Category: Examiner News
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New Jersey Horse Park booked solid with shows
Biggest event of the season slated May 31 to June 3 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Riders will travel to the Horse Park of New Jersey from all over the world for the fourth annual Jersey Fresh Three-Day Event and Advanced Horse Trials. The Horse Park is a…
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April 2007: Bold foliage with an attitude
Gotti Kelley Green Scene Spring is the time for renewal, a chance to make your garden the best yet. An abundance of new cultivars are available on the market and one of the hottest trends is foliage. Ideally suited for a semi-shade environment, these plants are the answer to a mature garden. Foliage holds the…
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Over troubled waters
DENNIS SYMONS JR. Members of Allentown’s Hope Fire Company were called out to the Main Street bridge on Sunday, April 15, just after 6 p.m. to use powerful hydraulic rams to open the aged flood gates that were stuck in the down position. The bridge also serves as the Conies Millpond dam.
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Bank makes long-term investment in local art
Guild will showcase artwork on financial institution’s walls PHOTO COURTESY OF JEFF MARTIN Yovonne Rasor, branch manager of The Bank in Allentown, watches as Allentown Art Guild member Shan Hoffmann hangs artwork. ALLENTOWN – Returns on the investment that The Bank just made won’t be paid out in dollars and cents. The Bank’s Allentown branch…
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New commercial building will go up on Route 537
Auto restoration business to be first occupant BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The mayor called a recent presentation before the Planning Board one of the best he has ever seen. Mayor Stephen Fleischacker, an engineer, made the remark at the April 12 Planning Board meeting regarding the Schultz…
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Upper Freehold mayor will not seek re-election
Fleischacker may not get to see master plan revisions through BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Mayor Stephen Fleischacker UPPER FREEHOLD – Although Mayor Stephen Fleischacker has chosen not to run for re-election, he believes he could have been elected to serve a second term. Fleischacker said he will not run for…
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Boroughs set for upcoming June primary
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Two small boroughs in the area will likely have the same mayors for the next four years. Allentown Mayor Stuart Fierstein has filed to run in the June 5 Republican primary for his party’s nomination to again seek the mayoral seat in Allentown. The Democratic Party…
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Little League inducts three into Hall of Fame
Fisher, Wingerter, Byer recognized on opening day BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Millstone-Roosevelt Little League (MRLL) President Joseph Paglia Jr. (l-r) inducts Jim Fisher, Cory Wingerter and Ron Byer into the league’s Hall of Fame during a special ceremony on opening day, April 14. MILLSTONE – Out to the ball game.…
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Three vie for two open seats in Upper Freehold
Former mayor teams up with longtime resident to try to best Moslowski BY JANE MEGGITT & JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers BY JANE MEGGITT & JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writers “The Township Committee has an obligation to run the township like an effective, fiscally responsible business.” – LoriSue Horsnall-MountIf elected, LoriSue Horsnall-Mount would be the first-ever Upper Freehold…
