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High school cardio-weight room will cost over $100K
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — The school district will spend over $100,000 in the next five years to create a cardio-weight room at the high school. The district applied for and received a state grant that will pay for a portion of the project. The total project cost is estimated at $168,662, with…
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Thomas H. Hankinson
Mr. Hankinson, 74, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died Aug. 7, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Farmingdale, Mr. Hankinson had resided in Morganville for the past 50 years. He was a graduate of Rider University, Lawrenceville. Prior to retirement, he was employed at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown. Mr. Hankinson was a…
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William A. Ahrberg
Mr. Ahrberg, 92, of Old Bridge, died July 20, 2010, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. Prior to retiring, he was a machinist for Air Reduction Co., Union. He was predeceased by his wife, Mildred Ahrberg, in 2006. Surviving are a daughter, Jane Garnich, and her husband, Raymond, of Allentown; a son, William R.…
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Save money on prescription drugs with new registry
Medicare sent out $250 rebate checks to 70,000 people last month, and they are continuing to send out checks to hundreds of thousands of Americans as they fall into the prescription drug coverage gap or “doughnut hole.” Luckily for New Jerseyans there is a tool you can use to save on your prescriptions. Did you…
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Sept. 17 is national POW-MIA Recognition Day
Along with my fellow veterans, we’ll be teaching lessons in the Upper Freehold, Jackson and Millstone Township elementary and middle schools about the meaning behind the National League of Families Prisoners of War Missing In Action (POW-MIA) flag — the only flag other than “old glory” to be recognized by U.S. Congress and be placed…
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Coaches urge support of NJSIAA’s prevailing ticket costs
This is to inform you of the importance of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) to our organization, the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association (NJSCA). The NJSCA grew out of the old New Jersey Interscholastic Coaches Association and was formed with the help of the NJSIAA. Since our formation in the early ’90s,…
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District should make staff pay for benefits
Iwould like to respond to the article titled “No Libraries, Lunch Aides, Band” in the Aug. 19 edition of the Examiner about the school warning Millstone residents — because the budget was voted down numerous times there is going to be a number of critical cuts that will affect our children. Excuse me, last time…
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Don’t blame the BOE or the administration
The article “No libraries, lunch aides, band” in the Aug. 19 Examiner highlights something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. My message to the parents and residents of Millstone Township is: if you don’t like the changes you see in the school district, don’t blame the Board of Education or the administration. What…
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Readers say they feel the pain of no-service ‘service’
CODA GREG BEAN Sometimes, one of these columns really resonates with readers, and that was the case with my rant a couple of weeks ago about Sears and their dismal service department. I won’t revisit the specifics except to say that when they failed to show up for a scheduled repair visit, for which I…
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