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Criticism of interfaith families hypocritical
Your recent article, “Interfaith Families Embrace Holidays” (Examiner, Dec. 18), included criticisms by Rabbis Pont and Kline of the Conservative and Reform movements. Rabbi Pont stated, “If you’re celebrating both, then you’re not really embracing either.” Rabbi Kline said, “You can’t have two different religious traditions that contradict each other and call them both yours.”…
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Residents expected to speak about pipeline
By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Residents were expected to raise concerns they have about the possible construction of a high-pressure gas pipeline in the community during the Jan. 6 meeting of the Township Committee. The meeting took place after this edition of the Examiner went to press. The committee moved the…
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Thoroughbred fans offered slice of ownership
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer PHOTOS COURTESY OF KENWOOD RACING An Oceanport stable is giving racing fans an opportunity to get in on the action of horse ownership without the hefty costs of purchasing a horse or the consistent expenses associated with it. H. Robb Levinsky, co-founder of Kenwood Racing, said the Taste of Thoroughbred…
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Grant to fund development of new park
By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Millstone Township has received a grant in the amount of $250,000 for the first phase of a major park development plan at Millstone Park, Red Valley Road. The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders recently approved the allocation of $2 million from the county’s open space trust fund to make…
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Easing into fitness in new year
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer FILE PHOTOS For many, the new year represents a chance to turn over a new leaf, leaving behind undesirable habits to form new, better ones. Perhaps the most popular New Year’s resolution is to lose weight or become more physically fit. But as scores of people who have made such…
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Imagining New Jersey’s future
YOUR TURN MICHELE S. BYERS GUEST COLUMN In the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” a despondent George Bailey gets to see what his town would have looked like if he had never been born. It is an alluring concept. Most of us would love to get a magical glimpse of alternate worlds that would exist…
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Happy to come home
IN THE NEWS Mark Rosman Have you ever wanted to kiss the ground in Aberdeen Township? I know that is a strange question to ask, but on the rare occasions when I travel to New York City, that is exactly the feeling I have when I return via NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line and…
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
StormRooms of New Jersey, the only authorized dealer in the state to offer DuPont StormRoom with Kevlar technology, is opening in Freehold. Vincent Cerio, founder and CEO, plans to begin installation of storm shelters in January. Cerio, a former operations leader for a pharmaceutical company, former senior intelligence analyst and paratrooper in the U.S. Army,…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Tomson chosen as mayor again
Gary Alan Wiesner Greg Burchette takes the oath as deputy mayor as son Jared and wife Sella look on. Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli administers the oath. (Photo by Gary Wiesner)
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