Category: Examiner News

  • Greater Media Newspapers wins 29 NJPA awards for ’04

    Greater Media Newspapers has won 26 editorial, photography and advertising awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2004. The group tally included 12 awards for outstanding photography, nine awards for classified advertising, one award for retail advertising, and four awards for reporting. Photographer Jeff Granit won three first-place awards in the…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Fifth-graders at Allentown’s Upper Freehold Regional Elementary School sort books for the Reading Is Fundamental program on April 20. See related story on page 3.

  • Republican incumbents will run uncontested

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Allentown ALLENTOWN — Borough Council members Margaret Armenante and Michael Schumacher will seek re-election to their seats in November. Armenante and Schumacher will run for the two open council seats uncontested. Armenante seeks her third term on the council, while Michael Schumacher will seek a fifth…

  • Residents fuming over proposed crematorium

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Locals have launched a campaign against the potential creation of an animal incinerator in the township. Citing health hazards and the reduction of property values, Millstone residents have created a Web site, distributed fliers and called meetings to garner opposition to the creation of…

  • U.F. school district voters pass budget

    Residents elect Wolden, Stampe and Shaw BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Residents approved the Allentown school budget and voted newcomers into all three open Board of Education seats last week. On April 19, voters approved a $28.8 million school budget for the Upper Freehold Regional School District. The budget passed in…

  • Proposed budget calls for 2-cent tax increase

    The average township homeowner would pay $79 more in municipal taxes BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Millstone MILLSTONE — The Township Committee will hold a public hearing on its proposed $6.7 million budget next week. Taxpayers and other interested individuals can voice their opinions about the proposed 2005 spending plan and…

  • Boro’s proposed budget to keep tax rate stable

    Finance chairman says limiting development helps control spending BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ROOSEVELT — The borough’s proposed budget would not raise taxes for the average homeowner. Down $19,017 from last year, the proposed 2005 budget amounts to $736,340. The Borough Council introduced the spending plan at its April 11 meeting.…

  • Local veterans to receive state military award

    Two award ceremonies to honor 191 Monmouth County residents will be held April 28 at the National Guard Training Center in Sea Girt. At 11 a.m., 143 veterans of the Vietnam War will be presented with the state’s Vietnam Service Medal. To be eligible, veterans must be a current resident of New Jersey; served in…

  • Family waits for cure for son’s rare disorder

    University of Minnesota scientists seek funding for continuing EB research BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Jake Liao, 2, was born with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a disease characterized by chronic and painful blistering inside and outside of the body. Above, he plays with his mother, Theresa Liao, on the…