Category: Examiner News
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Moving in the direction of their dreams
Allentown High School bids farewell to the class of 2008 BY JANE MEGGITT & JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers The joy of graduation for the 240 Allentown High School students in the class of 2008 was tinged with sadness over the loss of one of their own. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Lexi Kirby can’t keep…
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Proposed law would provide cars for people to reach jobs
Legislation sponsored by state Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-Ocean, Burlington, Monmouth and Mercer) that would establish a pilot program allowing surplus state motor vehicles to be used by clients in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program for transport to their work places or job training programs has been approved by the Senate Transportation Committee.…
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Jacob Landau’s spirit comes full circle
Monmouth U. receives major gift of works by Roosevelt artist BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent An artistic legacy will be carried forward into the future with the addition of a major gift to Monmouth University, West Long Branch. The gift, which will benefit students, scholars and the public, includes more than 300 prints, drawings and paintings…
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Adopt a Marine program sends sunscreen to troops
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The color pink is a color that Linda Leonard-Thompson often sees in her life. She drives around in her pink Cadillac, the 13th career car she earned through her occupation as a senior sales director for Mary Kay cosmetics. She enhances her clients’ appearance with makeup of many hues, including…
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Roosevelt considers paying fees for mayor’s land swap
$15K would help boro secure greenbelt around Solar Village BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ROOSEVELT – Mayor Beth Battel will swap 10 acres of her property for a 2.5-acre state-owned parcel and has asked the borough to pay fees related to the exchange. The land swap would reduce Battel’s 38-acre Footlight Farm to just over…
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Camp Invention coming to Millstone this summer
Camp Invention is scheduled to take place from July 14-18 at the Millstone Township Middle School. The weeklong summer enrichment program fosters creativity, teamwork, inventive-thinking skills and science literacy. Joanne Schiumo, a teacher at Millstone Township Primary School, has been named the 2008 camp director. The $205 registration fee, due on or before May 31,…
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Rafters help keep church’s Malawian mission afloat
Community encouraged to support Allentown Lake events June 26-29 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Not many rafts float on Allentown Lake, which makes the one that will be launched on Thursday evening even more special. Four team members planning a mission to the African nation of Malawi in August will launch the raft…
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Millstone did not release coyotes to control deer
“Deer hunters on and adjacent to my property have reported continued sightings of coyotes.” – Dr. Joanne Bicknese Upper Freehold BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Mayor Nancy Grbelja wants to set the record straight about an e-mail circulating around town accusing the township of bringing in coyotes to cull the deer population. At…
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Area man charged with running investor scheme
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – FBI agents and Manalapan police arrested an Old Bridge man who is alleged to have swindled investors and mortgage lenders out of about $75 million. Wayne Puff, 60, the founder and former president of New Jersey Affordable Homes (NJAH) Corp., was arrested June 10 after being pulled…
