Tag: Allentown
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Redbirds coming together heading into homestretch of campaign
The Allentown High School girls basketball team has seen its fair share of ups and downs so far during the 2021-22 campaign. The Redbirds carried a 5-5 record into a Jan. 24 game against Freehold Township High School and Coach Dana Wells and her players were in agreement that the team’s best basketball is still…
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Examiner Datebook, Jan. 26
• Monmouth County Park System will host the Casual Birder on Feb. 22 at 9 a.m. at Crosswicks Creek Park, Upper Freehold Township, meet in the Province Line Road parking lot. Join a park system naturalist for a morning bird walk. Open to all ages; under 18 with adult. Free. Details: 732-842-4000. • Monmouth County…
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Local school boards return Bailey, Nolan to leadership positions
Two local school boards that serve Millstone Township, Allentown and Upper Freehold Township have reorganized for the new year. The Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 4. During the meeting, the winning candidates from the November 2021 election – incumbents Theodore Filis and Christine Reese, and…
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Examiner News Briefs, Jan. 19
Allentown Mayor Thomas Fritts announced the following mayoral appointments during the borough’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 4: • Environmental Commission: Bill Cotte for the chairman position, with a term ending Dec. 31, 2022; Patricia Brown and Janice Buchalski, with terms ending Dec. 31, 2024; • Planning Board: Borough Councilman Daniel Payson, with a term ending…
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Examiner Datebook, Jan. 19
• The Monmouth County Library offers six classes available at any time and without any advance registration on virtual Yoga, highlighting breathing, movement, stretching and other activities. Each program is offered at https://ly/MonCoLibraryYoga. The programs are offered by Steven Russell of Becoming Sound. Interested individuals may choose their own path with movements from six of…
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Drennan, Darling begin serving terms on Allentown council
ALLENTOWN – Michael Drennan and Nikki Darling began serving three-year terms on the Allentown Borough Council after they took the oath of office during the borough’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 4. Drennan is serving his second three-year term on the council and Darling is serving her first three-year term on the council. Both residents won…
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Examiner Datebook, Jan. 12
• The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County presents “The Various Views of Zionism,” a three-part lecture series via Zoom, by Andrew Meyer, professor of history at Brooklyn College, on Jan. 30, Feb. 20 and March 20, all at 2 p.m. Admission is $5 for museum members and $8 for non-members. Details: 732-252-6990 or visit…
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Examiner Datebook, Jan. 5
• New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center, is looking for volunteers who will assist donors at area blood drives. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be outgoing to provide friendly customer service, be able to perform tasks as needed and must provide proof of COVID vaccination prior to volunteering. Must…
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Allentown storekeeper spent decades recording histories of area families
By Thomas K. Robbins On Aug. 15, 1922, (journalist) Ida Tarbell knocks at a door on Main Street in Allentown and is presented with an extraordinary gentleman named Charles Robbins Hutchinson. She describes the feeling of meeting him as “… same kind of feeling I have when looking for china … see a real Windsor…
