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Birth of a town
BY KATHY CHANG & KAREN L. KESTEN Staff Writers Ever wonder how a place, a township, a borough, a school, a park, a lake, a river, a bridge or a street got its name? The Walnford mill, built by the Waln family in Upper Freehold, is part of the Monmouth County Park System. Greater Media…
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Champions destined for Disney
The Millstone Eagles Pee Wee cheerleaders have lots to cheer about. The team took first place in Pop Warner’s Central Jersey, Jersey State and Eastern Region Cheerleading Competitions. As champions of all three events, they get to advance to the national competition at Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
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Millstone Eagles are Garden State champs
The Millstone Eagles Junior Pee Wee team won the Garden State Games at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway on Nov. 29. MILLSTONE — The Millstone Eagle Junior Pee Wee team won the New Jersey Garden State Games, defeating a tough Trenton team, 36-6, at a packed Rutgers Stadium. The victory on Sunday made the Eagles Garden…
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Undefeated and not scored upon
This season the Upper Freehold Regional Middle School junior varsity boys soccer team made history. The Upper Freehold Regional Middle School junior varsity boys soccer team finished its season undefeated. Pictured standing from left to right: Matt Fichera, Pat Becket, Ryan Skinner, Hal Shaw, Joey Patrylow, Louis Togna, Nick Schaffer, Shane Duffy and coach Keith…
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MTFEE awards $17K in grants to boost enrichment, excellence
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Millstone Township Middle School sixth-grader Roman Hillis, 12, studies a chicken skeleton in science class on Nov. 24. The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence provided a grant to purchase the specimen for the class. JEFF GRANIT staff MILLSTONE — This year, the Millstone Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) has…
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District to seek federal aid for classroom for autistic pupils
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The Board of Education will go forward with a plan to apply for federal funding for a self-contained classroom for autistic students in grades K-2. At its Nov. 23 meeting, the board unanimously voted to approve the grant application. Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue said at the…
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For the Record
The list of players in “Freshmen clinch undefeated season” in the Nov. 25 edition of the Examiner should have included wide receiver Norman Williams and tackle Jordan Shropshire. We regret the error.
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Honor veterans at college’s commemoration ceremony
Although I believe that Veterans Day is a wonderful tribute to all our veterans, I also believe we should not limit our gratitude to just that one day each year. I believe it is important to remember all of those men and women who have served and are serving our country to protect our freedom.…
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