Category: Examiner News
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Violence, vandalism decrease in 2008-09
Schools off to shaky start in maintaining trend this year BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer There were fewer incidents of violence and vandalism in the Upper Freehold Regional School District in 2008-09 than there have been in the two previous school years, but this year could break the downward trend. Allentown High School Vice Principal…
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‘Take a Walk in My Shoes’ tells stories of courage, growth, inspiration
Exhibit features shoes decorated by domestic violence survivors BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Through shoes decorated with items such as buttons, ribbons, beads and words, stories of domestic abuse and, finally, freedom from it come to life in a traveling exhibit titled “Take a Walk in My Shoes.” A program and reception attended by more than…
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Children frolic at Frogtoberfest
Frogbridge Day Camp hosts annual autumn celebration BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Correspondent Millstone’s Terri Door portrays the Headless Horseman atop Tommy the draft horse during Frogtoberfest on Oct. 24 at Frogbridge Day Camp in Millstone. MILLSTONE — Kids hopped one step closer to Halloween during Frogtoberfest. Hosted annually by Frogbridge Day Camp, the free event welcomes…
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Three seeking seats on freeholder board
BY CLAIRE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Three Monmouth County residents are seeking a three-year term on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in the Nov. 3 election. Republican John P. Curley, 56, is a resident of Middletown. He is the vice president of Jim Curley Pontiac, Buick, GMC in Lakewood. Democrat Sean F. Byrnes, 46,…
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Rooseveltians run to retain seats
Quality of life, infrastructure, budget top concerns BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Two Democrats will run uncontested in the Nov. 3 election for the two open Roosevelt Borough Council seats. Arlene Stinson is seeking her second term on the council. Tom Curry is running to retain the seat the local Democratic party appointed him to…
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Chambers Rd. hazards reviewed
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — A lack of money to buy blacktop is one of the reasons that one-tenth of a mile of Chambers Road hasn’t been repaired. At the Oct. 15 Township Committee meeting, Deputy Mayor Stan Moslowski Jr. said that while the Department of Public Works (DPW) does not have…
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Pedro Vasques (l), 7, of Freehold Township, assists magician Mark Goldstein during Frogtoberfest on Oct. 24 at Frogbridge Day Camp in Millstone. For story, see page 8.
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Conover Road work, solar project to begin
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Although the township applied for a $200,000 grant for Conover Road improvements, the state Department of Transportation has allotted $140,000 for the project. Township Engineer Matt Shafai said work on Conover Road would start next summer, once school is out. The work will start at Baird Road and…
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Jail to implement federal program
Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno has confirmed that a Memorandum of Agreement to enter into the 287(g) program has been signed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, the 287(g) program for Monmouth County involves only the Corrections Division of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. The…
