Category: Examiner News
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Pinewood derby victors announced
Fifteen local Cub Scouts emerged victorious during the fourth annual Battleground District Pinewood Derby Race held recently at Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold Raceway. The Scouts hailed from 18 Cub Scout packs from Freehold, Howell, Marlboro, Manalapan,Millstone Township and Colts Neck. The 63 Scouts had to win their local Pinewood Derby races to qualify. The Pinewood…
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Street fest in New Egypt
An old-fashioned outdoor street festival with family-oriented events for all ages comes to downtown New Egypt on May 17 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Oakford Lake pedestrian bridge links all the festival activities taking place on Lakeview Drive at the Oakford Lake Park to the Front Street site, which is parallel to Main…
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911 system soon to be on narrowband
Sheriff also talks about inmate labor program BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Sheriff paid a visit to town last week. Kim Guadagno, who was elected last year as the county’s first female sheriff, told the Township Committee at its May 1 meeting that her office cares about what happens…
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Farewell to a Main Street mainstay
Allentown’s large white ash surrenders to old age BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer There’s no one alive who saw the white ash when it was just a sapling, but many who live in the Allentown area today shared in the wonders of the tree’s golden years. JEFF GRANIT staff Allen’s Tree Service cuts down the…
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Connect mind and body for health, stress relief
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – With your hand on your stomach, take a deep breath through your nose. Hold that breath for four seconds. Slowly exhale through your mouth. Repeat this over the course of five minutes. At the end of the deep-breathing cycle, you shouldmore feelmuchmore relaxed and collected, according to…
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Bill would give towns power to place traffic signs
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer ANew Jersey assemblyman is crafting legislation that would relieve local municipalities from needing state approval to place street signs. According to Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-19th District), the author of the bill, the purpose of the legislation is to streamline traffic management and increase efficiency, because the currentmodel is too cumbersome.…
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Millstone family battles stigma of mental illness
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE – When Pradeep Shah told family and friends that he has diabetes, they showed compassion and offered him scads of health tips and diet advice. The receptionwas not the samewhen he told them about his son’s illness. His son, Arjun, 19, has mental illness. He started showing symptoms at…
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U.F. bonds for $535K for DPW equipment
Twp. Committee vows to oversee all purchases BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Department of Public Works has not one, but two watchdogs. Deputy Mayor Bob Faber and Committeeman Stanley Moslowski Jr., the Township Committee’s liaisons to the Department of Public Works (DPW), said they would be the watchdogs and review all…
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Communities unite to relay for life, ACS
PLUMSTED- The New Egypt,Allentown and Millstone Township communities have united once again to fight cancer in theAmerican Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event slated to be held at New Egypt High School, 117 Evergreen Road, Plumsted. The event will begin May 9 with a survivors’ dinner at 6 p.m. and conclude at sunrise on May…
