Category: Examiner News
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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…
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Jennifer Coffey bows out of U.F. election
Three U.F. residents continue to vie for two open committee seats BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer “I intend to continue as advocate for the community I have chosen as my home.” – Jennifer Coffey UPPER FREEHOLD – Candidate Jennifer Coffey’s name will be on the Nov. 6 ballot, but she has decided to withdraw from…
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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AFTER EFFECT Samantha Hantzepetros, a member of The After Effect, plays for the crowd members gathered along the route of the Tunnel to the Towers Run Sept. 30 in New York City.
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Too late to keep twp. free of campaign signs
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Something’s missing from street corners this election season. Democratic candidate William Nurko, a former mayor and committeeman, decided not to use campaign signs this year. Nurko is vying against Republican incumbent Deputy Mayor Bob Kinsey for the one Township Committee seat up for grabs in the Nov. 6…
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Small steps are big help for UFRSD
Students get physical raising funds for schools, charity BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Upper Freehold Regional School District students took a recent walkathon in stride with school spirit and community pride. ANDREW MILLER staff Nick Petrecca, 6, a first-grader at Upper Freehold Regional Elementary School in Allentown, chose to run during the Oct. 10 walkathon…
