Category: Examiner News
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Roosevelt opera hits primetime
ROOSEVELT — An upcoming episode of New Jersey Network (NJN)’s State of the Arts goes behind the scenes to show how two borough residents created a new opera. The show, featuring Roosevelt residents Mark Zuckerman and David Herrstrom talking about their creation of their opera “The Outlaw and the King,” airs on NJN Public Television…
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Children’s hospital gets special delivery
U.F. resident donates over 150 gifts to cardiac unit BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — There is never a good time to be in the hospital, but spending Christmas there is probably the worst time. That’s the situation Tyler Raynor, then 11, was in last year when he needed heart surgery on Christmas…
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Study would examine regional trash pickups
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Acountywide effort is under way to conduct a feasibility study of the proposed Monmouth County Regional Solid Waste Collection Service, a program that is expected to begin in the spring of 2010. The feasibility study has seen more than half of the county’s 53 municipalities sign on to the idea…
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Law would give victims of stalkers more options
Bill needs one more vote in state Assembly before Gov. can sign legislation BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer With a unanimous vote the state Senate passed a bill that would make it easier for police to assist the victim of a stalker. The action came during the Senate’s final voting session of 2008 on Dec.…
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Millstone gets past sour year
2008 marked with COAH plan controversy and infighting BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Acontroversial Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) plan and animosity among Township Committee members dominated Millstone news in 2008. In January, Mayor Nancy Grbelja and Deputy Mayor Robert Kinsey were appointed to their respective roles for the third year in a row. Michael…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Allentown High School’s Matt Mueller pulls down an offensive rebound during a home game against West Windsor- Plainsboro High School North Jan. 3.
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A look at ’08 in Roosevelt
Community saw vandalism, lawsuit dismissal, galleries close BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Roosevelt experienced a little bit of the good, the bad and even the ugly in 2008. The ugly reared its head early on in the year when between Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 the Roosevelt monument in the amphitheater and sections of the…
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Land use tops Upper Freehold’s ’08 issues
Year of long-awaited planning comes to close BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Upper Freehold Township Committee had a busy and productive year in 2008. CHRIS KELLY staff The new Upper Freehold Regional Middle School takes shape off Breza Road and Route 524. After three years of discussion, the governing body finally adopted master plan…
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Santa and pet snapshot turns into ‘cat’astrophe
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The four Fiordland girls did not get what they wanted most for Christmas, but they are hoping that somehow their wish will come true in the new year. They are hoping for the return of Max, their beloved cat, who disappeared Dec. 6 shortly after having his photo taken with…
