Category: Examiner News
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New ratable has a hard time in U.F.
Businesswomen spent $206,000 in fees before breaking ground BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Two years after receiving preliminary approval to build a Kiddie Academy day-care center in town, the owners plan to break ground. The building is expected to be the first structure in the 11-lot commercial development…
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Petrella family hopes for another run in the sun
Annual ‘Run for a Memory’ scheduled for June 9 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Runners line up for last year’s “Run for a Memory” 5K. The event is held annually in Millstone Township in honor of John W. Petrella. MILLSTONE – Shirley Petrella hopes the sunlight will once again shine down…
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Budget to keep tax rate stable
UPPER FREEHOLD – The township has proposed a $7.5 million municipal budget for 2007-08. Although the proposed budget amounts to about $300,000 more than last year’s budget, Mayor Stephen Fleischacker said the spending plan would not affect the tax rate. Fleischacker said the tax rate would be the same as last year. The average homeowner…
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Magazine highlights county fun
Finding year-round activities in Monmouth County just got easier with the publication New Jersey’s Monmouth County, a 66-page magazine highlighting the county’s attractions. The magazine spotlights the county’s beaches, shopping centers, theaters, museums, historic sites, lighthouses, parks, and cultural and recreational activities. It also supplies information on recreational and charter boat fishing. The Monmouth County…
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Boro may zone for schools, dorms, houses of worship
Proposed ordinance would affect 109 acres of 1,240-acre town BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Roosevelt may create an area in town to accommodate the construction of more schools and houses of worship. At its March 26 meeting, the Borough Council unanimously voted to introduce a zoning ordinance that would affect the…
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Petitioners unable to stall project
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Despite two petitions, the Planning Board granted preliminary approval for a nine-lot subdivision on Burlington Path Road last week. The board voted 5-2 during its meeting on March 27 to approve the Boston Properties development at 65 Burlington Path Road. Board members Jennifer…
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‘To Catch a Predator’ comes to Ocean County
Twenty-eight arrested in online sting operation over the weekend BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer TOMS RIVER – They cast out a net and came away with a big catch. Twenty-eight men showed up at a home in Ocean County over three days last week, hoping to have sex with…
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DENNIS SYMONS JR. Members of Allentown’s Hope Fire Company extinguish a truck fire at mile marker 9.3 on the eastbound side of Interstate 195 on Monday just after noon.
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List of online gambling busts reaches over 50
Former assemblyman among those charged as part of $500M operation BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer FREEHOLD – On the eve of NCAA basketball’s Final Four, a former New Jersey Assembly member joined dozens of state residents charged for their involvement with an Internet-based gambling ring that thrived on pro and college…
