Category: Examiner News
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Upper Freehold may seek to increase open space tax
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Residents have asked the Township Committee to raise taxes. Specifically, residents at the governing body’s regular meeting on May 3 asked officials to hike up the municipal open space tax. The municipal open space tax currently accounts for 2.4 percent of the 2007…
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Package sewage treatment plants still not an option
Mayor puts to bed rumor that Luchento’s will build a plant BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The township is still not planning to have any package sewage treatment plants. Mayor Nancy Grbelja made that clear at the May 2 Township Committee meeting. All township residences and businesses currently rely…
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Serendipity Luck scores for young horse enthusiast
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone’s Casey McMahon, 16, received her United States Pony Club C3 rating at a competition at Wit’s End Farm in Jackson. MILLSTONE – A local teenager is one step closer to realizing her dream of becoming a professional horsewoman. Casey McMahon, 16, a junior at Allentown…
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Organic produce offered through community farm
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – Those interested in having fresh vegetables, herbs and flowers all growing season long should hurry to get their share. Roosevelt Community Supported Agriculture, which offers 100 shares per growing season, still has some openings for shareholders. Those with shares go weekly to the farm…
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McGuire Air Force Base to host annual open house
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer They’ll be flying high, those magnificent men and women in their flying machines, as the McGuire Air Force Base 2007 Air Expo and Open House gets set to roll off the runway. McGuire Air Force Base is on Wrightstown-Cookstown Road (Route 616), in Wrightstown, Burlington County.…
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Rescued horse has surprise baby on a Millstone farm
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer A horse rescued from slaughter and later named Reba turned out to be pregnant and had a baby on a Millstone farm at 12:05 a.m. on April 29. Here, Reba is pictured with her foal at 1-minute-old. MILLSTONE – A four-legged bundle of joy arrived just…
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Memorial Day parade scheduled for May 28
Ceremony at township memorial to feature National Guard member MILLSTONE – “Honoring Their Sacrifice” is the theme for Millstone Township’s 2007 Memorial Day parade. Millstone’s annual Memorial Day parade will be held Monday, May 28. The event will start at 10 a.m., rain or shine, according to a press release from the Millstone Township Veterans…
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Team’s passions extend far beyond the course
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – Their scores hopefully aren’t but their doings off course definitely are above par. The Allentown High School Golf and its Parent Golf Association (AHSPGA) have announced two more programs that will afford the team new means of giving back to the community that has…
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Superintendent apologizes for making online video
Some parents still upset children’s images were used without consent BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Board of Education continues to address questions and concerns regarding an online video the school district made prior to the April 17 election. The film appeared as a link on the school…
