Category: Examiner News
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Board takes issue with its member
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The Board of Education reviewed one of its members’ comments to the Examiner last week. The board voted 7-2 at its Dec. 12 meeting to send a letter to the Examiner to clear up a situation regarding board member Thomas Foley. The letter would…
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Movies nixed out of The Village at Manalapan
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer MANALAPAN — Plans for a multiplex theater and performing arts center are apparently off the table at The Village at Manalapan, a retail shopping center planned for the intersection of Route 33 and Millhurst Road. Attorney John Giunco, representing Manalapan Retail Realty Partners, made the announcement…
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Upper Freehold could inherit contamination
Developer may cap arsenic, dieldrin under roadway BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Upper Freehold Board of Health wants to allow a developer to place soil containing arsenic and dieldrin under a roadway in his development. The board voted 4-2 at its Dec. 13 meeting to recommend to the Township Committee…
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Millstone resident earns top honor as attorney
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Peter Chamas, of Millstone Township, just received the title of New Jersey Super Lawyer from New Jersey Monthly, a magazine about law and politics. MILLSTONE — For the second year in a row, a township resident has taken the title of Super Lawyer. Although a Super…
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Newspapers announce second Greater Women Award
Nominations of outstanding women are being sought from Monmouth, Middlesex and northern Ocean counties. The Greater Women of Central New Jersey Award celebrates women who triumph despite the challenges and make a true difference through their efforts. Women may be nominated for one of three categories: business, health care or the nonprofit sector. Nominees may…
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U.F. to create affordable housing on Breza Road
Commerce Park to offer complex of 100 rental units BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold Town-ship Planning Board member Dianne Kelly is not convinced it’s in the town’s best interest to put most of its affordable housing units in one area. Kelly cast the lone vote against new Council on…
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U.F. could soon have cable access trouble
Cablevision says it will fight Office of Smart Growth rules BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — New township homeowners may soon have to pay for cable line installation themselves. Although the Township Committee introduced an ordinance on Dec. 1 to make Cablevision the township’s cable system operator, new Office…
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Jewish center’s fundraiser to help repair scrolls
The children enrolled in Perrineville Jewish Center’s Hebrew school in Millstone will sell assorted chocolate bars at $1 apiece until Dec. 18. The money raised will help repair the synagogue’s torahs (sacred scrolls), which are in need of refurbishment.
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Residents warned not to change addresses
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Some township residents are a little too eager to change their mailing address, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Dave Desio, of the Address Management Systems department of the U.S. Postal Service, said some township residents have jumped the gun in using the Millstone…
