Category: Examiner News
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Holiday cheer is here
Holiday cheer is here PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ Christmas lights (top photo) paint an elegant picture at this Galloping Brook Drive House in Upper Freehold, while Santa and Rudolph (above) make a surprise early landing at this home off Allen Drive in Allentown.
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Baseball buddies team up once again
Baseball buddies team up once again PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI New York Met Joe McEwing autographs a baseball for a fan at Lakewood BlueClaws head coach Jeff Manto’s baseball clinic at GPU Energy Park in Lakewood Dec. 19. Twelve years ago a major league baseball player reached out to a young Joe McEwing, and now…
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$1M contract awarded for Wagner Farm Park 23-acre tract is located at Baird and Woodville roads
Staff Writer By linda denicola $1M contract awarded for Wagner Farm Park 23-acre tract is located at Baird and Woodville roads MILLSTONE — A resolution awarding a contract for phase 1 construction of Wagner Farm Park was approved at the last Township Committee meeting. After reviewing nine bids, CME Associates, Howell, the engineering firm overseeing…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ Members of the Villagers of Allentown, (l-r) Myrtle Duns, Dorothy LoPresti, Valerie Ferro and Shirley Mayer, display dolls and stuffed animals that they dressed and will distribute to needy children. For more on the group, see page 25.
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State is urged to continue Clean Communities funding Borough invites wireless communications firms to check out local sites
Staff Writer By linda denicola State is urged to continue Clean Communities funding Borough invites wireless communications firms to check out local sites ROOSEVELT — With its small tax base and aging infrastructure, tiny Roosevelt Borough can’t afford to lose any state funding. Right now, officials are worried about losing funding under the Clean Communities…
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The Villagers still going strong after 43 years
Correspondent By jane meggitt JERRY WOLKOWITZ Dolls and bears outfitted in costumes created by members of the Villagers of Allentown for distribution to needy children are displayed at the home of Valerie Ferro, Upper Freehold. ALLENTOWN — The Villagers, a civic and social women’s club based in Allentown, held its annual Christmas tea on Dec.…
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U.F. board celebrates voter OK
U.F. board celebrates voter OK Allentown, U.F. residents pass school referendum by more than 2-1 margin By ruth calia stives Staff Writer Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education members began their Dec. 12 meeting with congratulations all around for the hard work and dedication that paid off in passage of the prior day’s…
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Digging into the past without digging at all Archaeology group unearths facts that paint vivid pictures of battles
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Digging into the past without digging at all Archaeology group unearths facts that paint vivid pictures of battles GLORIA STRAVELLI Dan Sivilich has led a lengthy archaeological effort at Battlefield State Park in Manalapan that has revealed not only a great deal of information about the famous battle that took…
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Business venture revs up owner’s love of fun times New Egypt’s Oasis
Business venture revs up owner’s love of fun times New Egypt’s Oasis VERONICA YANKOWSKI Slot-cars are ready to race on the eight-lane track at the New Egypt Recreation Oasis. offers slot car action & radio-controlled racing By kathy baratta Staff Writer PHOTOS BY VERONICA L. YANKOWSKI Ken Francis, owner of New Egypt Recreation Oasis in…
