Category: Examiner Opinion
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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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Resident asks what Kozel and Berzinski brought to the table?
Bill Miscoski is now leaving public service. Bill Miscoski has had it. A large part of that is constantly trying to stay in front of a personal vendetta led by the [Chris] Berzinski/[Sue] Kozel camp, and it’s about time to call them out on it. Mr. Berzinski has a single cause: to protect the image…
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Coda
Even the old news dogs are learning new tricks Greg Bean My first month in the news business, I fell into the middle of a technical revolution that was making the old news hounds miserable. That month, the publisher (a squinty-eyed fellow with a heart the size of a pea) decided to throw out the…
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American Cancer Society to hold Relay for Life event
If you are a female, your chance of getting it is 38 percent. If you are a male, you have a 45 percent chance of getting it. And the older you get, the higher your odds get to having it. It’s something so close to home that it has most likely impacted a family member,…
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For the Record
An article in the April 19 edition of the Examiner titled “Three vie for two open seats in U.F.” misidentified Stanley Moslowski Jr. as a Democratic candidate. Moslowski is indeed a Republican, who is running on the Republican ticket in the June primary election. No Democrats registered to run in the primary for the two…
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UFRSD voters say yes to budget and referendum
New middle school project moved off Ellisdale Road site BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Voters in the Upper Freehold Regional School District have chosen to move the new middle school project to a 118-acre site off Breza Road. With a final tally of 1,273-738, voters in the April 17 Board of…
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Hogan, Calvitti best Caitano for board seats
Winners anticipate moving middle school project forward BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – A candidate who won in three out of the four township voting districts ultimately did not win a seat on the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education. Kenneth Caitano received a total of 696 votes, while…
