Category: Examiner News
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Young equestrienne reaps multiple awards 10-year-old Millstone girl already has nine state victories
Staff Writer By ruth calia stives Young equestrienne reaps multiple awards 10-year-old Millstone girl already has nine state victories JERRY WOLKOWITZ Wilhelmina Horzepa rides her horse, Sweet Curiosity, with her younger sister, Mary Elizabeth, 8, on her horse, Toby. MILLSTONE — You can see the trophies and ribbons laid out, covering the table’s surface, and…
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Volunteers sought for response team Group focuses on bioterrorism, weapons of mass destruction
Staff Writer By linda denicola Volunteers sought for response team Group focuses on bioterrorism, weapons of mass destruction The Monmouth County Health Department’s Hazardous Material Response Team decontaminated about 1,000 people that terror-filled Tuesday that turned the World Trade Center into another Pompeii. The frightened evacuees came in from downtown New York by ferries to…
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No U.S. flags for sale, just craft your own
No U.S. flags for sale, just craft your own Millstone resident Nicole Wisniewski and her boyfriend Kelly Spence decided to make their own flag when they couldn’t buy one anywhere. By ruth calia stives Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Township resident Nicole Wisniewski is a third-year student of floriculture at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pa.…
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Voters approve new fire truck by 76-26 margin
Staff Writer By linda denicola MILLSTONE — Residents voted to approve the purchase of a new fire engine on Saturday, during a special vote. Out of the 102 residents who turned out to vote, 76 voted for the purchase and 26 against it. The new truck will be multifeatured with expanded capabilities and replaces a…
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Board seeks changes to subdivision access road
Staff Writer By RUTH CALIA STIVES MILLSTONE — The Planning Board has asked an applicant to reconfigure access to a proposed cul-de-sac road off Charleston Spring Road. The access is part of a subdivision application from E. Robert Paul of Greenbriar Lane, Millstone, who wants to subdivide his property along Charleston Spring Road. At the…
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Area police on high alert; no tolerance for bias, they say
Area police on high alert; no tolerance for bias, they say In Middletown bias incident, man assaulted gas station attendant By elaine van develde Staff Writer Area police are committed to making certain that a national tragedy won’t turn into local hate crime mayhem of any proportion. The message: Intolerance will not be tolerated. Since…
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Officers call New York City devastation overwhelming
Staff Writer By DICK METZGAR Officers call New York City devastation overwhelming FREEHOLD — The sight and conditions at ground zero where both towers of the World Trade Center were obliterated in a terrorist attack on Sept. 11 were ones of pure hell and horror — make no mistake about that. This was the reaction…
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Crowd turns out to oppose Nextel plan
VERONICA YANKOWSKI A statue of Uncle Sam stands in the driveway of one home on Route 526 in Allentown, one of thousands of patriotic displays in the county this week. County concerned about effect on park; hearing continues Nov. 19 By ruth calia stives Staff Writer MILLSTONE — About 50 people attended last week’s Zoning…
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U.F. woman aids ground zero search-and-rescue efforts Rescuers hope to find survivors in 16 acres of tunnels
Staff Writer By linda denicola U.F. woman aids ground zero search-and-rescue efforts Rescuers hope to find survivors in 16 acres of tunnels VERONICA YANKOWSKI Like Americans across the country, a homeowner on North Main Street in Allentown displays the American flag as a symbol of respect and patriotism following last week’s terrorist attack. Alice Holmes,…
