Category: Examiner News
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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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FARRAH MAFFAI staff Anne Gallant peers through glass at handpainted Ukrainian Easter eggs at the Off the Wall Craft Gallery in Allentown on Saturday.
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Summer jazz program for teens at Count Basie
The Count Basie Theatre’s Cool School has announced a collaborative program with American Jazz Venues to produce a summer jazz program for talented teens. The program will use the teaching techniques of American Jazz Venues, led by Jazz Hall of Famer Clem De Rosa. Cool School Director Yvonne Lamb Scudiery explained that the program will…
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Planning Board approves minor subdivision
UPPER FREEHOLD — The Planning Board approved a minor subdivision March 23 that could eventually end up as preserved farmland. The board granted resident Francis Dey the two waivers he requested in his application to subdivide his 97-acre farm. The farm was originally more than 180 acres, half of which was subdivided in 1982, Dey…
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Transportation summit
April 15 in Colts Neck The Second Annual Monmouth County Transportation Summit has been scheduled for April 15, 7 p.m., at the Hominy Hill Golf Course Clubhouse, Mercer Road, Colts Neck. The summit is sponsored by the Monmouth County Transportation Council (MCTC), a body created by the Board of Freeholders under the aegis of the…
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State grants to help Pine Dr. get second phase of face lift
BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer State grants to help Pine Dr. get second phase of face lift BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — Renovations to Pine Drive will continue this year, thanks to several state grants. State Department of Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere notified Mayor Neil Marko on March 24 of the $130,000 in grant…
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Controversial commission axed
Mayor looking for candidates fornew committee BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Mayor looking for candidates for new committee BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer After two months of debate on the issue, the Upper Freehold Town-ship Committee voted 3-1 at the March 25 workshop meeting to replace the embattled Environmental Commission with an advisory committee. "With direction…
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Support group growing, aims to educate doctors
Area residents who haveankylosing spondylitisshed light on condition BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Area residents who have ankylosing spondylitis shed light on condition BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer Howard Feingold Howard Feingold’s efforts to spread awareness about his rare disease are beginning to bear fruit. Feingold has ankylosing spondylitis (AS), which causes discs and joints to…
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Upper Freehold Galloping Hills tract ‘rare and valuable’
BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The township’s new schematic test plan for subdivisions is "still charting some direction," Planning Board Chairman Daniel Van Voorhis said at the March 23 board meeting. The second proposed development before the board under the new plan is Galloping Hills at Upper Freehold,…
