Category: Examiner News
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Martial arts with heart
Demonstration helps raise over $75,000 for Enable BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Martial arts means more than blocking, kicking and punching. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Michael Pinola, of Manalapan, performs his routine during the fifth annual Martial Arts With Hearts Extravaganza to benefit Enable at the Millstone Performing Arts Center Jan. 24. Over 200 students and instructors…
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Football fan mayors settle wager
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — No one can call Howell Township Mayor Bob Walsh a sore loser. At the Jan. 15 Township Committee meeting, Walsh lived up to a bet he made with fellow mayor and football fanatic Steve Alexander. Alexander, a native Philadelphian, is an avid Eagles fan, while Walsh roots…
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BOE candidates must file to run by March 2
Nomination packets available at district offices BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Residents who would like to run for a seat on the Millstone or the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education must file a petition to do so by the second day of March. The deadline for filing nominating petitions to run for a position…
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Local expectations for the new U.S. president
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer History was made Jan. 20 as Barack Obama became the first African- American president of the United States. Local residents offered their views of the inauguration, and their hopes for what the new president will make his first priorities in office. Allentown community views Karen Deets: Barack Obama should focus…
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Fire ravages home on Stagecoach Rd.
A three-alarm fire destroys a Stagecoach Road home in Millstone Saturday night. MILLSTONE — Township firefighters battled a three-alarm fire in a Stagecoach Road home under frigid conditions Jan. 19. Members of the Millstone Township fire and first aid departments were dispatched to 67 Stagecoach Road at 10:03 p.m. for a reported structure fire. Multiple…
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Fair Winds Farm breeds winners
SBOANJ to honor owners at awards dinner Jan. 25 Mark Mullen, of Cranbury, oversees the operations of his family’s Fair Winds Farm in Cream Ridge. The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey has recognized the farm as the 2008 New Jersey Breeder of the Year. UPPER FREEHOLD — A township farm has been…
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Details of Millstone COAH plan reviewed
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Township Planner Richard Coppola answered questions posed by a resident about the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) plan submitted to the state at the end of December. The plan prepared by Coppola would put 85 of the township’s 169-unit COAH obligation on a 32.8-acre parcel along Route 33…
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Kids on a fundraising kick for local charity
Fifth annual Martial Arts with Hearts event Jan. 24 MILLSTONE — Martial arts are known for their ability to improve focus, concentration and self-discipline and students of United TaeKwonDo Academies are out to prove it. Over 100 instructors and students from the chain of local martial arts schools with five branches in New Jersey will…
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Freehold Raceway purses cut
Area horsemen take financial hit, discuss racing elsewhere BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer A25 percent cut in purses at Freehold Raceway is hurting local standardbred owners and trainers whose livelihood depends on racing. The Freehold racetrack’s parent company, Pennwood Racing, has so far refused to accept more than $1.6 million in supplementary purse money that…
