Category: Examiner Opinion
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Coda
‘Concerned Citizen’ is still busy writing letters Greg Bean I’ve been getting a lot of letters from Concerned Citizen lately, and I wish he or she would just stop writing and save themselves the postage. In the nearly three decades I’ve been in journalism, Concerned Citizen has written me dozens, maybe hundreds of letters. And…
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Former member questions board’s underlying politics
I can’t answer the following questions without considering the underlying politics. 1) Why is the board rushing us to a referendum in April instead of later in the year? The architect indicated that a September referendum would not impact the fall 2010 opening. 2) Why is the board asking us to ignore the economics of…
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Moving new middle school would cost $13.2M more
Regional Board of Ed. schedules a newreferendum on April 17 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold Township and Allentown voters will decide the fate of the new middle school project in an upcoming election. Following the Board of Education’s Feb. 7 meeting, the board voted 6-3 after midnight to adopt…
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‘Good intentions’ based upon political motivation
The Upper Freehold community needs to understand the political intentions of the members of the Board of Education (BOE). As we can all agree, BOE members who volunteer their time have good intentions, but their intentions are based upon political motivation. I write this article after attending last week’s BOE meeting. The purpose of the…
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Coda
In Trenton, the lunatics are running the asylum Greg Bean I think I can finally render a professional diagnosis: All the legislators in Trenton are clinically insane. There’s a quote variously attributed to Albert Einstein, Rudyard Kipling and Rita Mae Brown that says, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting…
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Locals vocal about new middle school referendum
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Upper Freehold UPPER FREEHOLD – Several residents commented on whether or not they would support the April 17 referendum to spend an additional $13.2 million to put the new middle school on Breza Road. John Nanni, a resident of the Four Seasons active-adult community, which is…
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On Campus
Eric Smith, of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, was recently named to the dean’s list of the University of Vermont School of Business Administration. Eric graduated from Allentown High School, class of 2004 and served as class president for three years. He is pursuing a business degree and is looking for a career…
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Coffey: Strong on planning in Upper Freehold Twp.
A few weeks ago there was an editorial that was generally critical of the new appointments to the Upper Freehold Planning Board. Though she was not mentioned by name, I felt compelled to voice my support of one new member – Jennifer Coffey – who is no “hack” and certainly nobody’s “pawn.” Quite the opposite,…
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Without tax reform, Smart Growth is dumb
In Washington Township, we’ve been on the front lines of Smart Growth for more than a decade with our award-winning Town Center, where the first residents arrived in fall 2001. Ours was the first “center” planned from scratch. We’re also in the midst of a property tax crisis that will only get worse when revaluation…
