Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Resident disturbed by sad state of youth athletics

    My friends, this letter is being written with a heavy heart, but it must be written and it must be read. I am the father of three young athletes and have seen some amazing things occur over the past several years that make me wonder where we are going as a society. The virus of…

  • Resident not pleased with outcome of soccer struggle

    Isigned up my son for fall soccer early – as the flier requested, to be exact – on May 25. To avoid a conflict with religious education class, I wrote a note on the registration form requesting that my son be placed on a team I knew whose practice days wouldn’t interfere with religious education.…

  • Obituaries

    William “Bill” W. Davison Mr. Davison, 79, of Colts Neck, died Sept. 11, 2007, at home. Born in New Brunswick, he had lived in Jamesburg before moving to Colts Neck in 1977. He was an engineer with the Department of the Army Research and Development in Fort Monmouth. As chief of the Phase II Terminals…

  • Resident grateful for community support

    Iam a 13-year resident of Allentown and have raised four children here. My youngest child, Alex, who is 17, has cerebral palsy and is rather severely disabled. For a number of reasons, I recently purchased a house down Route 539 in Cream Ridge. The house that I purchased was not set up for a handicapped…

  • Millstone Twp. School District sets new goals

    Schools hope to expand communication efforts, programs, technology BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – Township students may soon have online textbooks and new gifted and talented programs. Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue discussed the implementation of these items and other Millstone Township School District goals for 2007-08 at the Sept. 10 Board of…

  • Yeshiva made no effort to fit into community

    When I came to Roosevelt as a child in the 1950s, the town was still primarily a Jewish one, known as an experimental town for its architecture and idealistic views. Garment workers originally came to self-manage the factories, and later artists, writers and musicians followed, looking for a welcoming place to live, work and raise…

  • Group matches those who are willing to donate organs

    The generosity of live organ donors like Harry Warren is remarkable. But we wouldn’t need many live organ donors if Americans weren’t burying or cremating 20,000 transplantable organs every year. There is another good way to put a big dent in the organ shortage. If you don’t agree to donate your organs when you die,…

  • Bills would help reduce deadly effects of radon

    Lung Cancer Circle of Hope (LCCH), New Jersey’s only advocacy group dedicated exclusively to lung cancer issues, applauds state Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-District 12) and Assemblyman Louis D. Greenwald (D-District 6) for recognizing the potentially deadly effects of radon and introducing companion bills, which address the need for comprehensive radon detection and mitigation throughout the…

  • Millstoner disappointed with board president

    For the past six sessions of attending the Board of Education meetings, I cannot [help] but feel disappointed, frustrated and powerless in the attitude and receptiveness (or lack thereof) displayed by the president of the board, Mrs. Mary Ann Friedman. I have been forced to write this piece to be able to depict Mrs. Friedman’s…