Category: Examiner News
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Byron Johnson Park tests negative for contamination
Township will replace volleyball nets with tot lot BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold Upper Freehold Township has finished environmental testing at Byron Johnson Park and has deemed it uncontaminated. Mayor Stephen Fleischacker told the Township Committee at its Aug. 17 meeting that historic pesticide levels in the soil at…
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Communities still divided over contamination issue
Some say referendum was tainted due to lack of disclosure BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Although the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education had scheduled Allentown Mayor Stuart Fierstein on its Aug. 16 agenda to give a presentation, he never showed up. Instead, Fierstein sent a letter to the board addressing…
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Millstone explores going solar
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Committeeman Elias Abilheira wants the community to aggressively pursue the use of solar energy. The Township Committee and the Millstone Township Board of Education are currently working together to explore solar power opportunities and to see if solar systems would work for the township…
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Locals react to state’s data on property-tax ranking
Roosevelt has lowest tax levy percent change in county BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Community representatives from municipalities in the Examiner’s coverage area reacted to the state’s recently released 2000-05 property-tax data this week. The state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) released property-tax data that revealed Roosevelt ranked No. 1 in…
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Discovering a community’s history from a holy place
Renovated church celebrates its 100th birthday this year BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOBYMIGUEL JUAREZ staff Over a century’s worth of Millstone history has revealed itself through the transformation of a Stagecoach Road church into a home. The former Methodist Episcopal Church, which was originally completed in 1906, will celebrate its…
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Local theater to host filmmakers symposium
Imagine seeing a movie before anyone else. Then, as the lights come up, the creators of the film are there ready to discuss their work. Starting Sept. 18, the Filmmakers Symposium series will run for 12 weeks at two New Jersey theaters: the Multiplex Cinemas at Town Center Plaza, located at 319 Route 130 north…
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Twp. farmers can preserve land and then subdivide
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The township just gave farmers another reason to consider preserving their land. Members of the Township Committee unanimously voted at its Aug. 16 meeting to pass an ordinance that allows a farmer to subdivide a residential lot from a farm when the remainder of…
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Prosecutor alleges ‘horrific’ sex crimes
Handyman accused of using job to assault, film children in 2 counties BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Clement Bilski Jr. The videotaped footage found in the home of a local handyman was enough to “test the sensibilities of some of the most hardened police officers,” according to one veteran law enforcement…
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Group asks locals to help plan for trails
ALLENTOWN – The region’s greenway planning group has completed one project and already has plans to invite the public to help it start another. The Crosswicks Creek/Doctors Creek Regional Greenway Planning Group, which is a consortium of representatives from six municipalities, has completed a comprehensive regional greenway plan. It now intends to launch the greenway…
