Category: Examiner News
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An aspiring flutist
Local teen part of Greater Newark Youth Orchestra BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Samantha Hantzepetros MILLSTONE — Developing discipline, interdependence and goal setting skills that will serve her throughout life, Samantha Hantzepetros plays flute in the Greater Newark Youth Orchestra. The 17-year-old Millstone resident has auditioned for and been accepted to participate in this educational…
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Abandoned home may get knocked down
Upper Freehold Twp. road repair projects under way BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Upper Freehold Township may demolish the dilapidated house in the 800 section of Perrineville Road. SCOTT FRIEDMAN This dilapidated home in the 800 section of Perrineville Road may soon face the wrecking ball, as township officials are trying to locate the property…
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Tune in to see Millstone resident on reality TV
Michael Gaboff appears in new Daisy de la Hoya show BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Michael Gaboff, 22, of Millstone, will appear in the new VH1 reality TV show “Daisy of Love,” which will begin airing April 26. MILLSTONE — Reality TV shows are all the rage, and a new show premiering at 9 p.m.…
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ReRun betters odds for a horse’s new life
Monroe woman runs adoption program for former racehorses BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Her father was a jockey, and the family made their living from racehorses. Today, Laurie Condurso Lane helps former racehorses continue living after their days at the track are over. The lifelong township resident is the president of ReRun Inc., a nonprofit…
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School library open to Roosevelt community
Residents can borrow books, use computers, join activities BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Atrip to the library just got much shorter for Rooseveltians. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Roosevelt Public School PTA Vice President Karen Ferguson (l) and PTA Secretary Vindhia Gordon volunteer at the school library, which will now be open for community use…
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Construction equipment goes missing
MILLSTONE — A backhoe valued at approximately $28,000 was reported missing from Abate Park sometime between Friday evening, March 27, and Monday morning, March 30. Township Administrator James Pickering said the backhoe is a 1988 Case 580E model that belongs to a contractor. According to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones, the matter is…
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Donate food to help pay down library fines
Monmouth County Library patrons can help fill food pantry shelves and clear their library records by participating in the library’s “Got Fines? Give Food!” program to celebrate National Library Week. Each nonperishable food item brought to the library byApril 25 is worth up to $5 of fine forgiveness from a patron’s library record. Food will…
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April: The pace picks up!
Green Scene William Shakespeare: “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” Dare to dream! Patience has its own sweet rewards. When you are struck with the urge to root in the dirt, you are in your own world. It’s an elusive combination: hard labor with satisfaction on its heels. The speed bumps you…
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Holocaust exhibit shows vivid look at genocide
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — The pictures and materials that have been gathered tell of a genocide the world vowed never to forget. Georgian Court University recently debuted a multimedia “Holocaust Memorial Exhibit” in the university’s M. Christina Geis Art Gallery. The exhibit coincides with Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 21. The exhibit chronicles…
