Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Kinsey is a proven leader for Millstone

    Ameasure of a good leader is his ability to do not what is easy, but what is right. In Millstone, we are fortunate to have this type of leadership. I have personally come to know Bob Kinsey as someone who is fair and willing to listen to all sides of an issue and then act…

  • Eerie contact lenses could harm youths’ eyes

    I’m writing to spread the word about a Halloween health danger most often affecting teens. Partygoers and trick-ortreaters looking to enhance their costumes sometimes wear nonprescriptive cosmetic contact lenses with odd designs or funky colors. These lenses are sold illegally in many states in hair and nail salons, and by street, mall and flea market…

  • Will the last person in N.J. turn out the lights?

    GREG BEAN Coda There was an interesting poll released last week that found 49 percent of the people in New Jersey would like to leave the state and move someplace where they can afford to live. The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey pollsters said that of those who responded, 51 percent are serious enough to make…

  • Coffey pulls out of race in support of Fleischacker and Moslowski

    Ibelieve that this November’s election will be one of the closest races we’ve seen in Upper Freehold in recent years. I also believe that its outcome will determine whether we will maintain our rural community or we will encourage our farmers to grow more housing and commercial development instead of crops, livestock, and horses. It…

  • Deputy mayor deserves a second term in office

    Three years ago Millstone residents elected Republican Bob Kinsey to the Township Committee. As one of the many residents who encouraged Bob to run for his first term, I would like to congratulate him on his many accomplishments and thank him for his dedication. I look forward to Bob Kinsey’s election to his second term…

  • Residents helped ensure fitting bridge design

    Several years ago, the New Jersey Historic Sites Council made an error regarding the new bridge design in Allentown. When Monmouth County presented a fairly appropriate new bridge design to the council, to our surprise and chagrin, the council made Monmouth County redesign the bridge in the style of a utilitarian, all-concrete art deco design.…

  • Former Republican will vote Democrat this time around

    One of my all-time favorite advertising slogans is “An educated consumer is our best customer.” Wouldn’t we all want to go out and select the best car at the best price, or the best house in the best market, or the best stock? So, wouldn’t it be grand if everyone took the same “best” path…

  • There’s no substitute for experience on the road

    GREG BEAN Coda Last week, there was yet another story in one of our newspapers about a teenager killed in a horrific auto accident. This time the accident happened in East Brunswick near the Brunswick Square Mall. Dead was 16-year-old Dana Centanni of Middletown. Badly injured was 16-yearold Lindsay Capatasto, also of Middletown. As of…

  • Surviving cyclist offers sage advice to drivers, pedestrians

    My name is Jim Balogh. I was born in South River and I have lived in various New Jersey shore communities in the years following my graduation. Then, after I began my part-time night and weekend job as a DJ, I started to work nights at a slew of Jersey Shore clubs (the Bulkhead, Big…