Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Country Code at stake with zoning changes

    Six years ago, when my wife and I considered purchasing property in Upper Freehold, we found the amount of open space in the township both appealing and troubling. We knew the New Jersey norm for undeveloped land: farms today equal housing developments, strip malls and concrete tomorrow. Upper Freehold, however, seemed to have a deeprooted…

  • Allentown’s Hope Fire Company in dire need of help this season

    Hope Fire Company in Allentown would like to thank the residents of Allentown and Upper Freehold Township for the support given when the new firehouse was constructed. Not only was it a tremendous help to the fire company, but also great service to your community. The fire company has invested $1,199,000 in the fire station.…

  • UFRSD looks to ‘cottages’ and ‘lofts’ for extra space

    District needs two more classrooms BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Upper Freehold Regional School District will need two more classrooms next year to meet the needs of its elementary and middle school student population. Superintendent of Schools Richard Fitzpatrick said at the Dec. 5 Board of Education meeting that he has discussed…

  • Millstone seniors filled with holiday spirit, thanks to Scouts

    The Millstone Senior Citizens Organization held its annual Christmas dinner party on Dec. 1. The Millstone Girl Scouts generously supplied the dinner. For the seniors’ entertainment, the Girl Scouts, under the direction of their leaders, presented a Christmas play titled “When Santa Forgot Christmas.” The girls displayed great talent, well beyond their years. You could…

  • Designate a driver in order to keep holiday season safe

    The holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is one of the deadliest and most dangerous times of the year due to an increase in impaired driving. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 1,201 people across America, just during the month of December 2005, were killed in highway crashes involving…

  • Current property-tax system favors the wealthy

    In a recent conversation with a New Jersey senator, one reason given as to why eliminating the property tax and replacing it with an income tax cannot be done is that it could be construed or actually become class warfare. The concern is that the so-called rich would be unfairly targeted to pay more taxes…

  • Middle school assistant principal position filled

    New hire will receive $90,000 per year and will start work Jan. 1 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A familiar face at the Millstone Township Middle School will have a new job next month. Matthew Howell, who currently serves as a remedial reading teacher in the Millstone Township School District, was unanimously voted…

  • Girl Scout troop grateful for community’s support with project

    Cadette Girl Scout Troop 1561 of Millstone would like to thank the community for their support of our Silver Award project, which addressed domestic violence. First, we would like to thank Karen Gillespie of 180 Turning Lives Around for coming to present “Staying Safe During the Dating Years” to a group of 40 parents and…

  • Coda

    Subpoena for blogger’s identity on national stage GREG BEAN Ed Herschler, the crusty three-term governor of Wyoming during the 1970s and into the mid-’80s, was a Democrat, but clearly the most popular politician in that rabidly Republican state. The reason for his popularity was largely his down-to-earth demeanor (he personally answered the phone on his…