Category: Examiner News
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Planting the seeds for success at RPS
Students celebrate opening of new butterfly garden BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Students used trowels instead of pencils to make their marks in soil instead of on paper. JEFF GRANIT staff Roosevelt Public School students celebrated Earth Day and Arbor Day on April 24 by planting flowers on school grounds. Fourth-grader Trace Buttry (l) and…
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Millstone man has pink pedal power
200-mile ride to support Young Survival Coalition BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone’s John Streppone will compete in the Young Survival Coalition Tour De Pink Bicycle Charity Ride this fall in support of those affected by cancer. Here Streppone, gets ready to train with sons Jack, 13, (l) and Gage, 11. MILLSTONE- Real men wear…
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Township pays for play
Recreation costs make up 5 percent of U.F.’s budget BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Township officials reviewed the costs and benefits of recreation as part of their budget hearing process. During theApril 17 Township Committee meeting, former Mayor Bob Abrams noted that recreation costs constitute nearly 5 percent of the municipal budget.…
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Sweetmans Lane retail plan on hold
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The Zoning Board unanimously agreed to dismisswithout prejudice two related applications that had been languishing on its agenda for months. At the April 23 meeting, Zoning Board Attorney Gregory Vella said that the applications presented by 353 Sweetmans Lane LLC and D.Morgan Tracey are still facing a deed-restriction…
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Run, walk for a memory in Millstone on May 31
Runners line up for last year’s Run for a Memory 5K in Millstone. The event will take place this year at 9 a.m. May 31 at Millstone Primary School. MILLSTONE – The Petrella family invites area residents to join them for a run in the sun on May 31. The Millstone family will hold its…
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Distinguished equine vet realizes dream
Patty Hogan opens new horse clinic in Upper Freehold BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Above: Equine surgeon Patty Hogan, of Upper Freehold, looks at an X-ray on a large-screen TV in Hogan Equine, a horse clinic she recently opened at Fair Winds Farm in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold. Bottom: A look into…
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New U.F. planner wants to change the changes
Master plan to undergo another round of review BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – New township Planner Charles Newcomb doesn’t see the need for the land use element of themaster plan to be totally redone. Newcomb gave his evaluation of the land use element at the April 22 Planning Board meeting. The board…
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Scouts to host Venture Crew program on May 5
Millstone Township Boy Scouts of America Troop 116 is holding an information meeting about a new Venture Crew program at 6:30 p.m. May 5 at the Millstone Primary School, Schoolhouse Road. Venturing is a youth development program of the Boy Scouts that is open to young men and women who are 14 through 20 years…
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‘Weekend inOldMonmouth’ features tour of historic sites
Monmouth County’s first “Weekend in Old Monmouth” historic tour will open the doors of 32 local historic sites all at the same time – from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 3 and from noon to 5 p.m. on May 4. 17 “Independent and local historic sites are generally operated independently of one another,”…
