Category: Examiner News
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Allentown budget relies on 13¢ tax rate hike
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The average Allentown homeowner with a house assessed at $154,500 would pay an additional $202 in municipal taxes this year if the Borough Council adopts the budget introduced March 24. The council is considering a 13-cent tax rate increase per $100 of assessed property value to cover municipal spending during…
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Horse Park faces hard times
BY JANE MEGGITT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers UPPER FREEHOLD — Due to the economic climate, the Horse Park of New Jersey has canceled the Garden State Combined Driving Event and may cut other popular shows later this year. The driving event, scheduled to take place May 29-30, has been held at the Horse Park…
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Effort will give veterans proper burial
Every American veteran deserves a proper burial when the time comes. Proper burial, for a veteran, includes military honors by a uniformed honor guard. Unfortunately, the time has come and gone for more than 900 remains of previously cremated veterans from all branches of service in New Jersey. They are veterans whose remains have not…
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Holocaust survivor inspires young lives
Millstone Twp. Middle School students study genocide, cultural tolerance BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Ilse Loeb’s mother had to let go of her to save her life. At the age of 13, Loeb, now of Monroe, fled Vienna on a train headed for the Netherlands to escape the Nazis. She remembers her mother accompanying her…
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Preservation incentive considered
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The township aims to encourage more land preservation. An ordinance that would allow property owners to subdivide a portion of their lot when preserved through the New Jersey Farmland Preservation Program (NJFP) was introduced at the April 2 Township Committee meeting. The ordinance would amend the township’s…
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Green teams tackle climate warming
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Green Team members from more than 20 municipalities gathered at the Monmouth County agricultural building in Freehold Township on March 21 to listen to speakers discuss ways to reduce energy costs, decrease greenhouse emissions and create a climate plan for their towns. Monmouth County Freeholder Director Barbara J. McMorrow welcomed the…
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Corzine: Dire times call for tough choices
Governor defends budget as maintaining priorities BY JENNIFER AMATO and BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writers In the weeks since delivering his $29.8 billion budget proposal, Gov. Jon Corzine has faced criticism for what one New Jersey radio station has described as “the death of the middle class.” Gov. Jon Corzine Much of the backlash stems from…
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AHS to honor athletes and sports supporters
Nominations for new hall of fame due by June 1 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Sportsmanship is a journey and not a destination. Allentown High School’s athletic program tries to instill this philosophy in all of its student athletes. The program, which began in the early 1950s with two sports, male basketball and…
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Alleged saddle thieves caught on camera
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Two females who allegedly stole saddles from a Roberts Road farm did not know they were being watched or that their images would be broadcast throughout cyberspace. Bonnie Halka, the owner of the farm, installed a video surveillance camera in the tack room after her favorite saddle was…
