Category: Examiner Opinion
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Students to REACH for better school atmosphere
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Middle school students will take part in a new character-education program next year. Middle School Principal Michelle Vella spoke about REACH – which stands for Respect, Environment, Attitude, Courtesy and Honesty – at the June 11 Board of Education meeting. According to its mission…
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Farm bill doesn’t make economic sense
Mr. [Richard] Niewenhuis [New Jersey Farm Bureau president] is correct about one thing. The farm bill before Congress has lots to do with you. The farm bill will cost you, the taxpayer, $211 billion, have negative environmental consequences, is extremely harmful to our international relations, and will end up hurting the small family farm. The…
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School’s new arts center needs financial backing
Costs to include paying for performers, ticket machine BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The $3.1 million, 1,200-seat auditorium being built in the new middle school should open in September. Members of the Millstone Performing Arts Center (MPAC) Council gave a presentation about the new facility at the Board of…
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Special Web presentation on eminent domain a first
Greg Bean Coda My only real complaint is that on video, I look exactly like a bobble-head doll. If you take a look, I’m sure you’ll agree with my assessment, and also agree that as a newscaster, I’m not quite ready for prime time. For the past few weeks, we’ve been working at the newspapers…
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Photo
PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff Colbie Kennedy, 8, (top photo) watches as Brittany Reynoso prepares to graduate during Millstone Township Middle School’s eighth-grade commencement ceremony held at the Allentown High School on June 12. David DiFrancisco (bottom photo) reflects during the ceremony.
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Empire at a crossroads
Stephen Fleischacker’s empire seems to be crumbling, but what remains to be seen is if it will take the Upper Freehold mayor in the ivory tower down with it. His rhetoric is one thing, but his latest actions are speaking louder than his usual words, words and more words. The question most Upper Freehold residents…
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Obligatory stop more than just a moment of reflection
The shuttle bus stopped at the top of the hill to pick up the color guards and others from military veterans organizations taking part in our nation’s 2007 Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. But before leaving, I had an obligatory stop to make. I had made it one of my goals for my…
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Millstone Township Middle School grads
PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff Adam Levinson (top photo) stands patiently before opening ceremonies with the rest of the graduates during the Millstone Township Middle School commencement ceremony at Allentown High School on June 12. More than 200 eighth-graders (bottom photo) created a sea of black caps.
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Obituaries
Alvina L. Thompson Mrs. Thompson, 96, of South River, died June 6, 2007, at home. Her husband, Charles Thompson, died in 1980. Surviving are a son, Douglas Thompson, and his wife, Carol, of Millstone; a daughter, Eileen Barton, and her husband, Neal, of Sayreville; two brothers, James Thoms of Beachwood and Russell Thoms of Reynoldsburg,…
