Category: Examiner News
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Grow Team to get kids gardening
Children between the ages of 9 and 11 are invited to take part in Monmouth County’s Grow Team program that includes learning gardening basics through special hands-on activities on the way toward becoming a certified Junior Master Gardener. The deadline to register for the program is Feb. 2. Those interested in the program should contact…
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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…
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U.F. board can breathe sigh of relief after 2008
Master plan revisions done; COAH plan submitted BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Perhaps 2009 will be quieter than the previous several years for Planning Board members, as the Township Committee has finally approved long-awaited revisions to the master plan and a plan to fulfill its new Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) obligation.…
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Residents’ holiday spirit rewarded
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The annual holiday lighting contest awards were presented at the Jan. 6 Township Committee meeting. Recreation Committee members Bob Diamond and Steve Murphy were this year’s judges. Another Recreation Committee member, John Swanekamp, made the presentations to the recipients in attendance. Swanekamp said that Murphy, a firsttime…
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Abigail Adams to visit meeting
The Monmouth County Historical Association has invited former First Lady Abigail Adams to speak at its annual meeting to be held on Jan. 27 at the Taylor-Butler House in Middletown. Mrs. Adams’ (portrayed by Kim Hanley of The American Historical Theatre) presentation “Remember the Ladies…” will highlight her advocacy for independence and equality for all…
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Allentown re-org
ALLENTOWN — Michael Schumacher and Margaret Armenante were sworn in to their new terms of office at the Jan. 6 Borough Council meeting. Schumacher, 47, is serving his sixth term on the governing body and Armenante, 58, will serve for the fourth time. Armenante was also elected council president by a unanimous vote. The borough’s…
