Category: Examiner News
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Freeholder plan to cut open space tax nixed
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Mopen space tax voters supported with a recent referendum. Board of Chosen Freeholders Director Barbara McMorrow started the March 12 meeting assuring the audience that filled the courtroom and spilled out into the hall that there would be no change in the county open space tax. The meeting took place…
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American icon’s eloquence is poetic and profound
Maya Angelou speaks to sellout crowd at Brookdale College BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Alone on a stage, she captured the minds and hearts of about 2,500 people with her words, her song, her wisdom. In her 80 years, she has shared the lessons of her life’s journey with an eagerly receptive crowd. Author Maya…
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MOVING UP – SHOULD YOUR CHILD TAKE SPORTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL? – Advertorial
By Gloria Averbuch MOVING UP – SHOULD YOUR CHILD TAKE SPORTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL? – Advertorial Advertorial MOVING UP – SHOULD YOUR CHILD TAKE SPORTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL? By Gloria Averbuch Sports offer fitness, fun, camaraderie and education in a whole host of life skills. When determining whether to get more…
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Scouts host 5K race in Allentown
ALLENTOWN — Run with the eagles on April 18. The third annual Run With the Eagles 5K Race, hosted by Allentown Boy Scout Troop 180, will take place at Byron Johnson Park in Upper Freehold. The one-mile fun run will start at 9 a.m. and the 5K will start at 10 a.m. Portions of Ellisdale…
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Artfully framing the windows to the world
Local drapery designer wins national M’Fay contest BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Top: Nancy Langione, of Upper Freehold, a window treatment designer whose work recently won M’Fays national design contest, works on a drapery March 6. Bottom: Langione points out the winning drapery design in her kitchen window. UPPER FREEHOLD…
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U.S. Navy seeks sponsors for events
The Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) office at Naval Weapons Station Earle offers area businesses the opportunity to sponsor athletic, cultural and entertainment events for U.S. sailors and their families. In return, the U.S. Navy recognizes the companies through advertisements of their businesses and products in The Compass, the MWR news magazine which circulates to…
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TV program features local unsolved murder
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Investigators hope that an unsolved case involving the remains of “Baby Bones,” a young girl found in the woods in Upper Freehold four years ago, will have closure after the story was featured on the Fox network’s “America’s Most Wanted” program on March 14. A deer hunter…
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First aid basics for families
Scouts, FAS, State Police offer free March 27 workshop BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Community children have an opportunity to learn basic first aid that could help them save a life in an emergency situation. ERIC SUCAR staff Girl Scout Olivia Bullock, 12, demonstrates the Heimlich maneuver on fellow Scout Stephanie Obusek, 11, at the…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN The residents at 282 County Route 1 in Millstone got into the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day by decorating their mailbox on March 14.
