Category: Examiner Opinion
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Millstone commuter applauds Beck’s work on Academy bus issue
As a commuter who has suffered the torture of riding Academy buses from Route 9 to Wall Street for the past seven years, I applaud Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck for taking the lead on finding a solution to this very difficult problem. I attended the assemblywoman’s public forum, held at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in…
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Adoptees should have access to their personal information
Monmouth University Polling Institute recently released statistics on New Jerseyans’ affections for our own state’s restaurants, discovering that 69 percent of residents feel New Jersey restaurants are as good as or better than those in New York. In April 2006, the institute surveyed New Jersey citizen opinions on the right of adopted persons to receive…
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Americans share history of immigration and hope
Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda It’s tough to know the exact details, because family legend sometimes takes on certain fictional properties. In other words, the family members (at least in my family) passing the legend along don’t always let facts get in the way of a good story. That said, here – according to family…
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Ticketed driver on a mission to educate the public
Kathy Chang’s January 2007 article on the basic laws of the state of New Jersey is priceless. Very few people are aware that technically you can’t have anything hanging from your rearview mirror. Nothing. I just got nailed for $107 total in Towanda, Pa., and am on an education mission using signs and handouts. In…
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Booster club seeks volunteers for annual Witches Hollow Run
The Millstone Township Booster Club is looking for volunteers to assist in the planning and organizing of the fifth annual Witches Hollow Run, a 5K and one-mile fun run, being held on Sunday, Oct. 28. The event is the booster club’s primary fundraiser for Millstone Township student athletics. In the recent past, it has helped…
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Give ATV users their ticket to ride
The demand for an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) facility in the area is here, and the time for Millstone to seriously consider creating one is now. There are more than 250,000 ATVs in New Jersey and almost no place in the state where it is legal to ride these and other off-road vehicles (ORVs). It’s illegal…
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Millstone parent encourages support of local bus drivers
It is a shame that this town is fighting over differences of opinion and choices. It does not matter if we send our children to public or private school systems. Regardless if we used to live in the North or the South or in different parts of the world, we now live in Millstone and…
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MVC now accepts credit cards at agencies statewide
In 2003, with the passage of the Motor Vehicle Security and Customer Service Act, the N.J. Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) was established, putting an end to the long lines, inadequate customer service and general inefficiency that characterized the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). And with that name change has come a new attitude.…
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Fairgoers enjoyed four days of Monmouth County Fair
On Sunday, July 29, the Monmouth County Fair ended on a wet note when a summer rainstorm forced an early closing on its fifth and final day at the East Freehold Park showgrounds in Freehold Township. Interestingly, while it rained repeatedly in other parts of the county up until then, the fair enjoyed four solid…
