Category: Examiner News
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Walnford to host second country 5K
Run will benefit individuals with disabilities ALLENTOWN – Get set to run to help disabled citizens in the community. Allies Inc. will hold its second annual Country Roads 5K run at Historic Walnford Park on April 28. Allies Inc. is an independent nonprofit organization that helps individuals with disabilities lead fulfilling lives in the community.…
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Burlington Path project causes some concern
Residents want applicant to address roadway, stormwater runoff issues BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Burlington Path Road residents voiced their concerns last week about a nine-lot subdivision in their area. The Planning Board decided at its Feb. 27 meeting to carry the subdivision application to its March 27…
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African-Americans played key role in county history
Author of book hopes people will get over ‘historic amnesia’ BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP A copy of a document at the Monmouth County Archives in Manalapan that shows how former Upper Freehold resident John Hendrickson registered the birth of a slave’s child with the county in 1808. Monmouth…
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Residents pitch their ideas for future land use in U.F.
Land preservation, planning for schools among concerns BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Two years after the township began its master plan revisions, the public has been invited to comment. While the township currently has 3-acre zoning with a 35 percent bonus density for developers who use the cluster…
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JENNIFER KOHLHEPP A copy of a document at the Monmouth County Archives in Manalapan that shows Upper Freehold resident Joseph Holmes registered with the county the birth of two children of slaves. See story on next page.
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Auditions
Allegro!, a choir composed of 32 men and women, has openings for tenors, baritones, and basses. Rehearsals are 7:30-9:30 p.m. weekly at the Presbyterian Church, Manasquan. Details: Wende Deppeler, (732) 528-5945. Women of Song, a female vocal group, is seeking sopranos and altos. The group performs a variety of music. Rehearsals are held Friday mornings…
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Bullet found at Allentown High School
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – Parents of students at Allentown High School received a letter on Feb. 23 informing them that a single round of ammunition had been found in the high school. In the letter, interim Superintendent of Schools Robert Smith wrote that the police were contacted after…
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Bullets found in Millstone middle school
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – A group of sixth-grade boys found two bullets on the floor of the boys’ locker room in the Millstone Township Middle School on Feb. 21. Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue said the students promptly handed the bullets over to a teacher, who gave…
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A journey into the shadow history of a community
Cream Ridge resident researches slavery in Upper Freehold BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Cream Ridge resident Sue Kozel looks over a re-creation of a hand-drawn map she discovered at Rutgers University in New Brunswick that delineates the provinces of eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey in the year 1777.…
