Category: Examiner News
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United Methodist bazaar marks 30th anniversary
Correspondent By clare m. masi United Methodist bazaar marks 30th anniversary ALLENTOWN — A spirit of fellowship and community keeps people coming back to celebrate the United Methodist Church’s annual Country Bazaar and Auction. According to Barbara Fennimore, bazaar publicity coordinator, the event will be celebrating its 30th anniversary on Nov. 4. Fennimore said there…
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Kastning charges ‘political committee’ not registered
Staff Writer By mark rosman Kastning charges ‘political committee’ not registered Millstone Township Committeeman William Kastning has charged that a group he is calling a political committee is not properly registered with the state. "Having seen advertisements in the Examiner and Messenger Press newspapers and fliers of a political nature mailed to homes of registered…
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Builder has plan for 32 homes
MILLSTONE — An application proposing the construction of a 32-home development is scheduled to come before the Planning Board on Nov. 8. Property owner and applicant Gerald Baldachino is proposing to build Monmouth Meadows on a 110-acre tract on Charleston Spring Road. According to plans prepared by Landtech Engineering and Surveying, Englishtown, the property is…
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Democrats: Development no salvation Republican focuses on borough infrastructure he claims is crumbling
Correspondent By linda bean Democrats: Development no salvation Republican focuses on borough infrastructure he claims is crumbling In Roosevelt, where there are roughly 600 registered voters, the Borough Council race pits a pair of Democratic candidates with a staunch anti-development agenda against a Democrat-turned-Republican who contends that his opponents are ignoring vital issues. Development, in…
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Pantages, Wimer plan to hold steady course
Correspondent By linda bean ALLENTOWN — In Allentown, the current Borough Council president and a former council member are both running unopposed for a pair of three-year terms. Both candidates are Republicans. Peter Pantages, who is finishing his second term and serves as council president, is 45, married and the father of three children. Pantages…
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Millstone officials review résumés for prosecutor
Staff Writer By Mark Rosman MILLSTONE — Township Committee members are reviewing the credentials of people they may consider hiring as a special prosecutor to investigate charges made against a member of the governing body. In the wake of charges made against Committeeman William Kastning by township resident Susan Laone on Sept. 20, the committee…
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Shahn mural draws Tokyo television to Roosevelt
CorrespondentLights! Camera! Action! By clare m. masi Correspondent Lights! Camera! Action! Dale Weinbach, chief school administrator of the Roosevelt Public School, gives an interview to a Japanese television crew that came to the borough to produce a show about artist Ben Shahn and his historic Roosevelt mural. Are we in New York? Nope. Are we…
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Initial efforts by Millstone’s watershed council honored
Staff Writer By mark rosman MILLSTONE — The Monmouth County Water Resources Association has recognized the township and a municipal body for the work its members are doing to protect watersheds. At a luncheon held Oct. 13, Millstone Township and the Millstone Township Watershed Management and Preservation Council received the water resources association’s Myron LaVake…
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Bending over backwards to end hunger
Allison Lucia, 10, of Allentown, loosens up before participating in Sunday’s Crop Walk to fight world hunger. Participants in the afternoon event strolled from the Hope Fire Company headquarters on Route 526, Upper Freehold, through Allentown and back to the firehouse. JERRY WOLKOWITZ
