Category: Examiner News
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Hot wheels drive township resident to Corvette Fever
Magazine features U.F. man and his restored 28-year-old automobile BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Barry Caparotta, of Upper Freehold Township, gets ready to go for a cruise in his Corvette, which was recently featured on the cover of a magazine. UPPER FREEHOLD – Nineteen seventy-eight was a watershed year for Barry…
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A modern-day carpenter who works with the grain
Roosevelt resident creates furniture in small batches at his home studio BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Clockwise from top left, a clock held between two large branches, a hand-carved mask and a piece of furniture are examples of the woodwork Roosevelt resident Gary Edelstein creates. ROOSEVELT – The symbioses of simple…
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Marlboro actress, 12, gets ready for Broadway debut
BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – Jillian Mueller was still in diapers when she decided what she wanted to be when she grew up. Jillian, 12, a pupil at the Marlboro Middle School, was only 1 when she told her mother, Denise, that she wanted to be an actress. “She…
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Stagecoach Road farm preserved in Millstone
County is looking at 300 more acres in Back Bone Hill Rd. area MILLSTONE – The township has just preserved another family farm. Just a couple of months after its announcement of the preservation of the “Rising Sun” farm on Rising Sun Tavern Road in Millstone, the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders announced on…
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Board approves changes at Great Adventure
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – The Planning Board has approved several changes at the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park, Route 537. Representatives of Great Adventure appeared before the board on Oct. 16 to present their plans for the coming season. Planning Board engineer Douglas Klee said one change…
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Group seeks 365 reasons to celebrate New Jersey
“New Jersey is full of wonderful, interesting people as well as beautiful, diverse places.” – Karen Hatcher President Celebrate NJ EAST BRUNSWICK – You may prefer the miles of white sandy beaches along the Jersey Shore or the mountainous region in the northwestern part of the state. Maybe you like the quaint eateries in the…
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New market for recycled glass created
DEP recognizes cost saving, innovative partnership with award In recognition of a public-private partnership that’s saving Monmouth County $500,000 a year, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has given an award to the county as well as Global Recycling Solutions . The recycling award is for the partner’s innovative approach to recycling broken, mixed-colored…
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Unfair labor charges filed against Millstone officials
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer A local union alleges that Millstone Township officials violated labor laws while handling an employee’s harassment complaint. Community Workers of America (CWA) Local 1034 has filed unfair labor charges against Mayor Nancy Grbelja and Business Administrator James Pickering stemming from the termination of three Department of…
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AHS sports teams will start holiday food drive
Six local families in need will receive holiday dinners BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – Two of the high school’s spring sports teams will sponsor their first-ever holiday food drive this year. In conjunction with their respective parent organizations, the AHS Parents Golf Association (AHSpga) Foundation and A-Town Baseball, the…
