Category: Examiner News
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Farmers ponder future as they work their land
Correspondent By clare m. masi JERRY WOLKOWITZ Louis Sigismondi, owner of Sigismondi Farms and Greenhouses, Manalapan, works among the poinsettias he’ll be selling this holiday season. Howard Waters said he doesn’t know what it’s like to be stuck in a traffic jam, not on his way to work anyway. When the owner of Waters Nursery…
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Veterans day
Members of the Allentown Lions Club release balloons during a Veterans Day ceremony at Allentown High School on Saturday. The balloons honored those who served in World War II. The local event was held in conjunction with groundbreaking ceremonies in Washington, D.C., for a national World War II monument. JEFF HUNTLEY
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Builder wins OK for homes; Millstone to get open space
Builder wins OK for homes; Millstone to get open space MILLSTONE — The Planning Board has approved the construction of a 32-home development to be built on a 110-acre tract on Charleston Spring Road. As part of the approval process, Millstone will receive a donation of 23 acres on Charleston Spring Road from developer Gerald…
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Pantages, Wimer win seats
ALLENTOWN — There were no surprises in the borough on Election Day as voters elected an incumbent and a former councilman to the Borough Council. Republicans Peter Pantages and Dan Wimer were elected in an uncontested race with 521 and 517 votes, respectively. The totals include absentee ballots. Pantages, 45, is finishing his second three-year…
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‘Tiger Lady’ asks donation of property slated for deal Bathgate rejects notion of turning over land in two communities
Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta ‘Tiger Lady’ asks donation of property slated for deal Bathgate rejects notion of turning over land in two communities Negotiations for a two-county purchase of 1,700 acres took on an interesting aspect last week when "Tiger Lady" Joan Byron-Marasek asked the owner of the land to kill the deal and…
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Burke, Faber win committee seats
Staff Writer By mark rosman Voters in Upper Freehold returned two members of the Township Committee to office in the Nov. 7 election. Committeemen Paul Burke and Charles T. Faber Jr. will be sworn in for new three-year terms in January after winning re-election. The five-man committee will remain all-Republican. Burke and Faber ran uncontested…
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Narozanick: Race for 2001 election begins right now GOP freeholder wins sixth three-year term in Monmouth County
Staff Writer By dick metzgar Narozanick: Race for 2001 election begins right now GOP freeholder wins sixth three-year term in Monmouth County Given the current political climate, which has begun to show signs of change at all levels — local, county, state and federal — Monmouth County Republican Freeholder Ted Narozanick said he thinks it…
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3 claim seats in Roosevelt
Staff Writer By brian walsh ROOSEVELT — A former one-term councilman will rejoin the Borough Council after winning election Nov. 7. Democrat Jeff Hunt, who served on council from 1995-98, and Democrat Neil Marko were elected to three-year terms on the governing body. Marko received 326 votes and Hunt polled 306 votes. They defeated former…
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Alliance supports training in war on drugs, alcohol
The Allentown-Upper Freehold Alliance is continuing its efforts aimed at preventing alcohol abuse and substance abuse among youth. The alliance is also supporting members of the Allentown High School Lifesavers club in their efforts to bring about positive social change. To that end, the alliance was scheduled to send members of the Lifesavers club to…
