Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Make positive choices to prevent child abuse

    Spring is a time of optimism and renewal. As we observe Child Abuse Prevention Month during the month of April, Prevent Child Abuse- New Jersey encourages everyone to make positive choices that affect the way we raise our children and support our families. Dramatic changes in social, cultural and demographic trends have occurred over the…

  • Preserving rural Millstone and the families within it

    I have been saddened to read in the past several months the articles and letters about and from numerous longtime residents of Millstone who are making the tough decision to leave. It must be a gut-wrenching experience. When I moved to the area from Perth Amboy 25 years ago, I was really taken by the…

  • Student looks forward to a summer in Japan

    15-year-old needs to raise $4K for exchange program BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP John Voorhees, 15, of Upper Freehold, leafs through his “manga,” Japanese comic book, collection. He is planning a trip to Japan this summer. ALLENTOWN – A lifelong dream will come true this summer for 15-year-old John…

  • Greg Bean

    Coda Pension fund fiasco is Enron on the Delaware For a while, it looked like Monmouth and Middlesex counties were developing a monopoly on political corruption and sleight of hand. In Monmouth County, there were so many bribes being paid to politicians at local bars and restaurants the bad guys had to buy brown paper…

  • Bush understands his job is not a popularity contest

    The continuing character assassination aimed at the president of the United States, George W. Bush, by Democrats, especially, and, shamefully, by some Republicans is enough to make you just want to watch “American Idol” all day. Fortunately, President Bush understands that his job is not a popularity contest. Nor does he need a Howard Stern-like…

  • Debate emerges over who should pay for project flaws

    Board of Ed.’s professionals may be held accountable BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Should Upper Freehold Regional School District taxpayers be solely responsible for the cost overruns of the proposed middle school project? The topic of who should take responsibility for the $10.7 million additional funds needed to…

  • Referendum fate lies with informed voters

    The Upper Freehold Regional School District has done its due diligence in getting as much information as it possibly could to voters prior to the election about its proposed $13.2 million referendum to complete the middle school project. We were skeptical at first, accusing the Board of Education of rushing to a referendum without critical…

  • Many will take from the public trough at some point

    Voting yes on the referendum to build a middle school at Breza Road/Route 524 for an additional $13.2 million will certainly raise our taxes. However, if we vote it down, we must still go out to referendum for the current shortfall of $10.7 million on the Ellisdale site. State law does not allow the school…