Category: Examiner Calendar

  • Miscoski annoyed about changes

    Correspondent By jane meggitt UPPER FREEHOLD — At last week’s Planning Board meeting, Deputy Mayor and board member William Miscoski asked for a "good, solid reason" why the board had approved changes requested by Township Planner Richard Coppola to the Heritage Green development off Ellisdale Road. Miscoski, who was absent when the board approved the…

  • Council moves forward on building design

    ALLENTOWN — The Borough Council passed a resolution approving an extension of the preliminary design contract for the municipal building. The original contract with Lauro Associates, Kenilworth, for alterations and improvements to the building on South Main Street was signed in September 2000. Councilman David Strobino said the council will be meeting with the design…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Patrick Murphy, 4 months, of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, made his first visit to Santa Claus in Allentown on Saturday.

  • DARE officer: Program works best with support of parents, schools

    Staff Writer By mark rosman FARRAH MAFFAI Sixth-grader Danielle LaCugna answers a question during Patrolman Gerald Bruno’s DARE review session at the Pine Brook School, Manalapan. A piece of the puzzle — not the final answer. That’s how Eric Schmidt, one of three officers in the Manalapan Police Department who instructs youngsters in the local…

  • Local program viewed as more viable alternative Retired officer prefers hard-hitting, up-close and honest approach in drug education

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Local program viewed as more viable alternative Retired officer prefers hard-hitting, up-close and honest approach in drug education “DARE to keep kids off drugs” To retired Middletown Police Detective Michael Slover, the reel-to-reel, look-’em-in-the-eye lessons learned by drug addict Richie Johnson’s videotaped life and death are key components in…

  • DARE isn’t the answer for some school districts

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Middletown isn’t the only school district that uses alternative programs to educate children about the ramifications of substance abuse. While Oceanport, Long Branch and West Long Branch do have a DARE program implemented in their schools, each of those towns is also part of what is referred to as…

  • DARE classes seen as a positive experience

    Staff Writer By lindsey siegle FARRAH MAFFAI The Drug Abuse Identification Kit, also called the drug board or drug box, shows a variety of legal and illegal drugs and paraphernalia and also explains the effects of their abuse. Youngsters often say the box is what they remember most about Dare. Since it began in Los…

  • Agriculture scholarships available to students

    Students pursuing careers in agriculture are eligible to apply for a scholarship from the Careers in Agriculture Scholarship program, jointly sponsored by Agriliance, Land O’Lakes Farmland Feed, and Croplan Genetics. High School seniors who will enroll in a two- or four-year agronomy or livestock curriculum in fall 2002 are eligible to apply. Fifty $1,000 scholarships…

  • Bulletin Board Local organizations join online animal shelter

    Bulletin Board Local organizations join online animal shelter Central Midwest Collie Res-cue–Northeast, Howell, and the Standardbred Retirement Foundation, Freehold, have joined Petfinder.com, a cyberspace animal shelter. The Web site represents more than 50,000 homeless animals in approximately 2,600 shelters and rescue groups nationwide. Each animal in need of a home has its own home page…