Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Democrats want Monmouth County spending cut

    Freeholder Director Lillian Burry and the Republican majority are not being truthful to the taxpayers of Monmouth County. They want us to believe that they are the fiscal heroes when it comes to this year’s budget. As we know now, after the final presentation of the budget, the reality of this year’s budget is that…

  • Sebastiano P. “Benny” Graceffo

    Mr. Graceffo, 88, a resident of Freehold for 48 years, died March 27, 2008, at home after a long illness. He was employed by Howell Trucking, Secaucus, for 30 years, and the U.S. Post Office in Freehold for 10 years. Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Catherine Chiarello Graceffo; two sons and a daughter-in-law,…

  • Baseball games offer an affordable, family-friendly day out

    With the weather getting warmer, I urge all readers to join me at some Lakewood BlueClaws games. As someone who has been to many minor league parks throughout the state and beyond, I can state that Lakewood stands out among the rest, based on the customer service they provide and the game-day atmosphere at FirstEnergy…

  • Coda

    This windmill tilter wants to recall Gov. Jon Corzine GREG BEAN Windmill tilters have always been among my favorite people, and I write about them every time I get the chance. One ofmy favorite columns was written in 2006 about a sterling specimen of the breed named Maryann Cottrell, a Glassboro, N.J., woman many local…

  • Trash is clogging Millstone Township’s precious waterways

    Greetings. Winter has left us. Spring has arrived. And it sure is a fine time to get outside. While you’re out frolicking in the sun, you might take a gander at the streams around Millstone Township. See how trash is clogging our precious waterways and cluttering on stream banks, poised to enter the water during…

  • Free-roaming cats pose serious risk, should be permanently removed from the environment

    The issue of stray cats has come to the forefront in Upper Freehold. Municipal code (5-5.2) states that no one owning, keeping or harboring an animal shall permit the animal to run at large. In essence, cats that are fed or sheltered or provided some type of care cannot freely roam off the property of…

  • MTWO’s annual fundraiser was ‘egg’cellent

    The Millstone Township Women’s Organization would like to thank the many family, friends and community members for the sold-out attendance, generosity and continued support at the sixth annual pancake breakfast and egg- hunt fundraiser. We are grateful to all for supporting us in our efforts to give back to the community and for making this…

  • Red State/Blue State

    The tragedy is that Eliot could have bought a boat DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Apolitical discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. Dear Greg: Hey, that Eliot Spitzer Blue State Gov. (ret.) sure got…

  • R esidents urged to vote in school board election

    Guest Column KEVIN E. CIAK One of the most exciting developments to come fromthis year’s presidential primaries has been the level of voter turnout. According to an analysis conducted by American University’s Center for the Study of theAmerican Electorate, voters turned out in record numbers in about half of the states that conducted early presidential…