Category: Examiner News
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The heart of downtown
CHRIS KELLY staff Downtown Allentown’s restaurants, cafes and shops, including the longtime Village Hardware pictured, offer a friendly atmosphere and variety of foods, crafts and other items for after-holiday shoppers.
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Dept. of Justice to investigate Roosevelt Boro
Review to determine if town has violated RLUIPA BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The U.S. Department of Justice has initiated an investigation of Roosevelt and its zoning and landuse practices. In a Dec. 28 letter to Bruce Shoulson, the borough’s general attorney, R. Tamar Hagler, an attorney for the Housing and Civil Enforcement Section of…
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Poll shows legislative slot support
Survey indicates both houses would approve slots at racetracks A poll of current members of the New Jersey Legislature indicates that legislation to install video lottery terminals VLTs) at the state’s racetracks would pass both houses if the bill were put up for a floor vote. Results of a survey conducted by the New Jersey…
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Village project put on hold as town to eye traffic woes
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer MANALAPAN – A pending major commercial project has been put into a holding pattern by mutual agreement between township officials and project representatives. The Village atManalapan is a 500,000- square-foot retail development planned for a 135-acre site at the intersection of Route 33 and Millhurst Road. It is expected to…
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Bridge over Perrineville Lake set to close next year
Six-month renovation project causes concern among town officials BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Aheavily used county bridge in Millstone Township will close for repairs next year. JEFF GRANIT staff The retaining wall of the Perrineville Lake bridge shows signs of cracking and decay. The bridge will close for six months next year to undergo renovations.…
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Woman awaits outcome of stalking legislation
Marlboro resident has been target of stalker for a decade BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – While state legislators enjoyed their summer vacation, one Marlboro woman waited anxiously for the Legislature to reconvene and to continue debating a proposed law that would change the definition of stalking and toughen the penalties for individuals who…
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A lifetime commitment to youths and agriculture
U.F. resident helped found local 4-H clubs and Horse Park of N.J. BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Mary Kossatz, of Upper Freehold, is being recognized as one of this year’s People Who Make a Difference in the community for her contributions to the local Horse Park of New Jersey and 4-H clubs. UPPER FREEHOLD –…
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‘Sweeney Todd’: Black, white and red all over
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Movie Critic The church organ wails as crimson blood spills over cobblestone onto the gears of some apparatus built by a demented mind. Thus begins Tim Burton’s grimtale of “Sweeney Todd: TheDemonBarber of Fleet Street.” Set in a decaying and an industrially revolting 19th-century London, the film, which is based onStephenSondheim’s hitBroadway…
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Bruce Novozinsky hits a community hole-in-one
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Bruce Novozinsky (l), who was selected as one of this year’s People Who Make a Difference, with the members of the Allentown High School golf team. Novozinsky started the golf team’s Parent Golf Association, which helps raise funds and awareness for the team and its community endeavors. ALLENTOWN – In…
