Category: Examiner News
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Getting the game point
Millstoner turns love for tennis into a career BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Susan Kapit, of the Perrineville section of Millstone Township, is the new league coordinator for Brunswick Hills Racquet Club in East Brunswick in Middlesex County. MILLSTONE – Tennis, everyone? Susan Kapit, who has lived in…
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State shows UFRSD not up to par with its peers
Report card gives local school district below-average grades BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The 2006 New Jersey School Report Card test results are in, and the Upper Freehold Regional School District is below average for its District Factor Group. The District Factor Group (DFG) measures a district’s socioeconomic status, ranging from…
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Sponsors sought to help AHS golf team help others
Outing will benefit student with leukemia, GiveBack Foundation Allentown ALLENTOWN – Tickets for the Redbird Golf Classic II sold out in just seven days. The Allentown High School Parent Golf Association (AHSpga) and the Reed Sod Farm officially launched their player drive for the second golf classic on Feb. 6. The classic will take place…
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U.F. residents still seek relief from truck traffic
Township to ask county for more double striping, lower speed limits BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Residents of the Galloping Brook subdivision are still frustrated over truck traffic near their homes on the easterly bypass and Route 526. Several residents from the development voiced their concerns at the…
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U.F. still considering rezoning White Birch
Planner suggests zoning farm for residential equestrian community BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The idea of designating White Birch Farm as a receiving area for development in the township’s revised master plan has been tabled for the time being. At the Feb. 8 Planning Board meeting, board members…
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Stamp honors Fitzgerald in Black History Month
Standing with the Ella Fitzgerald stamp are (l-r) Vito J. Cetta, district manager of the U.S. Postal Service, Dr. Webster B. Trammell, vice president of Brookdale Community College, Don Neal, vice president of the Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections, Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry and the Rev. Jesse Evans of Mount Olive Baptist…
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Local horse selected as Standardbred of the Year
PLUMSTED – Glidemaster, winner of the 2006 Trotting Triple Crown along with nearly $2 million in purse money, has been named the New Jersey Standardbred of the Year for 2006. New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Charles Kuperus gave a special presentation at the annual New Jersey Bred Equine Breeder Awards dinner on Jan. 28 at…
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Monmouth County to stockpile pills in Millstone
Bioterrorism plan begins to take shape BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer “In the event of a disaster, it isbeneficial for the residents in the ‘panhandle’ area to be able to access supplies and getassistance.” – Nancy Grbelja In the event of a large-scale emergency, many local towns may have to seek…
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Marlboro trio excited about play
Three siblings who have been cast in Brookdale Community College’s first African-American production said they feel privileged to be a part of history. Brookdale’s Performing Arts Center (PAC) will pay tribute to February as Black History Month with the powerful drama of a young black man wrongly accused and placed on death row. “A Lesson…
