Category: Examiner Opinion

  • These days many soldiers just want the war to end

    Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda As I write this today, my middle son is completing training at Fort Dix in preparation for deployment to Iraq next month. This will be his second tour of duty in that country. He joined the Army on Sept. 5, 2001, six days before terrorists attacked the World Trade Center…

  • A call for a return to the ‘great outdoors’

    With the release of the “next generation” of video game consoles, much has been made about who the losers will be: will the high price of Sony’s new PlayStation cost it market share? Did Microsoft release its new Xbox too soon? Will Nintendo’s gamble on the innovative Wii pay off by expanding the market for…

  • Kids need protection with actions, not words

    At the June 18 Upper Freehold Regional School District school board meeting, it was a pleasure to witness the results of the Dr. Christopher Nagy administration action plan to marginalize the risk of the growing problems related to drug abuse and the real-life concern of gang activity on our doorsteps. Through several PowerPoint slides (though…

  • Panter’s bill will not affect donations for food pantries

    I am writing to express my views on the bill sponsored by Assemblyman Michael Panter to restructure the hunter-controlled Fish and Wildlife Council. This bill will not affect donations for food pantries. I personally donate to these pantries and they have always been well stocked with local grocery items, by generous people, long before venison…

  • Millstoner favors change in emergency response services

    Good day, Millstone, I am your neighbor. Like you, I rise each morning and head to work for a long day and listen to the radio along the way. However, different from most, my time is spent monitoring Monmouth County Emergency Fire/Emergency dispatches while I pull into fire headquarters. Until my day ends, I manage…

  • Millstone busing issue may have hidden cost

    After reading the “Millstone school district faces busing dilemma” article in the July 5 Examiner, I attended the Board of Education meeting on Monday, July 9. The new middle school requires different bus routes and now needs more bus drivers. The Board of Education states it can’t find the bus drivers and has quoted bus…

  • Coda

    Youthful folly is fleeting, but the Internet is forever Greg Bean Youthful folly is fleeting, but the Internet is forever Greg Bean   Every now and then, I get a call from someone who has gotten caught doing something illegal and doesn’t want his or her name in the paper. Usually, the caller is a…

  • Obituaries

    Nicholas Anthony Luchento Nicholas Luchento, 17, of Freehold Township, died July 3, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born and raised in Freehold, he completed his junior year at Freehold Township High School this past spring. Nick was employed in the family business, Luchento’s Ristorante, Millstone Township. He was a communicant of St. Robert…

  • Resident urges others to support global-warming bills

    I would like to congratulate New Jersey’s Legislature for passing the Global Warming Response Act, which will help reduce our state’s greenhouse gas emissions. For too long, the federal government has failed to take meaningful action on the global-warming crisis. As a result, it has been left to individual states to address the problem. I…