Category: Examiner Opinion
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Out of the pond and into the sea
Former local school board member starts career with state board BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Kathy Winecoff will no longer serve on the Millstone Township Board of Education, but she has made a career out of doing just that. Earlier this month, Winecoff began her new job working as…
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Coda
We don’t like the smoke, but we do like the money Greg Bean Coda We don’t like the smoke, but we do like the money Greg Bean There’s a word for people who drive around smoking while they have kids in the car, and that word is idiot. If you happen to be driving…
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Millstone Township Board of Education reorganizes
Friedman chosen as president, Deitz as vice president BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The Millstone Township Board of Education elected member Mary Ann Friedman (l) as its president and Holly Deitz as its vice president at its April 23 meeting. MILLSTONE – Mary Ann Friedman will have a lot on her…
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Sign was in the wrong place at wrong time
On Wednesday morning, April 18, the day after the school elections, I had occasion to travel on Route 524 between Allentown and Hamilton. And as a taxpayer and citizen, I was outraged. Why? Because I found a large, multicolor sign, obviously erected several days earlier, announcing “Future entrance – Upper Freehold Middle School,” just past…
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New school project faces slight delay
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – The construction of the new middle school on Baird Road may run a few weeks behind schedule, but the facility still plans to open for school in September. Construction manager Bill Skillman, of Hill International in Marlton, reported to the Board of Education at…
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Snakes, scales and turtle tails intrigue students
Above: Chris Bean, a reptile expert, shows off an alligator to students in the Millstone Township Elementary School on April 23. At right: Bean holds a baby python. MILLSTONE – What kind of baby measures 14 feet long and weighs 120 pounds? After an assembly on “Snakes, Scales and Turtle Tails” April 23, Millstone Township…
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Obituaries
Gladys Falkowitz Mrs. Falkowitz, 90, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died April 17, 2007, at Beth Israel Medical Center, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, she had lived there her entire life. She was a homemaker and an avid mah-jongg player. Mrs. Falkowitz was predeceased by her husband, Charles, in 1995. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Joel and…
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Former Staten Island resident takes offense to recent comment
This letter is in reference to Mr. Salvatore Casale’s letter in the Examiner on April 26, 2007. First, let me start off by saying that I originate from Staten Island, N.Y. I have been a resident of New Jersey for 17 years and of Millstone Township for the past 13 years, and let me tell…
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Women’s Association thankful for support
The members of the Women’s Association of Allentown would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those who contributed to the success of our recent Art Auction held at the Cream Ridge Golf Club. We appreciate the support of the Allentown residents, as well as those in surrounding communities, in helping us to…
