Category: Examiner News
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U.F. needs 98 more acres for recreation, report says
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The township is still in need of about 98 acres of passive recreational space owned by the municipality, according to the draft open space and recreation plan (OSRP) presented at the March 24 Planning Board meeting. Liz Kwasnik, co-chairwoman of the Upper Freehold Open Space and Farmland…
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Stalking bill becomes law
Gov. Jon Corzine has signed into law a piece of legislation sponsored by the 12th District (Monmouth County) legislators to broaden protection for stalking victims. “This is a good day for women throughout the state who have been victims of stalking,” said Sen. Jennifer Beck, a member of the State Senate Judiciary Committee. “As technology…
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Cost cuts include Friday closings, Community Day
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Effective immediately, all municipal offices will be closed on Friday, including recycling and public works. Recycling will be open on Saturdays. Office hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and recycling will be open 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and…
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Curley repeats freeholder run
Former Red Bank councilman gets GOP nod BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer John Curley has thrown his hat into the ring once again and his name will be on the Republican ticket in June’s primary election for the open seat on the county Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Monmouth County Republican Committee awarded its endorsement…
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U.F. budget, jobs cut for $1M savings
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The governing body had reduced this year’s budget by more than a million dollars. The 2009 budget introduced at the March 26 Upper Freehold Township Committee meeting was slashed by 18.2 percent from the previous year. This year’s budget totals $5,378,000, reduced from last year’s budget of $6,576,699. The township’s…
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Dog-training facility hopes new plan barking up right tree
Witnesses assert noise, traffic will not be factors BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Will the third time be the charm for Shelly Liebowitz and his Shelly’s School for Dogs? The answer will not be known until the April 29 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, when Liebowitz’s planner will testify before the board. At…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Fifth-graders Sean Curry (l), 10, and Max Vuolle, 11, check themselves out on the computers in the Roosevelt Public School library, which will now operate after school hours as a community library, thanks to volunteer efforts coordinated by the PTA.
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Rutgers agents outline rules for managing animal waste
Workshops designed to help owners prepare plans according to state regulations BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Livestock owners and farmers who spread manure on their crops must develop an Animal Waste Management Plan (AWMP), according to new state rules. Mike Westerndorf, of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, explains the implications and impacts of New Jersey’s new…
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Stork pays visit to U.F.’s first family
UPPER FREEHOLD — Mayor Steve Alexander may have more than municipal meetings keeping him up at night for a while, but for a much happier reason. His wife, Linda, gave birth to daughter Allegra Rose Alexander on March 27 at 2 p.m. Allegra weighed 6 pounds and 13 ounces and is 19 and a half…
