Category: Examiner News
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For the Record
An article in the March 29 Examiner titled “Board calls for member’s resignation” incorrectly identified the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education’s attorney as Viola Voorhees. The board’s attorney is Viola Lordi. We regret the error.
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State fines U.F. deputy mayor for ethics violation
Couple who filed complaint urge Miscoski to step down BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer The state has found Upper Freehold Deputy Mayor William Miscoski guilty of violating a state ethics law. The Local Finance Board of the state’s Department of Community Affairs rendered its decision on March 29 and fined Miscoski…
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Seeing America through the eyes of the French
Allentown High School hosts 20 students from Lycée du Noordover BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – Everything in America is bigger, from the food portions to the vehicles to the houses. That’s the impression 20 students from Lycée du Noordover, a school in Grande-Synthe near Dunkirk in northern France, got…
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State to help boro wash water woes down the drain
Roosevelt to bond to replace water tower, clean mains BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – There may be some good news coming from the state with regard to the borough’s water problems. At recent Borough Council meetings, utilities Chairman Bob Silverstein has reported that the town’s 70-year-old water tower needs…
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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…
