Category: Examiner News
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Millstone pullout not feasible
Taxes would skyrocket and classes would be cut BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone pullout not feasible BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The tax burden on surrounding towns would be enormous if Millstone were to pull out of the Upper Freehold Regional school district, according to a recent study. "I hope I never have to see…
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County raising 9/11 memorial contribution
Private fund raising continues for projecton Mount Mitchill BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Private fund raising continues for project on Mount Mitchill BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer The county will pay for a portion of the cost for site work necessary for a memorial to local victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the World…
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Taxation board orders revaluation
BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Board of Taxation has ordered a revaluation of all township properties, the township tax assessor has said. The new market assessments must be on the books by Jan. 1, 2006, said Tax Assessor Steve Walters at a recent Township Committee…
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Reaction mixed to proposed merging of two boards
BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — At the Jan. 28 Planning Board meeting, Planning Board members sparred over a proposal to merge the Planning Board and the Zoning Board. Board member George Zanetakos called the proposed ordinance "nonsense and nothing more than a power grab." Board member and former mayor…
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Deer fence was ‘last resort,’ township committeeman says
All otheroptions failed Chet Halka says BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer All other options failed Chet Halka says JEFF GRANIT staff Millstone Township Committeeman Chet Halka says he had no choice but to put up an 8-foot- high fence on 300 acres of his nursery properties to keep deer from eating his ornamental trees. BY PATRICIA A.…
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Work at regional rec sites expected to be approved
Work at regional rec sites expected to be approved FREEHOLD — In the very near future, the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will formally approve the allocation of funding for 2004 derived from the open space tax. The Board met recently with Faith S. Hahn, the supervising planner for the Monmouth County Park System, to…
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Brookdale College to hold 9/11 benefit concert
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, along with New Jersey’s police officers, will say thank you to the community for its support on Valentine’s Day. A Feb. 14 concert is planned at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, by the three…
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Judge issues ruling in Planning Board conflict
BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Planning Board member Evan Maltz was not board chairman and did not have the authority to cancel a Jan. 14 board meeting, a Monmouth County Superior Court judge ruled last week. County Assignment Judge Lawrence Lawson found that Maltz’s term as Planning Board chairman…
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Businessman: Immigrants a fact of life in work force
JEFF GRANIT staff Daniel Armenta and Isidro Victoria Martinez stand in line to check in at the hiring hall at the Second Baptist Church, Freehold Borough. Partnership director says people will not be deported from U.S. BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Representatives of the farming and restaurant sectors of the local economy…
