Category: Examiner News
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Rocking the final stretch
The After Effect band helps runners finish Tunnel to Towers Run BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A local band honored a hero Sept. 30 and in exchange experienced a day that they will never forget. New York City firefighter Steven Siller reportedly had the day off Sept. 11, 2001, and was on his…
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Battel, Malkin, Rothfuss run uncontested in boro
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Peggy Malkin ROOSEVELT – Three Democrats will run uncontested in the Nov. 6 election for the mayoral position and the two open Borough Council seats. Mayor Elsbeth “Beth” Battel will seek re-election as will incumbent Councilwoman Peggy Malkin. Newcomer Kirk Rothfuss will seek election to fill Democrat Pat Moser’s seat,…
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Mayor claims Smart Growth is too costly
U.F. landowners would prefer private over state land transactions BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Mayor Stephen Fleischacker has been a strong advocate of Smart Growth planning initiatives during his three-year tenure on the Planning Board while master plan revisions have been under way. Now, the mayor concurs with Township Planner Mark Remsa,…
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Beatles characters live during ‘Day in the Life’
Autism advocacy group will benefit from Nov. 10 show BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer With a little help from their friends in the @CT (ACT) Theater Company of Freehold, children with autism and their families can have hope for a brighter future. That is because all of the proceeds from a performance of the original…
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Legislation aimed at closing railroad loophole approved
The U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 17 approved an amendment offered by U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) to the Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 that would give states the authority to regulate solid waste facilities. The amendment was unanimously approved by voice vote, according to a press…
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Haunted prison a place of sadness and despair
Travel Channel show features Brick woman BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Even the weather cooperated when the Garden State Ghost Hunters Society visited the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia in June. Thunder boomed. Lightning flickered eerily from the skylights and across the stone walls of the medievallooking prison built back in…
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Numbers out of nowhere
Twp. Committee members argue over what taxes will be in 2010 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Mayor Nancy Grbelja accused another committee member of trying to spin tax numbers. The mayor lobbed the allegation at Township Committeeman Elias Abilheira at the Oct. 17 Township Committee meeting and asked him to provide the governing…
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PHOTO BY JEFF GRANIT staff Allentown’s Rachel Scheuerman gets a shot on goal but is kick-blocked by Nottingham goalie Aja Carter in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament in Allentown on Saturday. Allentown won the game, 4-2.
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Bridge project could impact UFRSD budget
Buses for kids who usually walk would cost $250K-$500K BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – The reconstruction of the Main Street bridge and how it will affect borough students who use it to get to school is still a major concern of the Upper Freehold Regional School District. Superintendent of Schools Richard Fitzpatrick said…
