Category: Examiner News
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Utility use at schools spurs public debate
Majority of Township Committee against moving costs to municipal budget BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The mayor’s informal straw poll of select committee members about paying electric and heating costs for township recreation programs held in the schools has drawn criticism from one of the members omitted from the decision. Mayor Nancy Grbelja…
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Upper Freehold revises master plan, downzones
Lot size, clustering and development options change BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Township zoning has changed from 3- and 5- acre residential lots to 6- and 10- acre lots. In a 3-2 vote, the Township Committee passed the downzoning ordinance. Committeemen David Reed and Stanley Moslowski Jr. cast the dissenting votes at…
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Race for the Cure at Six Flags Great Adventure Oct. 5
The 15th annual Komen Central and South Jersey Race for the Cure will be held at the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park, Route 537, Jackson, on Oct. 5. The event will include a U.S. Track and Field certified women’s and men’s 5-kilometer run, a co-ed 2.5-mile walk and a coed 1-mile walk. There will…
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Harnessing the Web to help horses in need
James Guagliardo is a big fan of harness racing. His involvement with racing didn’t start the usual way, working up from a groom to trainer, driver and then owner. The Pittston, Pa., resident got into racing the opposite way, starting as an owner and then segueing into driving and training. But his love for harness…
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Millstone Township preserves another farm
Township now has 1,026 acres of preserved farmland MILLSTONE — Development will never ruin the scenic vista along Battleground Road. The 166-acre Hom vegetable farm along that road has been permanently preserved. The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders presented the township with a symbolic $2.3 million reimbursement check for the final share of the…
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U.F. still considering dog license fee increase
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Township officialswant the Board of Health to raise dog license fees even though the board recently decided twice against doing so. The township currently charges $7.50 to license a spayed/neutered animal. Raising the licensing fee came up again during the Aug. 28 Township Committee meeting, prompting the…
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BOE tables facility-use fee issue until next year
Millstone school district considering ‘resting’ elementary school BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Millstone Township Board of Education has decided to table the implementation of a new facilities-use policy until at least January. This summer the board decided that the use of school district facilities for non-schoolrelated purposes should not be a cost to the…
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‘In the Pink’ fashion show to support breast cancer survivors
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Gail Schierloh will be strutting her stuff Sept. 12, but it won’t be to show off her clothing designs or to start a career in modeling. It will be to show she is a survivor. Schierloh, of North Brunswick, was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2006 after her yearly…
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Fabulous Fiber
A new exhibition at the Monmouth Museum explores traditional and contemporary works in fiber. “The Breeding Blue Heron” by Jane F. Johnson of Red Bank “Fabulous Fiber” will be on view through Sept. 21. Juried by award-winning fiber artists Joanie San Chirico and Geraldine Velasquez, this exhibition features artwork that represents unique approaches within the…
