Category: Examiner Opinion

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Matt Patterson, 16, of Allentown, competes at the International Power Lifting Association’s 2008 Jersey Power Challenge at Carteret High School on Jan. 20.

  • Democrats in four local towns hold presidential caucus

    Democrats in the western Monmouth County towns of Allentown, Millstone, Roosevelt and Upper Freehold held a presidential caucus on Jan. 26. Modeled on actual political caucuses in Iowa, Nevada, Kansas and New Mexico, although having no bearing on the selection of convention delegates from New Jersey, 30 residents gathered at meeting space at Footlight Farm…

  • Dr. Edward Miller

    Dr. Miller, 88, of Millstone Township, died Nov. 12, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Passaic, he had lived in Millstone Township for the past 40 years and served as chairman of the Millstone Township Planning Board in the 1970s. Dr. Miller earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, Ithaca,…

  • Herbert Melvin Johnson

    Mr. Johnson, 80, of Roosevelt, died Jan. 26 at St. Francis Hospital, Trenton. Born in Tarrytown, N.Y., he lived in Roosevelt for the past 24 years and was actively involved in his community. Mr. Johnson graduated from City College of New York in 1950. He had been a YMCA Director, a union carpenter, and a…

  • Inaction a direct threat to horse industry, more

    The horse-racing industry in New Jersey is in jeopardy and cannot continue to be among the leaders in the nation or in fact survive without significant funding for racetrack purses and breeding programs. Gov. Jon Corzine had promised as early as last summer and throughout the fall to help the horse industry with its fiscal…

  • Coda

    Toll hikes the last trick of a very desperate man GREG BEAN To understand just how confused many New Jersey residents are over Gov. Jon Corzine’s plan to dramatically increase the fees on the New Jersey Turnpike and other toll roads, take a look at the man on the street interviews in the Jan. 24…

  • Red State/Blue State

    Is Rudy’s campaign like three-day-old tuna fish? 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 Dave: I know this might upset your…

  • Kiddie Academy opens at U.F.’s Cox’s Corner

    School offers programs for children 6 weeks to 5 years old BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer A new Kiddie Academy, which provides schooling programs for children up to 5 years old, has opened off I-195’s Exit 11 in Upper Freehold. UPPER FREEHOLD – The opening of the new Kiddie Academy at Cox’s Corner has been…

  • Mental health parity needed in New Jersey

    Iwanted to take this time to ask everyone to support a bill that is so important to the citizens of New Jersey. Assembly bill A-2512 is a cost-saving measure and is good for the fiscal health of the state budget and the state economy. It would reduce current costs by shifting from the private sector…