Category: Examiner Opinion
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Fire chief offers thanks for resident’s help
I would like to issue a correction in response to the article, “Fire chief saves car-crash victim,” that was printed in the April 26, 2007, edition of the Examiner. I would like to personally thank a resident [Joseph Toth] for his assistance in the removal of the victim from the vehicle. His assistance was omitted…
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Millstone Wyldlife/Younglife has faith, love and hope for children
When was the last time you spent a beautiful afternoon with a bunch of middle school kids and watched them dance a funny dance, get up and shake it in front of 400-plus people over chicken sandwiches (again), followed by some serious tie-dying of anything you can find, and then find yourself having a serious…
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Millstone students unleash animal kingdom
Student Nick San Nicola, 8, shows his lizard diorama to visitors at the Millstone Township Elementary School Virtual Zoo on May 31. MILLSTONE – The elementary school cafeteria turned into a “Virtual Zoo” on the afternoon of May 31. Unruly, loud and rambunctious students didn’t create that atmosphere, but the kids certainly played a part…
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Obituaries
Peter C. Andersen Mr. Andersen, 53, of Manalapan, died May 31, 2007, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Born in Denver, he had lived in Berkeley Heights, Hamilton Square and Millstone Township before moving to Manalapan two years ago. He received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Lafayette College, Easton,…
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Farm bill will affect everyone who eats
Think the farm bill coming before Congress has nothing to do with you? Think again. As president of the largest general farm organization in New Jersey, it’s my job to represent the interests of farmers. And, of course, the farm bill is important to those who tend the land for their livelihoods. But if you…
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How long can you hold your breath to survive?
What’s your body count? How long can you hold your breath? How long can you go without a heart beat? How long will you let your child bleed? How long are we going to go on suffering with this total debauchery we call Emergency Medical Service (EMS)? Why don’t we start calling it Eventual Medical…
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Millstone Primary School principal starts on July 1
New school’s leader to earn $104,500 per year in position PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT Millstone Township School District Superintendent Mary Anne Donahue welcomes new Millstone Township Primary School Principal Gina Marie Villani to the school district. Villani will begin her new job July 1. MILLSTONE – The Millstone Township Board of…
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Photo
Third-grader Jett Vernaci (left photo) shows his diorama of an anaconda habitat to passers-by while third-grader Jake Lane (right photo) gives a PowerPoint presentation about boa constrictors at the Millstone Township Elementary School Virtual Zoo on May 31.
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Voting may be U.F. residents’ only chance
When it comes to the future of our farmland, we won’t get a second chance. Once the bulldozers come in and the developer “trailers in” his sales and information center, we will never see a field of green there again. Not ever; it’s a given. We will have lost another piece of open space, a…
