Category: Examiner News
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GOP candidate fires salvo at committee
GOP candidate fires salvo at committee Millstone Township Republican Township Committee candidate Carol Nelson is stepping down from the municipal Shade Tree Commission. Nelson, who chairs the panel, notified municipal officials of her decision last week in a letter sent to members of the Township Committee. Nelson declined comment on her resignation earlier this week,…
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Visit to Walnford like taking a step back in time
Correspondent By clare m. masi Maeve Kelly, 9, copies an old letter using a quill pen and berry ink, one of the activities for children at Sunday’s Walnford Day celebration. When William Killey created the six chairs to satisfy his apprenticeship at the Clayton Chair Shop in Allentown in 1868, he had no idea of…
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Soccer game
Allentown High School’s Bryan Harrison looks for a rebound as West Windsor-Plainsboro North goalie Shane Reid covers the ball during the Redbirds’ 3-2 win Monday in Allentown. JERRY WOLKOWITZ
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Trust fund aids church work
FREEHOLD — The ongoing restoration of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on the corner of Throckmorton and West Main streets received a boost recently with additional grant money from the New Jersey Historic Trust Fund. Church officials learned they will receive an additional $139,784 from the fund for the restoration of the steeple and roof systems,…
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Digging up the creek bed
A construction worker digs in a creek bed that is adjacent to a Monmouth County bridge reconstruction project on Sharon Station Road, Upper Freehold Township. The pipe that is visible in the trench is now carrying Negro Run creek under Sharon Station Road, according to county engineers. When the project is finished, the pipe will…
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Work on rec site under way
Work on rec site under way UPPER FREEHOLD — Work was scheduled to begin this week on the Byron Johnson Recreation Area. Township Administrator Barbara Bascom said a groundbreaking ceremony was scheduled for Tuesday at the site of the planned recreation area adjacent to Allentown High School. The 28-acre site will feature soccer fields, youth…
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Sroryteller visits local library
Storyteller Jaymie Reeber Kosa has the rapt attention of youngsters during a Sept. 27 community program in the Roosevelt Public School library. JERRY WOLKOWITZ
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Teacher will be honored with memorial, scholarship
Members of the Millstone Township Education Association have started a memorial fund to honor kindergarten teacher Carol Mancuso. Mancuso, 49, was killed in a motor vehicle accident this summer. Arlene Agulnick, president of the association, said donations for the memorial fund are being collected among staff members. "This is going to be an ongoing gift,…
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Library offering films, programs for community
By Mark Rosman Library offering films, programs for community ROOSEVELT — Foreign films and community programs have joined books as attractions at the borough’s public library. A public library? In Roosevelt? Well, yes. The borough’s best kept secret may be the fact that there is a small branch of the Monmouth County Library System in…
