Category: Examiner News
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On Campus
Rowan University, Glassboro, has awarded dean’s list honors for the fall semester to the following local residents: Kristie L. Butler, Kimberley L. Welle, Thomas K. Barkley, Matthew J. Patterson, Amanda E. Moffat and Carley E. Welsh, all of Allentown; Lauren M. Nazzro and William R. McNally, of the Cram Ridge section of Upper Freehold; and…
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180 Turning Lives Around seeks volunteers for victim advocacy
Beginning in April, 180 Turning Lives Around, a private nonprofit organization dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual violence, will be conducting a training course for domestic violence response team (DVRT) volunteers. Applications are currently being accepted for the program, and interviews will begin shortly. The volunteer advocates with 180’s DVRT program are civilian members…
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State commission aims to cut red tape
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Civil service regulations and interlocal agreements were some concerns voiced during the second of three public hearings about simplifying state government at Brookdale Community College in the Lincroft section of Middletown on March 9. The Red Tape Review Commission, a bipartisan effort led by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, listened to…
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Massive $10M pot bust spans three counties
Police: Marijuana was being grown in Monroe, Millstone, Manalapan, Middletown BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Call it a different take on “Jersey Fresh.” Authorities are crediting a Monroe Township police officer with sniffing out what turned out to be the locus of an alleged $10 million indoor marijuanagrowing operation, the largest in the state’s…
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Julia Mariano (l-r), 7, of Allentown, Jacqueline Biennas, 12, of Monroe, and Julia’s sister Madison, 9, go face to face with a couple of alpacas during the Eastern Alliance Alpaca Show on March 13 at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold. More, page 21. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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State slashes funding for first aid training
Roosevelt squad gains governing body’s support in protest BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent ROOSEVELT — The Borough Council will write a letter to the state protesting a new policy that denies continuing education reimbursement to emergency responders. The council made the decision at the March 8 meeting after receiving information about the lack of funding at…
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Parents partner with teachers to support Millstone students
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone Superintendent Mary Anne Donahue (l-r) helps congratulate primary school teachers Linda Russell and Patricia Marzzullo, who were presented with a grant from Millstone Township Foundation For Educational Excellence trustee Melanie Napp for “Learning Through Play,” a program that uses props to facilitate play and help children with special needs…
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Animal control not same since officer’s passing
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — The township’s animal control officer position, vacant since the death of Mary Klink last September, may not be filled. At the March 4 Township Committee meeting, Committeeman Steve Alexander said officials would not make a final decision until they have put the budget together. Since Klink’s death, Jackson…
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Refunding bonds will save over $450,000
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer State law presumes that taxpayers would always want the Board of Education to undertake a process that saves them money. That’s why residents don’t have to go to the polls to vote to allow the Upper Freehold Regional School District to issue refunding school bonds. The Board of Education unanimously…
