Category: Examiner News
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Freeholders approve open space grants
Millstone awarded $250K for acquisition to expand park Monmouth County has designated 13 municipalities, including Millstone, as the recipients of $2.4 million to improve parks. The funding, recently approved by the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, comes from the 2009 Monmouth County Open Space Trust Fund, according to a Monmouth County press release. Freeholder Lillian…
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Animal welfare group wins $1K
MILLSTONE — Supporters of Helping Hearts Equine Rescue came through in a contest to win $1,000 to help support the nonprofit. Through online voting in The Animal Rescue Site’s third “Shelter Challenge” supporters won the weekly prize for the Perrineville-based animal welfare group. Helping Hearts Equine Rescue is a nonprofit dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation…
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Kiddie Academy helps families in rural Haiti
MILLSTONE — The local Kiddie Academy has extended a helping hand to Haitians living in poverty. The education center has partnered with Artists Village, a nonprofit organization helping Haitians build self-sufficient communities and improve their quality of life. Kiddie Academy families and staff donated baby bottles, diapers, clothing, pillows, blankets, and chairs that Artists Village…
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If you make a pig a library patron
Character helps Allentown Public Library raise money to fix front stoop BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer This little piggy is helping the Allentown Public Library raise funds for a new front stoop. ALLENTOWN — Piggy Sue isn’t very picky. The portly bank has had a voracious appetite for pennies since taking up residence in the…
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Allentown High School’s Monica Blanco shoots a free throw during the third quarter of the girls varsity basketball game against Ewing High School at Allentown on Jan.5. More photos, page 31. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Singing for a lot of laughs
Comedic singer/songwriter to perform at Clarksburg Inn BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Dave Allikas, a comedic singer/songwriter, will perform Jan. 15, March 12 and April 23 at the Clarksburg Inn in Millstone. MILLSTONE — Dave Allikas started writing funny songs because he realized they occupy a special place in many people’s lives. The best comedic…
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Twp. to pay more than expected for land purchase
U.F. officials question appraisals due to change in market BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Members of the governing body hesitated before unanimously approving the acquisition of a development easement on a 49-acre Holmes Mill Road property in Upper Freehold. The parcel, owned by RTR New Home Building Contractors, contains one singlefamily residence and is adjacent…
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Allentown High School student Zachary Moran, 17, shakes hands with Ronald Brenner, a representative of Ohio Technical College/Power Sport Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, who surprised Moran and student Christopher Tyminski with scholarships on Dec. 22. For story, see page 8. CHRIS KELLY staff
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Roosevelt loses its historian
The late Art Shapiro’s book on borough to be finished by wife and children BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Longtime Roosevelt resident and historianA rt Shapiro died suddenly Dec. 7, 2009, in Tucson, Ariz., where he and his wife relocated two years ago. Shapiro died two weeks short of his 71st birthday. Born in Brooklyn,…
