Category: Examiner Opinion
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Jennie Mount
Mrs. Mount, 90, of Freehold, died Nov. 14, 2007, at home. Born in Warwick, N.Y., she had resided in Englishtown before moving to Freehold Township in 1968. She lived in Freehold Township for 35 years and moved to her daughter’s home in the borough four years ago. Mrs. Mount was a communicant of St. Robert…
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Bills would tamper with fish and wildlife council
Legislative bills A-3275 and S-2041 exemplify the worst kind of bad legislation. These bills are designed to destroy the New Jersey Fish and Game Council. The bills would exclude knowledgeable fish and wildlife experts and sportspersons from the council and replace them with political appointees. Such maneuvering would deprive New Jersey citizens of the benefits…
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Johanna Zwarun
Mrs. Zwarun, 100, of Englishtown, died Nov. 13, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Vukovar, Austria, she had resided in Linden and Florida before moving to Englishtown. She was predeceased by her husband, John Zwarun; a daughter, Madeline Montello; and a grandson, John Soden. Surviving are a daughter and son-inlaw, Judith and…
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People should know if diseases are present at shelter
Ihave been a loyal volunteer at the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) for many years. I support them with donations and recommend the shelter to people often. The purpose of this letter is to raise awareness, not to criticize the facility. Recently I had a very unfortunate experience at…
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Progress on new middle school project continues
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Preconstruction work on the new middle school project is expected to continue until midway through 2008. Upper Freehold Regional School District Superintendent of Schools Richard Fitzpatrick provided an update on the middle school project at the Nov. 7 Board of Education meeting. He said the school district continues…
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Coda
Savor those magical and special moments in time GREG BEAN Igave up big-game hunting decades ago when I moved away from the state where I was born, a place where most people filled their freezers for the winter and fed their kids from the bounty of the land. And even though it’s been a long…
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District ties up loose ends of middle school project
Road into school will be paved; storage barn will be built BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – While the township’s new middle school is up and running, there are still some related items that need tweaking and completion. Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue said at the Nov. 12 Board of Education meeting that…
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Low voter turnout is a threat to democracy
The low voter turnout (30 percent) on Nov. 6 is alarming to me. This level of participation represents a threat to democracy. Are the voters so complacent or [do they] feel so hopeless that they do not believe that their vote will make a difference? Their votes would make a more effective difference if voter…
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Red State/Blue State
If you look outside, you might see pigs in flight 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 Greater Media Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: In the…
