Category: Examiner News
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Students expected to gain educational advantage with iPads
MTFEE funds six more innovative programs beyond scope of school budget BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone Township Elementary School teacher Jennifer Kohn reacts to a surprise visit on March 4 from members of the Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence who presented her with a grant to purchase five iPads for her classroom. JEFF…
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UFRSD proposes $32.9M budget for next year
Estimated tax increase of $110 does not include debt service BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Upper Freehold Regional School District’s proposed budget relies on increasing taxes and fees as well as reducing staff and privatizing busing. The Board of Education unanimously voted on March 2 to introduce a $32.9 million budget for the 2011-12…
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Family carries on John Lepping’s legacy
St. Patrick’s party on March 12 to benefit disabled, disadvantaged youths BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP John Lepping (r) mentors a player on the field during his coaching days in the 1970s. Since his death in 2008, the Lepping family, of Millstone and Monroe Township, has established a scholarship fund to help disabled and disadvantaged youths in…
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Ice rescue skills tested
Hope Fire Company firefighter Tom Monahan heads for shore after pulling Assistant Chief Steve Gomba from the Allentown Mill Pond during ice rescue training on March 6. Hope Fire Company firefighters learned and refined their ice rescue skills during a training exercise on the frozen Allentown Mill Pond. The exercise on Feb. 27 emphasized the…
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Allentown to review U.F. request with boro attorney
Township wants borough to pay invoice for fire services for past five years BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — Township officials received a response from neighboring Allentown about the borough increasing its contribution to the Hope Fire Company. The Upper Freehold governing body wanted a reply by March 2, and threatened legal action if…
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Top harness trainer talks about what drives career and family
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Top harness trainer Julie Miller, Millstone, enjoys working while her children Olivia, 11, and T.J., 13, visit the barn. MILLSTONE — Every working mother knows that balancing a family and a career is no easy task, but one working mother knows what it’s like to add racehorses to the mix. Top…
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Redevelopment of Meadowlands Racetrack estimated to cost $70M
The group seeking to redevelop the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford has released this artist’s rendering of the proposed grandstand. The project to build a new grandstand at the Meadowlands is likely to cost $70 million. Jeff Gural, who is leading the group putting together the package to lease and redevelop the Meadowlands Racetrack in…
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GreaterMedia Newspapers garners NJPA awards
Eric Sucar, “High Noon Sledding,” third place, Feature, Independent Greater Media Newspapers received a combined 11 awards from the New Jersey Press Association for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2010. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 10 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties. Former Greater…
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County suspends SCAT employees who attended rally
Three Monmouth County SCAT employees who claimed they were sick on Feb. 25 received suspensions on March 3 after county officials received proof of their attendance at a union rally. The three were among 14 bus drivers and three office workers who called out sick on Feb. 25, leaving 174 developmentally disabled adults waiting for…
