Category: Examiner News
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Administrative appointments named in U.F.
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Starting Feb. 1, familiar faces will have new positions in the municipal administration. Township Administrator and Municipal Clerk Barbara Bascom, who has held both jobs since 1992, will retire as of that date. At the Jan. 21 Township Committee meeting, Dana Tyler, who has served as deputy…
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Millstone: No tax delinquents need apply
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Applicants in arrears on their municipal taxes would have to pay up before they could appear before the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, under an ordinance introduced at the Jan. 20 Township Committee meeting. The proposed ordinance states that every application for development to either board…
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Senator’s bill proposes putting end to COAH
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Abill that would abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) has been introduced in the state Senate as S-1. The bill was introduced in a Senate session that was held after Gov. Chris Christie was inaugurated on Jan. 19. Senator Raymond J. Lesniak (DUnion) is the sponsor of the…
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‘Portals’ art exhibit is now on display
‘Portals,” an art exhibit bought by the Allentown Art Guild, is being held in collaboration with the Laurita Winery, 35 Archertown Road, New Egypt. The artwork will be on display through May 7. A free opening reception will be held 2-5 p.m. Feb. 7 at the winery. “HH1 at Sunset” by Frank Lumia The exhibit…
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Millstone takes action after builder fails to make improvements
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A local builder was found in default at the Jan. 20 Township Committee meeting for not completing work on a development. The default hearing concerned Block 50, lot 24 and 24.01, a subdivision off Millstone Road, previously known as the Bocra subdivision. There is currently one nearly completed…
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Inspirational stunts & stories
Stunt cyclist Chris Poulos performs a trick for students at the Millstone Township Elementary School on Jan. 22. The world champion stunt bicycle rider and motivational speaker told students about the benefits of being kind, humble, respectful, responsible, thankful, healthy and safe. For more photos, see page 6. ERIC SUCAR staff Top left: Millstone Township…
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Local equine rescue group losing farm
The farm where Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) has been housed for the past three years is being sold, and the rescue group currently has nowhere else to go. After 17 years of rescuing horses, the Standardbred Retirement Foundation finally had a place to call home in 2006 when it moved into a farm in Hamilton.…
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Crackdown on speeding under way
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The New Jersey State Police are targeting speeders on local roadways, and will continue to do so. At the Jan. 21 Millstone Township Committee meeting, Trooper Randy Pangborn, the New Jersey State Police’s liaison to Millstone, said that in the past two weeks, troopers have been working to resolve some…
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Dr. Richard Meirs joins SBOANJ board of directors
Richard S. Meirs, VMD, director of the Walnridge Equine Clinic and general manager of Walnridge Farm in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, has joined the 2010 board of directors of the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey. Meirs fills the vacancy on the Breeders Committee created by the resignation of Martin…
