Category: Examiner Opinion
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Bill regulating annuities sales people merits attention
Annuities which guarantee buyers regular income after a long-term investment can be useful tools for retirement planning. Unfortunately, the annuities market is also ripe for fraud. For instance,most annuities do not provide any returns for 10 years ormore. They are inappropriate for most people in their 80’s and yet self-described experts advertise them to seniors.…
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A visit to Liberty Science Center is worthwhile for students
The article “Usefulness of class trips questioned” in the Feb. 28 Examiner reported that school board member Laura Dreifus questioned the value of field trips, saying that students coming to Liberty Science Center spent only 45 minutes in exhibition galleries and the majority of their time watching an IMAX film, eating lunch and visiting the…
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Coda
Singing ‘Danny Boy’ will ruin your St. Paddy’s Day GREG BEAN Growing up in a solidly Scots-Irish family meant St. Paddy’s Day was pretty special. We never celebrated Robbie Burns Day on Jan. 25 to honor our Scots side, because that involves haggis if you’re a traditionalist. And let me tell you, no thinking individual…
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Jodi Melnik
Miss Melnik, 41, of Charlotte, N.C., died March 15 at University Hospital, Charlotte, N.C. She lived in Manalapan for over 30 years before moving to Charlotte two years ago. Miss Melnik received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was on a graduate fellowship there. She is…
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Red State/Blue State
Is it time to put the fat cats on a profit diet? DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political 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. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: Twenty-three…
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Dorothy Ficken
Mrs. Ficken, 76, died March 7, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she had lived in Long Island and Leatherhead, England, before settling in the Clarksburg section ofMillstone. Two brothers, Robert and Frank Leppanen; and a sister, Ellen Thorvund, predeceased her. She is survived by her husband, Donald F. Ficken;…
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Arguments against random drug testing are flimsy
Guest Column MIKE GOMBA This letter is written in response to those opposed to the recent decision of the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education to formulate a policy to conduct random drug testing inAllentownHigh School.As a senior atAllentown High School, I just have to shake my head as I walk through the…
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Ellisdale is likely site for affordable housing
This is a response to John Nanni’s opinion titled “Upper Freehold residents urged to protect the Country Code.” There is no doubt in my mind that the Upper Freehold Township Committee wants to preserve the Country Code. There is also no doubt in my mind that the Township Committee also wants to address its COAH…
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New school’s wastewater issues down to the wire
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN- It’s time to decide. The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Educationwill have tomake a final decision at itsMarch 19meeting whether to build its own wastewater treatment plant or tap into the Allentown plant to provide wastewater services to the new middle school on Breza Road. The board has been…
