Category: Examiner News

  • ACA-NJ to hold local camp fair Jan. 17

    Now that you have spent Christmas vacation home with your children have you thought about what you will do with them this summer? Would your child be interested in a horseback riding camp or a space camp or a travel camp or an adventure camp? Are you looking for a summer camp for your child…

  • County will resolve U.F. road issues

    Officials seek input on Sharon Station Rd. problems BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Monmouth County may have some solutions for the myriad traffic problems on Sharon Station Road in Upper Freehold. Mayor Steve Alexander said that Sharon Station Road has been in bad shape for a while, and has been an ongoing issue for the…

  • Gunshots in the morn, just rural way of life

    Officials tell residents to accept legal hunting BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Committeeman David Reed had some words of advice for those planning to move to the township. “You’re moving to a rural, farming, hunting community,” he said, noting that some residents complain about hearing gunshots during hunting season. The Dec. 18…

  • Community drive

    Saint John’s Roman Catholic Church Religious Education students in Allentown recently participated in a coin harvest in conjunction with the 32nd Allentown Area Crop Walk, which collects donations to assist in local and global hunger relief. RACHEL NAROZNIAK

  • Couple used soil, seeds to help students grow

    Two veteran teachers retire from AHS Ag. Department BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Jacque “Jack” Roszel won’t have to get up at 4:15 in the morning any more. After 37 years of teaching agricultural science at Allentown High School (AHS), he will retire on Jan. 1. He’ll still be an early riser, but may stay…

  • Getting Fido to Sit! Stay! and say ‘Fleas’

    ‘PhoDOGraphy’ offers tips on ‘shooting’ man’s best friend BY JULIE KIRSH Staff Writer Frustrated dog lovers looking for that elusive “Kodak moment” of their pooch need search no further — photographer Kim Levin’s latest book is a primer for pet paparazzi. “Ragan” “PhoDOGraphy” is a teaching book, as Levin describes it, featuring more than 100…

  • Bloopers •

    In this economy, a ‘4-carrot diamond’ may not be far-fetched Adele Young Every year we like to look back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into some of Greater Media Newspapers’ 12 weekly publications. As hard as our staff try to keep their copy…

  • The next level of figure skating

    Millstone youth part of new synchronized skating craze BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone’s Jessica Torregrossa, an eighth-grader at Oak Hill Academy, Lincroft, started her new synchronized skating season by earning a silver medal for her performance with the Ice-Lantics team at the Terry Conners Classic in Connecticut earlier this month. Synchronized skating is one…

  • Equine community celebrates past year

    The state’s horse industry will reflect on 2008 achievements at the upcoming 52nd annual Breeders’ Dinner. The New Jersey Equine Advisory Board will host the dinner on Jan. 25 at the Radisson Hotel in Freehold. The event will showcase the best in the equine field with the presentation of Superior Achievement awards as well as…