Category: Examiner News
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Tough times may mean more belt tightening
U.F. discusses cutting officials’ salaries, giving merit-based raises BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Township Committee may change the way it doles out salary increases this year. In a 3-2 vote, the Township Committee passed an ordinance establishing employee salary ranges at its June 19 meeting. Deputy Mayor Bob Faber and Committeeman…
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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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Have tea with Cole Porter
“Mrs. Edith Gould” has entertained many a musical luminary from the Gilded Age and beyond, but songwriter Cole Porter may be her brightest star yet. A giant in the American musical lexicon, Cole Porter interwove his musical genius into the culture of the 20th century along with contemporaries George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Richard Rogers.…
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Clarksburg has the blues all summer
Earth Friendly farm offers u-pick berries from now until Sept. BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The only blues that can rival the sky’s hue are about to burst into the summer scene. JEFF GRANIT staff Millstone farmer Michael Diehl explains how last year’s pruning efforts have yielded an abundance of blueberries on each of the…
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Millstone wants to validate AHS tuition costs
Reduced spending could result in more state aid BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The Millstone Board of Education has called for an audit of the Upper Freehold Regional School District. Millstone does not have its own high school and has a send/receive student relationship with the neighboring school district. The Millstone Board of Education wants…
