Category: Examiner News
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Millstone schedules Chess Fest
MILLSTONE – A township organization wants to use chess to strengthen children’s minds. Because it believes chess is one of the most powerful educational tools available, the Millstone Township Alliance to Prevent Drug Abuse and Alcoholism is sponsoring a Chess Fest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 29. “Chess can enhance reading, memory,…
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Taft land in U.F. almost ready for development
Construction plan calls for just under 100 homes on 1-acre lots BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Upper Freehold Board of Health unanimously granted septic and historic pesticide approvals for a 96-lot subdivision at its April 11 meeting. Ronald Taft owns the 275-acre parcel on Davis Station and Sharon Station roads,…
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State agriculture dept. will make deer fencing available
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Charles M. Kuperus has announced that a deer fencing program will be run cooperatively by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension. The cost-share program will provide fencing material, plus up to 30 percent of the line posts at no cost to qualified farmers who…
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Boro considers using goats as lawn mowers
Under provisions of current contract, town pays $600 per mow BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Roosevelt ROOSEVELT – Although the Borough Council unanimously voted to award a contract for landscape maintenance at its April 10 meeting, it is seriously considering using goats for the job. Resident Bert Ellentuck suggested that borough…
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Boro proposes 7-cent municipal tax increase
Budget would increase fire dept.’s funds, decrease first aid money BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The municipal budget would rise for the first time in five years if the Roosevelt Borough Council passes its proposed spending plan next month. The Borough Council introduced its $1.3 million budget for 2006 at the…
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Smoking ban outside county buildings takes effect May 1
Smokers caught within 25 feet of some structures will have to pay $200 BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent Armed with a tape measure, four library employees hovered last month outside the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan. They were not planning for a library expansion or security enhancements; they simply were trying to…
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Roosevelt gallery presents work of ‘a man abstract’
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Dan Hodgkinson of Hamilton Township will showcase his artwork at the Eleanor Gallery in Roosevelt, starting this weekend. ROOSEVELT – The landscape of the mind constantly undergoes transformation and no local artist has explored those brain shifts more than Dan Hodgkinson. At the age…
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Newborn filly needs a name
Bunny Lake, the 2001 Horse of the Year, nuzzles her first foal, a filly born at Perretti Farms in Upper Freehold on April 4. UPPER FREEHOLD – The owners of Bunny Lake would like help in choosing a name for her first foal. The 2001 Horse of the Year gave birth to a Western Hanover…
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Verizon aims for franchise in Roosevelt
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Roosevelt ROOSEVELT – Borough residents may be among the first in the state to have a choice when it comes to cable television service providers. Although Comcast presently serves as the borough’s cable provider, representatives from Verizon made their pitch for a franchise before the Borough…
