Category: Examiner News
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Fire starts in high school dining hall
Damage minor, senior cafeteria closed for cleaning BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Afire broke out in a kitchen at Allentown High School after school dismissal on Oct. 7. Vice Principal Constance Embley reported that faulty equipment in the senior cafeteria started the fire and kept the blaze going longer than it should have. She said…
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Mine files suit against Millstone
Constitutionality of required mining truck route called into question BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Alocal mine owner has filed a lawsuit against Millstone and its governing body regarding the routes that empty mining trucks must take through town. Plaintiffs Maria Campo, the Anthony Campo Family, and Campo Construction Co. filed the complaint Sept. 4 in…
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Free shows at state’s planetarium
The New Jersey State Museum auditorium performances and planetarium science exploration sky shows on the second Saturday of each month will be free to the public for the next year. The 145-seat planetarium at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton recently reopened following a major renovation and technical upgrade. The planetarium now boasts a…
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Adoptions sought for abandoned cats
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Approximately 35 cats need new homes by Nov. 1 or they risk being euthanized. All of the felines have or will be spayed/neutered by a veterinarian. They have been tested and do not have feline leukemia or feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), according to Denise Halasnik Haines, a township…
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Civil War in Allentown
The father and son team Ryan (l) and Bob Fagan man the cannon during a Civil War re-enactment at the Allentown Fall Festival on Oct. 10.
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Drew Romein, 8, (l-r) and Eric Sundberg, 10, both of Allentown, watch Officer Daniel Witzel put Officer Brian Rivera in handcuff restraints during a N.J. Department of Corrections demonstration at Allentown’s Fall Festival on Oct. 10. For more photos, see page 32.
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Old fire truck sells for more than anticipated
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Millstone firefighters load the department’s retired 1986 Mack fire truck onto a flatbed for shipment to Louisiana. Grand Isle Fire Department, which suffered equipment loss during Hurricane Katrina, has purchased the truck for $20,000. MILLSTONE — A retired township fire department truck has found a new home in Louisiana. By…
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Millstone firefighter retires after serving nearly a decade
Commissioners appoint acting lieutenant, fire official BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The township’s firstever career firefighter has retired, and an acting lieutenant has been appointed to take his place. Lt. Chris Weltner, a Millstone resident, announced his retirement last month, with an effective date of Sept. 30. Weltner was the first career firefighter…
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Arrests made for some Millstone, U.F. crimes
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Five arrests have been made in a series of car burglaries that plagued Millstone and Upper Freehold over the summer. New Jersey State Police Detective Kenneth Koenig said that more than 50 such incidents occurred during June, July and August, with approximately $10,000 worth of goods stolen. According to Koenig,…
