Category: Examiner News
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Hiring hall becoming school for immigrants
Classes in English& first aid now onmen BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Classes in English & first aid now on men’s daily schedule BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO Rita Dentino offers English lessons to men who come to the day laborers’ hiring hall at the Second Baptist Church, Freehold Borough. FREEHOLD…
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Township’s affordable housing future discussed
BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Township officials need to start thinking about how the state Council on Affordable Housing’s (COAH) proposed new rules will affect the municipality, the Township Planner said. "Every development from Jan. 2000 will go into the calculation of new need," Township Planner Richard Coppola…
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Onespirit makes music with perfect percussion
Group had recent gigat Red Bank cafe BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Group had recent gig at Red Bank cafe BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO Amy Schindler, Wendy Halley and Andrea Lindlau (l-r), three of the eight members of Onespirit Community Drumming, rehearse for a recent gig at the Internet Cafe,…
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Local breeder takes top state honor
Perretti Farms receives major award BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff New mother My Starchip nuzzles her baby, a filly born Friday, as Lindsey Taylor, breeding and health care manager at Perretti Farms in Upper Freehold looks on. Perretti Farms in Upper Freehold has won the New Jersey Breeder…
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A Scottish air in Upper Freehold
PHoToS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The Rev. Frank Watson of Freehold demonstrates the fine art of playing a bagpipe at the Emley’s Hill United Methodist Church in Upper Freehold Monday night. On Sunday mornings, he wears pastoral robes. But it’s not uncommon to find the Rev. Greg Bruton in a kilt. Bruton, the minister at the…
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No action taken on Environmental Commission
BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Almost six weeks after the start of the new year, the status of the township Environmental Commission is still in limbo. Township Committee members took no action at the Feb. 5 committee meeting in terms of whether to reappoint commission member Sue Kozel.…
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Cluster provision amendment defeated
BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A measure designed to increase the amount of open space developers must set aside for cluster projects died in a vote at the Feb. 4 Township Committee meeting. Committee members voted 3-2 against the proposed amendment to an ordinance that would have required developers…
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Plaintiffs claim partial win in lawsuit
Freehold Borough willrepeal ordinance citing Freehold Borough will repeal ordinance citing ‘officer’s discretion’ Freehold Borough police officers will no longer issue summonses bearing the charge of officer’s discretion. The summons has been the object of controversy among three parties that filed a class action lawsuit against the borough on Dec. 30. The lawsuit stated that…
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Guard recounts decades spent at Trenton prison
Freehold Twp. authorweaves interesting storyof longtime employee BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Guard recounts decades spent at Trenton prison JEFF GRANIT staff Author Jim Franklin (l) of Freehold Township joins Harry Camisa, who worked inside the walls of Trenton State Prison for 50 years, for a discussion of their book “Inside Out.” Freehold Twp. author weaves interesting…
