Tag: Plumsted
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Food drive continues through July 15
Emley’s Hill United Methodist Church of Cream Ridge is teaming up with the New Egypt Elks to provide assistance to people in need. Until July 15, both organizations will be collecting non-perishable food items in support of the annual Good Samaritan Food Pantry Food Drive. According to a press release, with school out for the…
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Law enforcement agencies will increase patrols on Route 528
Law enforcement agencies will step up their patrols along Ocean County Route 528 for the remainder of June in an attempt to curb the number of motor vehicle accidents that have been occurring on the major thoroughfare. On June 16, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced details of the Summer 2016 Safety/Enforcement Initiative, which aims to…
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Democrats may join Plumsted committee race
By Andrew Martins Staff Writer PLUMSTED – The field of candidates running for two three-year terms on the Township Committee may include Democrats on Nov. 8. In April, when nominating petitions for municipal office candidates were due, incumbent Republican committeemen Herbert Marinari and Vincent Lotito were the only Plumsted residents who filed to run for…
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Bomb threat forces students out of school
PLUMSTED – Students and faculty members at New Egypt High School were moved to the nearby New Egypt Middle School for almost two hours on a recent morning after a bomb threat was reported by an administrator. According to Plumsted Township School District Interim Superintendent of Schools Stephanie Bilenker, who addressed the incident in a letter…
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Pupils donate coins for a payoff of pies to school staff
By Andrew Martins Staff Writer PLUMSTED – The excitement of watching administrators and teachers take a pie to the face brought dozens of pupils at the New Egypt Middle School to a frenzy as the youngsters celebrated the way they exceeded a fundraising goal in the fight against cancer. The pupils’ excitement, which reverberated through the…
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Plumsted Board of Education adopts $25.2 million budget
By Andrew Martins Staff Writer PLUMSTED – A pair of unexpected repairs in the Plumsted Township School District increased the 2016-17 school budget by more than $500,000 prior to its final adoption by the Board of Education. Administrators said the additional expenditure will not increase the amount the amount of taxes the board had already…
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Garbage collection fee to increase
By Andrew Martins Staff Writer PLUMSTED – The quarterly cost of garbage collection services in Plumsted will be going up. Plumsted Municipal Utilities Authority Executive Director Peter Ylvisaker said the move to raise the quarterly bill from $74 to $80 came as the result of the authority’s contract with Waste Management. “We are starting to…
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Trio sentenced to state prison for drug trafficking crimes
Three of the five men indicted last year in connection with a statewide methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking ring will serve multi-year sentences in state prison. According to New Jersey Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy, Plumsted Township residents Guadalupe Madrigal-Mejia, 36, Juan Mendez, 48, and Antonio Esqueda, 34, were sentenced on April 15. The men were apprehended during…
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New Egypt farm affords guests a chance to meet llamas
By Christine Barcia Staff Writer PLUMSTED – Faced with an empty nest, Bev Vienckowski knew what she wanted to do next in life. “I wanted to live a green and more sustainable life,” she said. Vienckowski found that life on a 3.5-acre farmette in New Egypt. She and her husband, Ed, bought the farm in…
