Category: Examiner News
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State report shows local districts making the grade
Allentown, Millstone, Roosevelt, U.F. students scoring at high levels BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The 2007 New Jersey School Report Card issued last week reflected well on local school districts. For the report, school districts are divided into district factor groups that relate to their socioeconomic status. The district factor groups range from A to…
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Contentious application receives board approval
New business plaza driveway conforms with master plan BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Although the Planning Board voted 7-1 to approve a variance for a private road for Millstone Center Associates (MCA), many members said they cast their affirmative votes reluctantly. Dan Kurzman, who said he could not vote in favor of the…
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Program will test toys for presence of lead
Health dept. invites parents, caregivers to seek assistance BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Young children love brightly colored toys, but often these toys may contain hidden health hazards such as lead. To assist parents and caregivers of children, the Monmouth County Health Department and the Lead Coalition of Monmouth and Ocean Counties have launched a leaded…
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Pop Warner: Where grades mean more than football
Allentown Redbird makes Eastern Region Scholar Team BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Are you ready for some football? Let’s see your report card first. Pop Warner, the nation’s oldest and largest youth football, cheer and dance program, is also the only organization for such sports that requires its participants to maintain academic standards in order…
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A heart’s desire to help rescue horses
Millstone resident starts nonprofit BY JANE MEGGIT Staff Writer The American saddlebred gelding now residing in Millstone is just one of the healthy and sound horses that would have been bound for a Canadian or Mexican slaughterhouse had a caring individual not intervened. ERIC SUCAR staff Lisa Post cares for Anderson, one of the horses…
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Best standardbred pleasure riders honored at local inn
MILLSTONE – The Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization of New Jersey held its annual awards banquet on Feb. 10 at the Clarksburg Inn. A total of 120 guests, double the amount in attendance at previous banquets, celebrated a year of competitive and pleasure riding at the event. Some of the competitors and award presenters at the…
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Fire budget passes muster with Millstone voters
Taxes for average homeowner to increase by about $39 For the first time in four years, Millstone Township voters approved the fire district budget. Dave Markunas, a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners, said the turnout for the Feb. 16 vote was the largest in the district’s history, with 347 voters and 19 absentee…
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UFRSD has new rapid alert system
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – In the event of an emergency, parents will be alerted immediately. TheUpper Freehold Regional SchoolDistrict has implemented Alert Now, a communication system that can rapidly alert the parents and guardians of every child in grades K-12 in both emergency and nonemergency situations. The system has the ability to…
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Purse cuts not option for NJSEA
The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) is optimistic about negotiations regarding a new threeyear purse supplement from casinos for New Jersey racetracks. The NJSEAannounced on Feb. 14 at a meeting of its Board of Commissioners that in light of ongoing negotiations it would maintain its current purse structures at the Meadowlands in East…
