Category: Examiner News

  • Murder-suicide claims 3 on Fountayne Lane

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer KATHY BARATTA A Manalapan police car sits outside a home at 19 Fountayne Lane on Oct. 8. The home on the south side of Manalapan was the scene of a murder-suicide on Oct. 7 that left three people dead and a fourth person injured. MANALAPAN –…

  • Rutgers squashes report of demise of Freehold facility

    BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Contrary to a published report concerning the impact of state budget cuts on higher education, Rutgers University does not plan to cut back or eliminate its program at the Western Monmouth Higher Education Center, Route 9, Freehold Township, according to a university official. Rutgers shares the…

  • Paws for the Cause Walk on Oct. 28

    The New Jersey Chapter of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) will hold an event called “Paws for the Cause Walk – Walk ‘N’ Wag for HD” on Oct. 28. The event, which will be held at Mercer County Park on Old Trenton Road in West Windsor, will bring dogs and their families out…

  • Concert will help Special Olympics

    The Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi bands will be playing a local benefit concert for the Special Olympics in October. Special Olympics New Jersey (SONJ) has scheduled its second annual Benefit Concert for Oct. 25 at the Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, which is located in Princeton, according to a Special Olympics press release. Celebrating…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Melissa DeLuca walks with John Bommanito as he pulls a garden cart into the Lee Turkey Farm apple orchard in East Windsor on Oct. 9. See story on page 28.

  • Monmouth arts council announces 2007 awards

    The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) announced its Local Arts Program Grant Awards for Fiscal Year 2007 at a special networking event for MCAC members on Sept. 13 at the Holmdel Theatre Company, Holmdel. The grants will go to local nonprofit arts organizations for a wide range of art exhibitions, concerts, dance, theater, film and…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff An Allentown Redbirds football player takes off with the ball during a recent game against the Old Bridge Rams in Allentown.

  • Monmouth, Ocean councils of Girl Scouts will merge

    Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts and Girl Scouts of Ocean County have announced that they will be joining forces to form one Girl Scout council serving approximately 18,000 girls throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties. Founded in 1912, Girl Scouting serves girls in every corner of the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,…

  • Church revitalizes, hopes to attract new congregants

    Besides renovations, new youth program, revamped music offered BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Clockwise from top: The Hornerstown Baptist Church in Upper Freehold has just undergone $75,000 worth of renovations in an effort to offer new programs and attract new members. Inset: A work in progress. What used to be a…