Category: Examiner News
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Community Choirs preparing for slate of holiday performances
Correspondent By clare m. masi Community Choirs preparing for slate of holiday performances MARIE ORTIZ The Allentown Presbyterian Church was the setting Sunday for a rehearsal of the Community Christian Choirs. The concert season will begin on Dec. 2 with a performance at the Fellowship Baptist Church, West Windsor. Patricia Weitz of Hamilton Square knows…
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Helping Hands golf event benefits scholarship fund
Helping Hands golf event benefits scholarship fund Marion MacReynolds selects the winner of a door prize at the Helping Hands Golf Tournament as tournament organizer Gary Rette lends a hand. MacReynolds is the wife of the late Robert MacReynolds, in whose name the event was held to benefit a scholarship fund at Allentown High School.…
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Band strikes winning note at Scranton competition
Correspondent By clare m. masi Joseph Nedick, president of the Allentown High School marching band, and senior drum majors (l-r) Jennifer Joyce, Carolyn Faris, Tamara Struk and Maureen Crawford are proud of the band’s victory at the United States Scholastic Band Association competition. The folks in Allentown really know how to welcome home their heroes…
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Senior wins citizenship award
ALLENTOWN — Melissa Dunne-Porter, a senior at Allentown High School, has been named as the school’s Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen. She is now eligible to enter the DAR Good Citizens Scholarship Contest, which will award more than $3,000 in scholarships to students entering college in the fall of 2001. According to…
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Water infrastructure needs town’s attention
Staff Writer By brian walsh Water infrastructure needs town’s attention Concerns with the state of Roosevelt’s water facilities are continuing and may wind up costing taxpayers thousands of dollars to fix. Recent letters from the borough’s engineers and consultants to municipal officials have cited several problems with the town’s infrastructure as it pertains to the…
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Superior Court will rule on development question
Staff Writer By brian walsh Superior Court will rule on development question The Roosevelt Planning Board’s denial of an application to develop land in the borough is now a matter for the courts to decide. On Nov. 14, state Superior Court Judge William P. Gilroy, Freehold, heard arguments from attorneys representing landowners Abby and Daniel…
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Towns get grants for road work
Seven communities in Western Monmouth County will be the beneficiaries of state grants to be used for road repairs. According to a Nov. 13 press release from Gov. Christie Whitman, the governor and James Weinstein, transportation commissioner, announced the award of more than $65 million to municipalities across the state for local street repair and…
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Event to honor partners in county history project
Narrators and interviewers who participated in the project "Remembering the 20th Century: An Oral History of Monmouth County" will be honored Nov. 26 at 1 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan. Almost 100 longtime residents of Monmouth County were interviewed by 10 interviewers. Rick Benjamin’s Paragon Ragtime Orchestra will play at the celebration.…
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Sidewalks draw council’s attention
ALLENTOWN — Sidewalks are on the minds of Borough Council members as they address two issues — 600 feet of missing sidewalks throughout town and sidewalks that have been damaged by tree roots and weathering. Council members discussed the issue at a Nov. 14 meeting and took their first steps toward addressing the two situations.…
