Category: Examiner News

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Results of a preliminary anthrax test, one of 20 samples taken at the Allentown post office and found to be inconclusive, were not available on Tuesday. Because of the inconclusive results, the post office was cleaned Veterans Day weekend.

  • History, rural charm depicted in new book Pictorial history covers Allentown and Upper Freehold

    Staff Writer By linda denicola History, rural charm depicted in new book Pictorial history covers Allentown and Upper Freehold IMAGES OF AMERICA: ALLENTOWN AND UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP This stagecoach passed through Allentown in 1907. The photograph, which appears in the new pictorial history, is from the Allentown Messenger. It is time that east meets west,…

  • Volunteers rally to call from county Health Department In the event of disaster, they will augment first response teams

    Staff Writer By linda denicola Volunteers rally to call from county Health Department In the event of disaster, they will augment first response teams More than 150 people have answered the Monmouth County Health Department’s request for volunteers since the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. And, according to the county’s…

  • Board denies cell antenna variance Opponent of Agress Road application ecstatic

    Staff Writer By linda denicola Board denies cell antenna variance Opponent of Agress Road application ecstatic The Millstone Zoning Board of Adjustment Monday denied a variance application by Nextel of New York to place antennas on an existing tower on Agress Road. The GPU electric tower is located in a rural/environmental zone that does not…

  • Board is cautioned on surplus

    Staff WriterActing principal to fill in for lower school principal for two months By ruth calia stives Staff Writer Acting principal to fill in for lower school principal for two months ALLENTOWN — The surplus in the Upper Freehold Regional School district is too low, the school board was cautioned last week during the annual…

  • Horse Park hopes to draw int’l competition Facility considered best on East Coast for combined driver events

    Correspondent By jane meggitt Horse Park hopes to draw int’l competition Facility considered best on East Coast for combined driver events VERONICA YANKOWSKI Sarah Yerkes of Pittman prepares for the Turkey Trot at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold Sunday. UPPER FREEHOLD — The Sunday before Thanksgiving is an important date on…

  • From Carnegie Hall to new residence in U.F.

    From Carnegie Hall to new residence in U.F. Maria Zito-Kaufman Soprano Maria Zito-Kaufman, a tireless volunteer, still gets nervous before she sings By jane meggitt Correspondent Upper Freehold has seen an influx of new residents recently. One woman who will soon be calling the township home is scheduled to make her debut at Carnegie Hall…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Victoria Faloetta, 16, adds potatoes to Thanksgiving baskets being prepared by the Good Neighbor Network Saturday at the Allentown Presbyterian Church for distribution to needy families in local area.

  • Automated traffic control officer coming to borough Allentown also approves interlocal agreement to pursue greenway grant

    Correspondent By CHARLETTE SAUSE Automated traffic control officer coming to borough Allentown also approves interlocal agreement to pursue greenway grant ALLENTOWN — Mayor Stuart Fierstein has secured a $9,000 Mayor’s Grant from the New Jersey State Assembly. The Borough Council approved use of this funding for the purchase of an automated traffic control officer to…