Category: Examiner News
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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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Upper Freehold official reports from Baghdad
Service area under mortar attack four days in a row last week BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – In a little over a month, Stephen Alexander’s public service forum has transformed from the local dais into one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces. Maj. Alexander, a township committeeman, was deployed…
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Courts, path planned for Abate Park
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The township plans to spend more than $500,000 developing one of its pocket parks. The Township Committee unanimously voted to pass an ordinance at its April 5 meeting that allows for the appropriation of $520,000 for improvements to Charles Abate Park. The ordinance also…
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Proposed budget would not affect municipal taxes
Public hearing on spending plan scheduled for May 3 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer The Millstone Township Committee introduced a 2006 spending plan that would not increase municipal taxes for the average homeowner. The Township Committee introduced a $7.1 million 2006 municipal budget on April 5. The committee will hold a…
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Residents claim company ‘burned’ them after blaze
JCP&L says it continues to investigate fires, surge and damage in U.F. BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The remains of Maureen and Bill Nevins’ barn that burned in a Feb. 12 fire. The structure was located on Route 524 in Upper Freehold. UPPER FREEHOLD – At least two families living on…
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Study to reveal recreation needs in Millstone Twp.
Township to create ad hoc committee to help develop long-term plan BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The township has launched a project to develop a comprehensive park and open space plan. Tom Miller and Barbara Fegley, of Environmental Resolutions Inc. in Mount Laurel, gave a presentation at the Township…
