Category: Examiner News
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Proposed developments spark debate on land use
Officials to present township BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Questions about township planning arose at the Sept. 8 Township Committee meeting. This year, the Planning Board has been working with Township Planner Mark Remsa on a build-out analysis for and mapping of Upper Freehold for the possibility of…
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Four years later, ‘threat is that we will forget’
Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial unveiled on bluff overlooking NYC PHOTOSBY CHRIS KELLY staff It’s the day we swore we’d never forget. And yet, four years later, some already have. “Our greatest enemy is complacency,” said Frances Fragos Townsend, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. “Our greatest threat is that we will forget.…
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Project Lifesaver helps locate missing resident
FREEHOLD — Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley and John A. Wanat, executive director of the Monmouth County Office on Aging, announced the fifth rescue involving the Monmouth County Project Lifesaver Program. According to a press release, a Freehold Borough resident on the program wandered away from his Helen Avenue home at about 2:56 p.m.…
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Winery will hold festival under full moon
Local winemakers to release cherry, apricot and Chambourcin wines BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Eileen Amabile, of Robbinsville, holds a bottle of the Cream Ridge Winery’s award-winning cherry wine in the shop section of the local winery, Sept. 12. The Cream Ridge Winery plans to hold a gathering…
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Girls spark relief effort in Millstone
Little League to collect sporting goods for victims BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Rylee Fogarty, 4, and sister Madison, 8, and Gabrielle Durand, 6, and sister Julia, 3, started a relief effort for Hurricane Katrina victims in Millstone on Sept. 8. MILLSTONE — Four township girls who weren’t happy…
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County builder charged with handgun threat
Spalliero jailed without bail for violating terms of release on prior charges BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Things are looking down for controversial Monmouth County developer Anthony Spalliero as a list of legal woes is piling up. Spalliero, 63, of Hazlet, was taken into custody by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on…
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Volunteerism a full-time job when disaster strikes
Contractor leaves job, family to help with Katrina relief BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer By the evening of Sept. 6, Alvin Benedetti was trying to remember what day it was. “I’m not quite sure,” the Brick resident said, talking on his cell phone from an American Red Cross shelter in Montgomery,…
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Registration begins for Kindermusik
ALLENTOWN — A unique learning program involving music will return to the area this fall. Kindermusik, which consists of music classes that nurture the total development of babies and young children, will take place at the Allentown Presbyterian Church, located on Route 539 in Allentown, according to Pat Weitz, the church’s music director. “The Kindermusik…
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So much for the boys protecting their mom
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch When it came to having children, I have to admit that boys weren’t my No. 1 choice. In fact, when I was pregnant with my first baby, I desperately thought I needed a girl. I imagined frilly dresses, pink leotards and adorable little purses in every color. I couldn’t…
