Category: Examiner News
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Millstone Township ATV ordinance dies
Opposition claims ordinance goes against basic rights BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer The defeat of the controversial all-terrain vehicle (ATV) ordinance in Millstone last week was met with applause and loud cheers. It was standing room only when the Township Committee voted 4-0, with one abstention, to defeat an ordinance that…
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Officials seek Web site improvements
BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The township Web site may soon get a face lift. Committeeman Stephen Alexander said that he invited Rick Brancadora, webmaster for the county site visitmonmouth.com, to help township officials achieve that goal. At the July 29 Township Committee workshop meeting, Brancadora gave a…
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Officials deliberate league site ownership
BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Who would build and maintain a future Little League training facility? That’s what township and league officials are trying to decide. Upper Freehold/Allentown Little League President John Masserini appeared before the Township Committee at its July 29 workshop meeting to discuss the issue.…
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Millstone passes new format
Officials debateagenda setting and last-minute information BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Officials debate agenda setting and last-minute information BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MILLSTONE — After years of debate, officials voted to have workshop meetings. The Township Committee voted unanimously at its Aug. 4 meeting to change the second meeting of the month to a workshop…
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Bicycle event raises money for research
One family beganan event that could one day help millions BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer One family began an event that could one day help millions BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Members of the Northeast Hardware Racing Team finish first in the 50-mile professional race at the Team Time Trial in Millstone Sunday.…
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Monmouth residents relate life and times
First-person accountsof bygone eras addspice to library project BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Monmouth residents relate life and times First-person accounts of bygone eras add spice to library project BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO Flora T. Higgins of Monmouth County Library looks over the project she coordinated, “Remembering the Twentieth Century:…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Racers on the Garden State Bicycle Team, completing a 25-mile timed race, give it their all as they near the finish line Sunday morning at Frogbridge Day Camp in Millstone. Story, page 10.
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Committee chooses new face for Planning Board
Some believe boardalternates should have been considered BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Some believe board alternates should have been considered BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Some are questioning a recent Planning Board appointment. Mayor John Mele said at the July 27 Planning Board meeting that the Township Committee voted to have Nick Szydlowski…
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Plans for new middle school in Millstone are progressing
Enrollment at schools dropped since June by 35 studentsBY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer by 35 students BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Everything is on track for the new middle school. Board of Education Vice President Mary Pinney said the proposed 114-acre school property off Baird Road should be conveyed to the school board by…
