• Valentine program slated at Walnford

    The Monmouth County Park System will offer “Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue” from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 12 at Historic Walnford in Upper Freehold. Participants will view samples of 19thcentury valentines and also have an opportunity to create one of their own. To learn more, visit www.monmouthcountyparks.com or call 732-842-4000.

  • Project Homeless Connect asks: What do the homeless need?

    BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer I n the small space between two coat racks, a woman tried on a navy blue overcoat and smiled when the two volunteers at the end of the aisle told her she looked beautiful. Before that, she had braved the cold, windy morning in a white T-shirt. Ana Santiago, 47,…

  • Registration for kindergarten to start

    The Millstone Township School District will hold kindergarten and preschool registration for the 2012-13 school year 9:30- 11:30 a.m. Feb. 28 and 5-7 p.m. Feb. 29. At the time of registration, parents or guardians must bring the completed registration packet. Registrants must provide an original birth certificate with a raised state seal, four current proofs…

  • Military personnel welcomed back home to New Jersey

    The G.I. Go Fund will assist troops with reassimilating back to civilian life BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The G.I. Go Fund, a veterans assistance program that began in South Brunswick, has its hands full as thousands of soldiers return to New Jersey as a result of the recent troop withdrawals. More than 40,000 troops from…

  • New ‘clubhouse’ for kids offers solution for parents on the go

    Ms. Crystal’s Clubhouse in Allentown provides child care with flexible hours BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Preston Scheibel, 3, takes a break from decorating a football cookie to sample his work while Jenna Schenone, 4, looks on during a daily craft activity at Ms. Crystal’s Clubhouse in Allentown. ALLENTOWN — It’s a conundrum faced by…

  • Learn the facts to create a bog garden

    Jason Austin, manager of Rare Find Nursery in Jackson, will present the ins and outs of creating a bog garden for the home gardener, at the Feb. 9 meeting of the Allentown Garden Club. Using a PowerPoint presentation, Austin will provide information on construction and the use of interesting groups of plants that thrive in…

  • Police foundation director hopes to save teen’s sight

    Youngster in Ecuador awaits trip to America for surgery in New York BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent Joe Occhipinti, founder and director of the National Police Defense Foundation (NPDF), based in the Morganville section of Marlboro, is a man on a mission, a medical mission to restore the eyesight of teenage girl who lives in Ecuador. He…

  • for the record •••

    A Jan. 26 Examiner article titled “U.F. not backing down; gloves off in marijuana bout” stated that Upper Freehold Mayor LoriSue Horsnall Mount “said she found it ‘disgusting’ and ‘pathetic’ that the governor had not returned numerous phone calls from township officials.” Mount wished to clarify that she was not calling Gov. Chris Christie “disgusting”…

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