Category: Examiner News
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African Children’s Choir to perform in Freehold
FREEHOLD — The internationally acclaimed African Children’s Choir will perform a free community concert in Freehold Borough on Sept. 20. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 118 W. Main St. For 25 years the African Children’s Choir has shown the world that Africa’s children have unlimited potential, they…
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Supporters gear up for second FAAN Walk for Food Allergy
Although all parents worry about their children’s safety, parents of children with food allergies have an additional challenge. Educating the public and raising funds for research are two ways parents, friends and families of children with food allergies are helping to widen the safety net. Joining the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) Walk for…
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Downtown still open for business
New stores open doors, others expand in Allentown BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Although some of the mill shops and other downtown stores closed their doors this past year, downtown Allentown is not going out of business. Patrons dart in and out of stores along Main Street in downtown Allentown on Aug. 28. In fact,…
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Courtesy buses getting too costly for U.F.
Town to review situation with BOE and to consider sidewalks BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Courtesy busing for Upper Freehold Township students living less than two miles from school will cost over $80,000 in municipal taxes this year. The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education has designated several walking routes as hazardous, due to the…
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The Roosevelt Players to put on hell of play
Schlinski’s ‘No Exit’ at RPS Sept. 11-12 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer For nearly half a century, Margaret Schlinski has given The Roosevelt Players (clockwise from top) Bob Clark, Peter Foos, Evelyn Schlinski, and Jennifer Kohlhepp will perform in Margaret Schlinski’s production of “No Exit” Sept. 11-12 at the Roosevelt Public School. Roosevelt residents high-quality…
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Residents wonder why boro can’t halt illegal operations
Roosevelt to meet with court about yeshiva-related issues Sept. 17 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — Kafkaesque — that’s resident Shan Ellentuck’s description of living on Homestead Lane since Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah established a school in the synagogue there four years ago. At the Aug. 24 Borough Council meeting, Ellentuck and several other residents…
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Patriot Golf Day to raise funds for soldiers’ families
Tee off at Cream Ridge Golf Club Sept. 5 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — This Labor Day weekend golf balls will fly in honor of fallen soldiers. On Patriot Golf Day Sept. 5, a joint initiative of The Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) of America and the United States Golf Association (USGA), golfers…
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Area residents selected for national disaster training
Monmouth volunteers participate in federal exercise in Virginia BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Neither heat nor cramped living conditions deterred four Monmouth County residents who were selected for a rigorous federal disaster field training program that will now enable them to deploy anywhere in the United States should a natural or man-made disaster strike. The four…
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N.J. open space question officially on Nov. 3 ballot
On Aug. 18, Gov. Jon Corzine signed legislation that puts a public question on the Nov. 3 statewide ballot to let voters decide whether to continue the state’s efforts to preserve clean water, fish and wildlife habitat, working farms, historic places, and forests. On June 25 the New Jersey Assembly and Senate approved the legislation…
