residents of Millstone enjoyed for hiking, mountain biking, jogging, cross country skiing and horseback riding, a group of concerned citizens formed the Millstone Trailblazers in 2002. The nonprofit, which is funded…
