Category: Examiner News
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New bill targets sex offenders, addresses restraining orders
Nicole’s Law, a bill which will permit victims of sex offenses to obtain restraining orders against their attackers, has been placed in front of the state Senate. Sen. Robert W. Singer (R-Ocean, Monmouth, Burlington and Mercer) and Sen. Leonard T. Connors Jr. (R-Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean) sponsored the bill. The bill is dedicated to Nicole…
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Sal Diecidue’s write-in candidacy questioned
Former official asks why anti-warehouse group supports campaign BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – One former mayor has asked another former mayor to recuse himself from the Planning Board hearings on the Rockefeller Group’s proposal to put warehouses on Breza Road. At the Oct. 24 Planning Board meeting, Robert Abrams, who served as…
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Coyotes kill goat on Upper Freehold farm
DEP official provides tips on how to protect property from predators While bears have received a lot of attention in recent years, another large predatory animal is making a comeback in New Jersey. According to Karen Hershey, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), there have been recent sightings of coyotes in…
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Rues Road development must keep large buffers
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The developer of a five-lot subdivision on Rues Road will have to keep a 75-foot buffer between the lots abutting a contiguous property. The applicant, Gayle Realty LLC, asked the Planning Board to reduce the buffer to 50 feet, but the board made…
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Drug Alliance to sponsor annual holiday concert
UPPER FREEHOLD – The Allentown/Upper Freehold Municipal Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, commonly known as the Drug Alliance, will once again sponsor its annual holiday concert. The event will take place on Dec. 2 at the Allentown Presbyterian Church on High Street. “The two-hour concert starts at 8 p.m. and is designed to…
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Happy Halloween
PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Emily O’Connell, 3, works very hard on decorating a pumpkin while (above) Avery Pyhel, 15 months old, gets some help from her mom, Nicole, coloring artwork at the MOMS Club Halloween party at Wagner Farm Park in Millstone on Oct. 25.
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WRAT Rock Art Show debuts at mall Nov. 3-5
Jean-Pierre Weill Jimi Hendrix Legions of fans know Jerry Garcia as an iconic rock musician, but how many know he was also a gifted artist? “People that are artistic in music, singing and song writing are artistic in a lot of different ways,” said Scott Segelbaum, a former radio personality. “A lot of rock stars…
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DENNIS SYMONS JR. Michelle Gaueglia (l-r), Anastasia Mitchel and Lizzie Manickas, of Girl Scout Troop 646, display some of the donations they collected at the Millstone Township Community Center for Make A Difference Day on Oct. 28.
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Court: Same-sex couples must have equal rights
State Legislature has six months to decide what to call institution BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer TRENTON – The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled last week that the Legislature must afford same-sex couples equal rights of marriage, but stopped short of calling it such. The majority decision, written by Justice Barry…
