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Public info. innovations continue in Millstone
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The township received special recognition in the Rutgers Center for Government Services’ 49th annual municipal public information contest. Alan Zalkind, director of the Rutgers Center for Government Studies, sent a letter to the township and enclosed a special recognition certificate for electronic media for Millstone’s PEG (public, educational…
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Food pantry will take part in challenge
The Samaritan Center, a food pantry headquartered in Manalapan, will be participating, once again, in the Feinstein Foundation Challenge to end hunger. Founded in 1991 by Alan Shawn Feinstein, the Feinstein Foundation is dedicated to the alleviation of hunger, the importance of community service in education and the values of caring, compassion and brotherhood. The…
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Troopers ticketing on U.F. roadways
Residents warned that burglaries on the rise in the township BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — There was good news and bad news reported by State Trooper Randy Pangborn at the Feb. 18 Township Committee meeting. The good news is that troopers have been patrolling local roadways and ticketing speeders, and it seems to…
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Fire budget approved in Millstone
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Voters approved the $1.7 million fire budget, which will raise taxes for the average homeowner a little less than 5 cents per day. The Millstone Township Board of Fire Commissioners’ proposed budget passed in a vote of 148 to 115 during the election at the firehouse on Feb.…
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Allentown selects Graber as new football coach
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Jay Graber met last Friday, Feb. 12, with the returning football players on Allentown High School’s football team as its fourth head coach in four years. New Allentown High School football coach Jay Graber talks with a student during a group agility session in the school gym on Feb. 19.…
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Help available for teenagers who are in a tough situation
On Jan. 28 the U.S. Senate passed a resolution designating February as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. This is an important acknowledgment of a situation that deserves the community’s full attention. It has never been more difficult to be a teenager on the dating scene. The very means of communication that help…
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Educators should offer to pay for health benefits
As an avid reader of the Examiner, I was informed of the dire budget proposal and subsequent monumental increase bandied about by our schools superintendent in Upper Freehold. I did some digging and found out that we the taxpayers pay the teachers’ and administrators’ benefits and 97.5 percent of their heath insurance. Being an outsider,…
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Restaurants should provide nutrition information
Consumers are looking for more detailed information about the food they eat, and the time is right for restaurants of all sizes to start providing nutrition information. As obesity rates rise and more consumers are seeking a healthier lifestyle, food-service establishments that provide nutrition information will not only comply with pending national legislation, but will…
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Hear history come alive from the veterans who lived it
Brookdale Community College’s Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution will host a 65th Anniversary Commemoration on Feb. 27. I will be providing a very special battle scene diorama to accompany Gilmon Brooks’ recollections of his Marine landing on Iwo Jima. Gil served when the Marines were a segregated branch of the service…
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