Category: Examiner News
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Millstone cuts fire budget, reducing its tax impact
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer “I hope it was apparent to everyone that the cuts to the fire budget were arrived at in a collaborative manner between the Township Committee and the fire commissioners.” – Nancy Grbelja MILLSTONE – The Township Committee unanimously approved a $1.1 million budget for the fire…
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Third BOE seat up for grabs in Millstone Twp.
Winecoff, Qutub and Morrone decide not to run again BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer “There is so much that goes into the educational system and the community needs to be educated in this regard.” – Margaret Gordon BOE candidate MILLSTONE – Only two candidates have filed to run for the three…
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Spina bifida benefit seeks volunteers
There are more than 700 adults and children in the tri-state area living with spina bifida, according to the Spina Bifida Association. The Spina Bifida Association of the Tri-State Region, which covers New Jersey, metropolitan New York ad southern Connecticut, is a nonprofit agency based in central New Jersey with a mission to help those…
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Two seek Allentown seats on regional board
Referendum and overcrowding top issues in school district BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Two candidates are seeking election to the two open Allentown seats on the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education. Douglas Anthony, 41, has registered to seek the one three-year term Allentown seat, and Elizabeth Trent, 52, registered to…
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Board looks beyond new referendum
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education has yet to formally discuss what would happen if the April 17 referendum fails with voters, but a flier shows that they are thinking about it. Voters will decide whether to allot an additional $13.2 million to…
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Holt bill would demand paper record of votes
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer A new bill put forth by U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12)) would mandate that all electronic voting machines produce a voter-verified paper trail, but some critics have voiced concern over security and funding. The bill itself, HR811, was originally proposed and defeated by the Republican-controlled Congress…
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N.J. still sorting out legal details of civil unions
Whether institution is recognized elsewhere varies from state to state BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Same-sex couples all over New Jersey applied for civil union licenses when a new law that allows them to took effect on Feb. 20. While the moment was seen by rights groups as a step forward,…
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Two men perish under the ice in the Assunpink
BY JANE MEGGIT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers BY JANE MEGGIT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writers Upper Freehold – Two men drowned in the Assunpink Lake on Friday. Lawrenceville’s Bryan Eaton, 45, and his father, George, 82, who were ice fishing on the lake on the afternoon of March 9, reportedly fell through the ice and…
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Case made for building a school on Breza Road
Voters to decide $13.2M referendum for project April 17 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education President Joseph Stampe sees Breza Road as the quickest path to getting a new middle school built. Hill International, the construction manager for the new middle school project, informed…
