Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Alfred R. Nobile

    Mr. Nobile, 82, of Millstone Township, died Feb. 22 at home. Mr. Nobile was plant supervisor for A.G. Ship Maintenance Corp., Newark. He was predeceased by three brothers, Dominick, Mario and Anthony. Surviving are his wife, Marie; two daughters, Debra Nobile and her husband Vincent Catanzaro of Freehold, and Denise Nobile-Schrank and her husband Michael…

  • AnnaMarie Canzoneri

    Mrs. Canzoneri, 96, died Feb. 26, 2008, at The Manor, Freehold Township. Born and raised in Passaic, she had lived in New York and Freehold before moving to Howell in 2007. She was a seamstress for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Long Island City, N.Y., until her retirement in 1981. She was predeceased by…

  • Congress should act to crack down on tobacco companies

    Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 people and costing the nation nearly $100 billion in health-care bills each year. Every day, another 1,000 kids become regular, daily smokers, and one-third of them will die prematurely as a result. Congress has an unprecedented opportunity in…

  • Deadly ingredients may be lurking in medicine cabinet

    Unfortunately, we can now add overthe counter medicines (OTC) to the list of drugs being abused. Easy access to these medicines may lead to a rapid increase in teenage drug abuse. There are dangerous mind-altering chemical ingredients in these over-the-counter medicines which can be purchased without a prescription. Two of the most common ingredients are…

  • Kevin Riley Clawson

    Kevin Clawson, 13, of Freehold Township died Feb. 27 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a seventh-grade student at Eisenhower Middle School. Kevin’s dream was to be a pilot. He is survived by his parents, David and Jane Clawson; two brothers, David of Brooklyn andMichael of Freehold; two sisters, Patricia of Allentown and…

  • Coda

    If it looks like a tax hike, and smells like a hike … GREG BEAN So, it looks like Gov. Jon Corzine has started shooting the cocker spaniel. As longtime readers might remember from the last time I used the term, shooting the cocker spaniel is an old technique used by administrators facing budget cuts…

  • Red State/Blue State

    We watched the television and screamed, ‘He’s back!’ 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: Suddenly, there’s a new spring…

  • Upper Freehold residents urged to protect the Country Code

    Every current Upper Freehold committee member has campaigned on the promise to protect the Upper Freehold Country Code. So I ask, when there is a very willing landowner wanting to preserve land and the money is available, how can any elected committee member or appointed board member do anything but vote to preserve? By preserving…

  • A field house of their own

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer The Upper Freehold Regional School District is considering leasing the Robbinsville Field House off exit 7 on Route 195 for its middle school gym classes. Above: A look at the inside of the 60,000-square-foot facility with a full-scale regulation field of synthetic turf. Below: A look at the single-layer membrane…