Category: Examiner News
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School board president hopeful budget will pass
BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Residents here will see a 5-cent rise in the municipal school tax rate if they approve the school budget on April 20. Board members recently voted 8-1 for the $24,037,349 budget, which includes an $18,604,685 local tax levy. "I’m hoping it will go through,"…
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Dwayne Hickman to exhibit artwork at Raceway Mall
Star of BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Star of ’60s sitcom ‘Dobie Gillis’ pursues his true passion BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer Dwayne Hickman as Dobie Gillis and Bob Denver as Maynard G. Krebs. “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” ran from 1959 to 1963. Most of the baby boom generation remember that cute, clean-cut teenager…
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Democrats pledge to end ‘slash and burn’ politics
David Lee selected as candidate forTownship Committee BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer David Lee selected as candidate for Township Committee BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Democrats here are optimistic that the rancor among Millstone Republicans will help the Democrats capture the lone seat on the Township Committee this year. "We are going to take the high…
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Board may condemn farm for new school
BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Board of Education is considering eminent domain proceedings for a parcel of land that belongs to Princeton Nurseries in order to build a new school. "We have to find the land," said school Superintendent of Schools Robert Connelly. "Condemnation is the last…
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Nominees sought
for environmental committee in U.F. The Upper Freehold Township Committee will be accepting résumés and/or letters of interest for appointment to the township’s Environmental Advisory Committee. The résumés and letters will be accepted for two weeks, March 29 through April 10, and the interview process by the Township Committee is tentatively scheduled to begin the…
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Four compete for four seats on Board of Ed
BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Four people have filed for the four, three-year seats available on the Board of Education. Board President Kathy Winecoff, of 16 Pullen Drive, is seeking her third term. Winecoff, a homemaker, said that she wants to see the new middle school building project completed.…
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Father-son event a success in more ways than one
JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff “Fireman Ed” Anzalone, a New York City firefighter, signs autographs for two young men after a communion breakfast at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church in Millstone Sunday. MILLSTONE — More than 200 fathers and sons turned out for St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church’s first father-son communion breakfast Sunday. The event featured former New…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Members of the Allentown-Upper Freehold Little League stand at attention during the national anthem at the league’s opening-day ceremonies Saturday.
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Tree ordinance designed to prevent clear-cutting
BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee is considering an ordinance that would limit the number of trees each year that property owners can cut down. But some committee members have concerns about the proposed ordinance, which would forbid homeowners from cutting down more than five trees…
