Category: Examiner News
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Board holds hearing on controversial vet clinic
Center to feature a pool, surgical rooms, training and grooming areas BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The crowd overflowed the room and fanned out into the hallway last week, when Sharon Gaboff went before the Millstone Township Zoning Board. Gaboff appeared at the board’s March 23 meeting for a hearing on…
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Township historian tells her home’s tale
Millstone residence built by Revolutionary War veteran David Cook BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Millstone Township Historian Joann Kelty admired the old farmhouse on Conover Road for years before she actually owned it. Kelty and her husband, Doug, would drive past it on their way to Showplace Farms, where they had…
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Authorities investigate bones found in woods
Officials await results of autopsy performed in Freehold on Monday BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Authorities continue to investigate skeletal remains found in Upper Freehold last week.A deer hunter discovered a human skull and other skeletal remains in a wooded area near Route 526 in Clayton Park on Friday morning, according…
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Accident claims life of Marlboro teacher
Truck driver charged with vehicular homicide after March 21 crash BY DAVE BENJAMIN and MARK ROSMAN Staff Writers BY DAVE BENJAMIN and MARK ROSMANStaff Writers MANALAPAN — A Marlboro woman was killed and her husband and daughter were critically injured in a motor vehicle accident that occurred at 1:47 a.m. Monday. The driver of the…
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Millstone Elks to resume Friday dinner April 1
Millstone Elks Lodge 2613 will serve its next Friday night dinner April 1, which will feature a fish fry by the Cross Pile Hunt Club. The following menu is planned for the remaining Fridays in April: Italian Night will be presented by Ray and Steve on April 8; stuffed chicken breast by Scotty is on…
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Proposed school budget amounts to 6-cent increase
$1.4 million increase over last year would mainly go toward AHS tuition costs BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Millstone Board of Education will hold a public hearing on its proposed $26.3 million school budget March 31. The proposed 2005-06 budget would amount to almost a 6-cent tax increase in the…
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Panel expects to hear data on train lines
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Representatives of NJ Transit were expected Tuesday to reveal the findings of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that examines the possibility of reinstating passenger rail service in interior Monmouth and Ocean counties. A meeting for legislators and other officials was scheduled to be held at…
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Station seeks ‘Kids Who Rock’
Radio station WRAT-FM, 95.9, “The Rat” will honor 26 exceptional children from Monmouth and Ocean counties as “Kids Who Rock.” Now through May 13, the station, which is based in Lake Como, will be soliciting nominees — children between the ages of 8-16 who have done something remarkable in their community, took action for a…
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Officials pass fire budget
The average homeowner will pay approximately $276 in fire taxes this year BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The Township Committee unanimously voted to pass the fire budget without cuts on March 16. After voters turned down Fire District No. 1’s proposed $1.1 million budget during an election that took…
