Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Help is available for Alzheimer’s patients, families

    By the time you are reading this, we will be in the year 2008. I would like to go back a few months and spotlight the works of the Alzheimer’s Association, whose recognition month is November. Their formal mission statement is “to enhance care and support for individuals, their families and caregivers and to eliminate…

  • Red State/Blue State

    It’s my column, and I’ll cry if I want to 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: I’m fighting back…

  • Marie Murdy

    Mrs.Murdy, 81, of Howell, died Jan. 19, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was born in Newark and had lived in Hazlet before moving to Howell more than 40 years ago. Mrs. Murdywas an avid photographerwho also loved gardening. She was predeceased by her husband, John G., on Jan. 3, aswell as…

  • Coda

    Men’s brains aren’t cut out for detailed memory GREG BEAN Whenever my wife and I take a romantic walk down memory lane, remembering our years together as a couple, it always feels a little like tiptoeing through aminefield. One wrong step and BOOM! – you’re blown clean off the river. We’ll be looking into each…

  • School board reconsiders televising its meetings

    Millstone residents may get a chance to watch budget process on TV BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The Board of Education is considering changing its policy with regard to videotaping and broadcasting its meetings. The board currently does not tape or broadcast its meetings. Current board policy allowsmeetings to be taped if the…

  • U.F. and Allentown should resolve fire issues

    Hope Fire Company No. 1 Inc., which serves Allentown and Upper Freehold, is different from all of the other fire companies in the surrounding area. Allentown and Upper Freehold do not have a fire district. There are no elected fire commissioners, and the public has no vote on the fire budget like in Millstone. Hope…

  • Bill Miscoski’s positive impact on community is undeniable

    William E. Miscoski left the Upper Freehold Township Committee last week, but he has certainly left an indelible legacy on our town. During his tenure, he was mayor four times and deputy mayor 10 times, performing well over 50 wedding ceremonies. He was “Meals on Wheels” to many of our residents for over 12 years,…

  • Red State/Blue State

    In Red and Blue states, the times are a changin’ 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: After more than…

  • Coda

    Pundits suffer the Night of a Thousand Deaths GREG BEAN For a political junkie likemyself, there was no better theater than watching the results of the New Hampshire primary election on CNNand the other networks Jan. 8. It’s always fun to watch people who have made such stupendous boobs of themselves attempt to salvage the…