Category: Examiner News

  • U.F. Rec. sponsoring ski trip to Poconos

    The Upper Freehold Township Recreation Department is sponsoring a ski/snowboard trip to Blue Mountain in the Pocono Mountains on Jan. 28. Various discounted rates are available for lift tickets, rentals and lessons. Luxury motor coach transportation will leave from Byron Johnson Park, Ellisdale Road, at 6:30 a.m. and return at approximately 6:30 p.m. Children ages…

  • Roosevelt resident seeks solace from lymphedema

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Clockwise from top: Tamara Galimidi, of Roosevelt, has lymphedema, a condition that causes fluid to build up in her legs. There is about 50 pounds of excess fluid stored in her body. Galimidi sits in the bedroom of her home. She has…

  • Builders may make bids for Freehold Twp. hotels

    Two applications are presently under review, but no hearings set yet BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent An architect’s rendering shows a Hampton Inn that has been proposed by Freehold Lodging Realty for a location on Route 9 south, near Schanck Road, Freehold Township. Suddenly it seems everyone wants to leave the light on…

  • Buildings at Cox’s Corner may have to be redesigned

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The developer of the Cox’s Corner retail and office complex on Route 524 has questions about the new commercial design guidelines passed at the Dec. 1 Township Committee meeting. The guidelines were approved by a 3-0 vote. Mayor Sal Diecidue, who spearheaded the…

  • Redbird Marching Band leader hands in resignation

    Peter Mauro says decision will not affect London trip BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Citing health problems, the Allentown High School marching band director resigned last week. Peter Mauro handed in his resignation on Nov. 28, just six days after returning from a suspension for insubordination, and only a few weeks before the Redbird Marching…

  • Jewish center’s fundraiser to help repair scrolls

    Perrineville Jewish Center, Millstone, will hold a fundraiser until Dec. 18. The money raised will be used to repair the synagogue’s torahs (sacred scrolls), which are in need of refurbishment. The children enrolled in the synagogue’s Hebrew school will be selling assorted chocolate bars at $1 apiece. The child who sells the most will be…

  • Hearing held on proposed Ely Harmony Road facility

    7,000-square-foot building would house animal shelter BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Residents packed the municipal building’s courtroom for a special hearing on a controversial animal shelter last week. The township’s Zoning Board will have to continue the hearing next month on the application for an animal shelter and care…

  • Roosevelt resident wants to help people with colitis

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — After 40 years of suffering, Jeff Klein finally feels better. Now, the 46-year-old Roosevelt resident, who has had colitis since the age of 4, wants to help others cope with the symptoms of the disease for which there is still no cure. “Over the…

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    DENNIS SYMONS JR. Mckenna Quindlen and Delaney Matthews, both 6 and residents of Allentown, enjoy Christmas treats and hot cider at the First United Methodist Church of Allentown on Dec. 4 after the borough’s downtown tree lighting.