Category: Examiner News
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Families needed to raise puppies for Seeing Eye
The Seeing Eye of Morristown is seeking people to raise puppies like these that will eventually be matched and work with blind individuals. The Seeing Eye dog guide school relies on volunteer families from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware to provide puppies with early training that gives them a head start in learning how to…
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Brotherly love
JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Nick Shimonovich, 8, of Jackson, helps his brother, Leo, 4, onto the family boat at a lake in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area last week.
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Elks make soldiers’ lives a little easier
BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Two local lodges are joining forces to help make a difference in a few soldiers’ lives. Millstone Elks Lodge 2613 and Freehold Elks Lodge 1454 have adopted a platoon, Marine Wing Squadron Support (MWSS) 472. According to Millstone lodge secretary Bill Dugasz, a member…
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Church celebrates 125th birthday in Millstone
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church on Sweetmans Lane celebrates 125 years this month. The new building was built nearby on Stillhouse Road. MILLSTONE — For 125 years, St. Joseph’s Church has been serving the Catholic community faithfully in the township and surrounding areas.…
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Horse Park to host ride, drive event, barbecue
The Garden State Combined Driving Event (GSCDE) and the Eastern States Dressage and Combined Training Association (ESDCTA) will present the seventh annual Pleasure Ride/Drive and Fall Barbecue to benefit the Horse Park of New Jersey’s maintenance and construction of cross country jumps and hazards. The event will be held Nov. 21 from 8:30 a.m. to…
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YMCA gets initial OK to expand
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The plan to expand the YMCA of Western Monmouth County, East Freehold Road, was for the most part approved by the Planning Board on Nov. 4. The approval is conditioned on a review of the application by the township’s Historic Preservation Commission, according to Guy Leighton, the town’s assistant planner. Leighton said…
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Growing population begs for more rec space
Green Acres says U.F. has a fraction of the space it should have BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Township officials want more recreational space. Andrew North, chief landscape architect with the Monmouth County Park System (MCPS), met Nov. 8 with Mayor John Mele, Township Administrator Barbara Bascom and…
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Triple Crown winner to breed at local farm
Perretti Farms is attracting more European stallions BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer PHOTOSBY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Windsong’s Legacy, the first horse to win harness racing’s Triple Crown in 32 years, has retired and is now standing stud at Perretti Farm in Upper Freehold. UPPER FREEHOLD — Two of the top standardbreds…
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Planning Board approves office/warehouse application
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The Planning Board gave final approval last week for a 3.5-acre business park. TLP Climate Control Systems Inc. is planning to construct a warehouse/office building complex in the Moto Business Park on Rike Drive, off Prodelin Way. The 3.5-acre property in the business park…
