Category: Examiner News

  • Jewish War Veterans to honor Polish colonel

    All B’nai B’rith, Hadassah, and Deborah members, Holocaust survivors, the children of Holocaust survivors, and members of all Jewish congregations and their families are invited to attend a free breakfast as guests of the Jewish War Veterans Lt. Seth Dvorin Post 972 (the former Jewish War Veterans Manalapan-Marlboro Post 972). The planned program will begin…

  • Resident recalls a happy afternoon with Reagans

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer COURTESY OF BARBARA ISAAC Upper Freehold resident Barbara Isaac, found of the Handicapped HIgh Riders Club at Riding High Farm, spent an afternoon with former President Reagan and his wife Nancy at a charity luncheon in Simi Valley, Calif, in 1989. Isaac is standing next to…

  • Horse missing in Assunpink wildlife area

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A woman who fell off her horse in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area on Sunday was unhurt, but her horse galloped off and has not been seen since. Barbara Luna fell off Blake about 2 p.m. Sunday near the Roosevelt Road section of…

  • You’re about to enter the ‘Rondinone Zone’

    Sportswriter pens themysterious BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer You’re about to enter the ‘Rondinone Zone’ Sportswriter pens the mysterious ‘Ten Tales to Make Your Head Explode’ BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer If there’s a middle ground between the worlds of sports and horror, it could be professional wrestling. So it may not be a surprise that…

  • Democrats to pay fine for campaign violation

    Democrats to pay fine for campaign violation The Monmouth County Demo-crats, a political party committee, has been fined for failing to report within the prescribed time contributions it received prior to the November 2001 general election. The $9,350 in fines against the Monmouth County Democrats and the organization’s treasurer, Charles Fallon, were handed out in…

  • Handlin and Clifton win Republican support

    Stominski loses bidfor spot on GOP ticket for freeholder BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer Stominski loses bid for spot on GOP ticket for freeholder BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer Freeholder Amy Handlin and running mate Matawan Mayor Robert Clifton scored a big victory during the Republican Party primary for freeholder June 8, ending Monmouth County Freeholder…

  • Skateboard park unlikely, official says

    BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — It’s unlikely the township will be able to attract anyone interested in building an indoor skateboard park, Committeeman Sal Diecidue said at the June 2 Township Committee meeting. He recently visited an indoor park in Pennsylvania, shortly after a group of skateboarders came…

  • Effort to aid children links India, America

    Educators plan June 13festival to support workwith Kolkata youngsters BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Effort to aid children links India, America Educators plan June 13 festival to support work with Kolkata youngsters BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer It seems as though Rosalie Giffoniello migrates with the birds. Every spring she makes the long trek from Kolkata,…

  • ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ put into action in Millstone

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer An early shot of members of the Millstone Township First Aid Squad, taken back in 1954. The squad will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend. BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MILLSTONE — It all started with a group of chicken farmers. The Millstone Township First Aid Squad was born 50 years…