Category: Examiner News
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Hungry, cold youths show solidarity with homeless
Students’ 30-hour fast helps raise $7,000 for less fortunate BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOSBYSCOTT PILLING staff From left to right: Allentown’s Guliana Grossi (l-r), 15, and Saskia Hesselein, 17, decorate wooden crosses that symbolize the number of students the Allentown Presbyterian Church Youth Group will be able to sponsor this…
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Nursery considers using property for town center
Company says best parcel to develop is near Polhemustown Road BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The largest landowner in the township continues to seek input from the community Participants in earlier, smaller sessions that Princeton Nurseries held to gauge how residents envision the future of the township were…
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Roosevelt hosts free movie nights at RPS
The Roosevelt Recreation Department invites all area residents to the Roosevelt Elementary School grounds on School Lane to enjoy free movies on a “big screen” on select Saturday nights at 7 p.m. “How to Eat Fried Worms” will be screened March 10. The film tells the story of an 11-year-old who inadvertently challenges the town…
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Community Education spring classes set to begin
Millstone Township Community Education will begin its spring classes this month. Take a genealogy class, March 15, 22, and 29 at Millstone Middle School, Room 166, from 7-8:30 p.m. Research your family tree, and experience the fun and satisfaction of documenting your family’s history. Three sessions will cover basic introduction to the field, records to…
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Planners discuss creating hierarchy of subdivisions
Board wonders whether to base decisions on agricultural industry BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The township’s planning officials continued discussing last week what future subdivisions should look like. The Planning Board continued its discussion on revisions to the master plan at its Feb. 27 meeting, which was held…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Max Needell, 15, of Allentown, draws on a shirt that will commemorate the Allentown Presbyterian Church Youth Group’s 30-hour fast, which helped raise funding and awareness for community organizations that help the less fortunate.
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In home selling, stagers say looks are everything
Local designers spruce up houses to help speed sales, increase value BY TAMMY MCKILLIP Correspondent BY TAMMY MCKILLIPCorrespondent HOLMDEL – Ask any Realtor, and they’ll probably tell you that selling a home in today’s competitive market requires more than simple curb appeal. With the tremendous increase in available homes over the past three years, what…
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Israeli pioneers once trained in Cream Ridge
Building at historic site may face wrecking ball BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – A resident recently shared some of the history of a Route 539 parcel where a new bank, drugstore and medical offices may go. Resident Al Trenton told the Township Committee at its March 1 meeting…
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Water-main cleaning may cost Roosevelt $1.3 M
Borough has unusually high levels of iron BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – The borough’s water woes continue. At the Feb. 26 Borough Council meeting, utilities Chairman Robert Silverstein said that iron levels in the town’s water mains are higher than desired. Silverstein reported that Carmella Roberts, the borough engineer,…
