Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Park around battlefield should remain open

    The Battleground Historical Society was organized 39 years ago. One of its many achievements was in saving a 1723 former tavern from destruction in the borough of Englishtown. The importance of saving this tavern was because it was on the pathway that the Continental troops took on their march to fight Gen. Clinton’s British Army.…

  • Green and clean

    Upper Freehold Regional Middle School teacher Patti Wahlgren had her fifthgraders and their second-grade buddies celebrate Earth Day by picking up litter at Pete Sensi Park in Allentown on April 22. Top photo: Fifth-grader Emily Smith looks over an area of the park to cleanup. Bottom: Fifth- grader Courtney Stover tidies up around a tree.…

  • Millstone resident urges public to engage in school issues

    It was a nice surprise to find out that a handful of residents thought well enough of me to consider me as a writein on April 15 during the election for the Board of Education. To them, a sincere thank you. As to the bigger problems that persist in our school district, I truly believe…

  • Vada J. Smith

    Mrs. Smith, 73, of the Morganville section ofMarlboro, diedApril 17, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She had previously lived in Spotswood, where she was an assembly line worker for Grief Brothers until retiring in 1976. Mrs. Smith was predeceased by her sisters, Patricia Kraley and Mildred Welsh. She is survived by two sons,…

  • Mary Catherine Tomasuolo

    Mrs. Tomasuolo, 86, of Monroe, died April 15, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Andrew, died in 2004. Surviving are two sons, Enrico of Jackson and Andrew of Staten Island, N.Y.; three daughters and sons-in-law, Carin and Richard Guarasci of Staten Island, Nancy and Paul Camapanaro of Monroe and Marie…

  • Celia Lopatin Berman

    Mrs. Berman, 92, of Downington, Pa., died April 26, in Norristown, Pa. Born in Freehold, she had lived in the Villages, Howell, before moving to Pennsylvania four years ago. Mrs. Berman was predeceased by her husband, Oscar, in 1995, and a brother, Nathan, earlier this year. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Susan…

  • Hospital auxiliary thanks the community for support

    On behalf of the Millstone Township Hospital Auxiliary, I want to take this opportunity to thank the community for their continued support of our organization throughout our 43 years of existence. Through your generosity during 2007, we were able to present a check to CentraState Medical Center in the amount of $12,211.98. Some of our…

  • County disregards public in approving hunt

    The Monmouth County Park System and the Board of Recreation Commissioners are once again disregarding public opinion on the deer hunt in our county parks. Most Monmouth County residents oppose allowing hunting in our county parks. Some parks will be closed to everyone except hunters, and park rangers will stand at the park entrances and…

  • Photos

    Roosevelt Public School students celebrated Earth Day and Arbor Day on April 24. Top photo: Ashley Quezada, 9, waters flowers near the school’s sign. Bottom photo: Sage Duchai (l-r), Victoria Pizzarelli and Caitlin Powers prepare holes for more flowers near the sidewalk. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff