Category: Examiner News
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Seven arrested, charged with local burglaries
BY JANE MEGGITT AND JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers MILLSTONE — The New Jersey State Police have arrested seven people, including Millstone residents, for allegedly burglarizing area homes. State Police Sgt. Gregg Herbert said detectives from the Hamilton Station made the arrests in December 2008 and January 2009. He said the suspects admitted to burglarizing over…
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Circus coming to Millstone Township
MPAC seeking larger audiences for shows BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Acircus act that is small on performers but big on laughs is coming to the Millstone Performing Arts Center March 29. Clockwise from top: Millstone’s Joseph Hannah, 6, and his 5- year-old sister Syrnah play the “Basketball Game” during the Millstone Township PTO carnival…
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Longtime Horse Park, 4-H advocate dies
BY JANE MEGGITT AND JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers UPPER FREEHOLD — Mary Kossatz, who was well known in the community for her commitment to youths and agriculture, died Feb. 17. A resident of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, Kossatz helped found the Horse Park of New Jersey and served on its board of…
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Grants fund apprenticeships to help keep folk arts alive
Grants to fund apprenticeships in traditional folk arts are available from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Guidelines and applications for the arts council’s Fiscal Year 2010 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program are currently available. The application deadline is April 3 and workshops conducted by arts council staff will be offered in various locations…
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Land next to school site contaminated
Dieldrin, lead, aluminum, arsenic among contaminants BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Two landfills on a 45-acre Breza Road parcel in Upper Freehold may pose problems for either of the two uses proposed for the property. The land, adjacent to the new middle school and to 101 acres of preserved land, is currently under review for…
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Freedom Fest grows some more
Freedom Fest Fair, an agricultural fair annually held in Upper Freehold, turns 7 years old this year. Over the years, the festival has grown from a small community event to a fair with statewide recognition. This year the event will continue to expand, with new rides, shows and other attractions, according to Nick De- Mauro,…
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Millstone’s corner for new music
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ERC SUCAR staff Stephanie Krell teaches a note to 6-year-old Vanessa Urban during a violin lesson at Cornerstone Music Studios in Millstone on Feb. 5. MILLSTONE — One of the cornerstones of any community is music, because it helps people connect to others and to things greater than themselves. A…
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U.F. and Allentown at odds over fire services
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — In all the time that Township Committeewoman Lori Horsnall Mount has been involved with the Hope Fire Company, she has never seen it billed for water use. Mount mentioned that she has worked with the fire company since the 1970s during the Feb. 5 Township Committee. The…
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Updated stalking law awaits gov.’s signature
Almost two years after it was introduced in the state Legislature, a bill that will enhance New Jersey’s stalking laws received a final unanimous vote in the state Assembly on Feb. 5. The bill had previously been approved in the state Senate. It now awaits Gov. Jon Corzine’s signature before becoming law. While the passage…
