Category: Examiner News
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UFRSD used students’ images in online video
Former board member claims district did not have parental consent BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Some parents are upset because their children allegedly appeared without parental consent in a video the Upper Freehold Regional School District made and posted online. Kathryn Wolden, a former Upper Freehold Regional Board…
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Local theme park tightens smoking rules
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Patrons at Six Flags Great Adventure theme park will be able to breathe a little easier. Members of the Township Council have given their support to the first reading of an ordinance that will, upon adoption, prohibit smoking except in designated areas at Six…
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Clinton praises team’s response to Imus remarks
Senator draws praise, protest during speech at Rutgers University BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton last week used the Rutgers women’s basketball team as an example of how far the country has come in overcoming discrimination as well as how far the nation still needs…
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Nurko challenges Kinsey in Millstone Township
Both candidates for committee see taxes as No. 1 priority BY JANE MEGGITT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers BY JANE MEGGITT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writers “We still need to keep up the fight for genuine tax reform and not settle for the little bone of tax relief doled out by the state.” – William Nurko…
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Approved warehouse project will get another review
Applicant aims to comply with new stormwater regulations BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – A court-ordered Planning Board hearing on a controversial warehouse application has been postponed until June 26. On Jan. 12, state Superior Court Judge Alexander D. Lehrer remanded the warehouse application back before the board so…
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Flood washes couple’s dream down Millstone River
Storm causes $60K-$70K in damage to local family’s garden store BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Clockwise from top left – Furniture, office equipment and store accessories damaged in a recent flood continue to pile up behind a Cream Ridge couple’s garden store in Millstone Borough, Somerset County. Richard Potts stands amid…
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U.F. IDs threats to and options for its industries
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – There was a reason for calling New Jersey the Garden State, and Upper Freehold is one of the last vestiges of that reason. That’s what Tom Frascella, a member of the Economic Development Committee (EDC), told the Township Committee during a presentation on…
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Artists with disabilities show work at new gallery
A new art gallery at the Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold Township will showcase work by artists with disabilities. Arc Resources Unlimited (ARU), a program of The Arc of Monmouth, and VSA arts of New Jersey (VSA/NJ), formerly Very Special Arts New Jersey, recently announced their collaboration on the new art gallery, which will offer…
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Fire chief saves car-crash victim
A car crashed into a tree caught fire on the morning of April 13 near the intersection of Sweetmans Lane and Charleston Spring Road in Millstone. MILLSTONE – Fire Chief James Carbin pulled a man out of a burning car the morning of April 13. The Millstone Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services were…
