Category: Examiner News
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Carrying on 75 years of tradition in Monroe
Club began with a dairy farm and the acclaimed Banks golf course BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Top: Forsgate Country Club in Monroe is pictured in 1931 and today. The club opened in 1931 with the challenging Banks Course, designed by golf course architect Charles Banks. Above right: Monroe and nearby…
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Engineer: Warehouses would affect Allentown
Group plans to build 1.8 million-square-foot complex in U.F. BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The room was packed with people eager to speak, but due to time constraints only a representative from Allentown had a chance to testify at the Planning Board’s June 27 public hearing at Allentown…
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Experts review school site cleanup plan with public
Board allotted $500,000 for project, but it will cost more BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – For the second night in a row, residents packed into Allentown High School for a public meeting on June 27. A crowd had assembled the evening before to attend the Upper Freehold Planning…
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AHSpga to host first Redbird Golf Classic
Outing to raise funds for student athlete equipment, uniforms ALLENTOWN – A local nonprofit hopes folks will “tee off” for kids this summer. On Aug. 18, the AHSpga Foundation will host its first annual Redbird Golf Classic in an effort to help raise funds for local student athletes and the public library, Bruce Novozinsky, spokesman…
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Millstone Twp. Middle School principal resigns
Super suggests promoting from within to fill position BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer The Millstone Township School District will have to find a new middle school principal. Outgoing Superintendent William J. Setaro said in a phone interview on June 30 that Millstone Township Middle School Principal Daniel Bland submitted his resignation…
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New ordinance flusters warehouse developers
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Residents nearly packed the auditorium at Allentown High School on June 27 to sit in on the Planning Board’s third hearing on a proposed 1.8 million-square-foot warehouse complex. The Rockefeller Group, of New York City, plans to build three warehouse buildings totaling 1.8…
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U.F. man displays art
Michael Cohen, 20, of Upper Freehold, shows the artwork he submitted for an exhibit at Harbor School in Eatontown on May 11. UPPER FREEHOLD – Excitement was in the air at Harbor School in Eatontown on May 11. Michael Cohen, 20, of Upper Freehold Township, helped create a little of that enthusiasm as he displayed…
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Birthday bash without gifts benefits children
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOSBYJENNIFER KOHLHEPP Kortney Hughes’ friends show off the flip-flops they made at her birthday party. Partygoers brought donations for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia rather than gifts. Kortney collected $290 for the hospital. At right: Kortney Hughes, 11, reads a book to her sister, Shayla, 3,…
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Lawsuit challenges warehouse approval
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – A group of residents has filed an appeal in state Superior Court, Freehold, asking for a reversal of a Planning Board decision that authorized the construction of a warehouse on Meirs Road. The group, called Meirs Road Residents Against Warehousing, filed a complaint…
