Category: Examiner Opinion
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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…
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When letter writing was a genteel, reasoned art
Greg Bean Coda When I was a young political reporter out West, I drew the unrestrained ire of a perennial candidate for governor named Al Hamburg. As it often goes with these things, Al took offense at something I’d written about him (I think it was the article about a lawsuit he filed against a…
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Obituaries
John S. Cipo Mr. Cipo, 85, of Millstone Township, died June 29, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Pennsylvania, he had resided in Morgan for 25 years before moving to Millstone Township 27 years ago. Mr. Cipo was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Millstone Township; a member of Veterans…
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Christian academy will expand recreation facility
Neighbor complains about noise level at the school BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The New Jersey United Christian Academy will make alterations to the 10,000-square-foot recreational facility on its Holmes Mill Road property. Michael Balint, attorney for the academy, appeared before the township’s Planning Board at its June…
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New Millstone residents welcomed with rescue of lost dog
We want to give thanks to Ralph Broccoli, of National City Mortgage, and his family for finding our dog, Lucky, who was lost for 10 days in Millstone/Manalapan. The Broccoli family went out of their way to save our dog and we would like to thank them for that. We just moved into Millstone and…
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Board should not discuss landowner equity
Over the past 2.5 years, the Upper Freehold Planning Board has been wrestling with the land use component of the master plan. Many ideas have been floated, not the least of which were hamlets and village centers. I might add that these ideas weren’t the brain children of the Planning Board members themselves, but of…
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Borough will move siren near school
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ROOSEVELT – The borough’s emergency siren will again sound from the center of town. The Borough Council has authorized the relocation of its emergency siren from atop Well No. 3, located near Eleanor Lane and North Valley Drive, to a 100-foot pole in the wooded area…
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Can smarter planning save our open space?
A special fund set up in the 1990s to buy open space in New Jersey is expected to run out of money in July. Media attention has focused almost exclusively on how to raise the money to replenish the fund. But what’s missing from the conversation is how changes to land-use plans and zoning could…
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Career firefighter seeks peace of mind for family, neighbors
It’s no wonder we will never see any progression forward in our community when it comes to emergency services. I have never been so embarrassed in my life to think that I am being ridiculed for asking to have our firefighters/emergency medical technicians (EMTs) supplement the first aid squad. I hope all of our volunteers…
