Category: Examiner Opinion
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Take pride in the new Gay-Straight Alliance
In an ideal society, Allentown High School (AHS) wouldn’t need a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people would all be accepted for who they are, and equality would be their inherent right. Although society is making great strides toward this ideal, we are not there yet. Kudos to AHS students and staff…
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Allentown robotics team receives $10,000 grant
Allentown ALLENTOWN – They’re in the money. The Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation (UFREF) and the Allentown High School robotics team, known as Redbird Robotics, recently received a $10,000 grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb in North Brunswick. Bristol-Myers Squibb representative Chris Nalbone formally presented the grant to Allentown High School Principal Christopher Nagy and UFREF President…
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Coda
Is the nest ever empty when it’s full of junk? Greg Bean My wife and I are now officially empty nesters, but when the last child left recently to take an out-of-state job, we came to a shocking realization: You can’t have an empty nest when the chicks leave all their junk behind to clutter…
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Both potential middle school sites have issues
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – No matter where the new middle school is located, students probably won’t occupy it until September 2010. That was the conclusion the preconstruction manager for the proposed middle school provided to the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education on Jan. 31. Although the board…
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‘Caring’ is used ad nauseam at school board gatherings
Millions and millions of our tax dollars down the drain due to cost overrun with nary a brick in place on the new Upper Freehold Middle School at the Ellisdale site. The then sitting members of our school board campaigned vigorously and sold the Ellisdale site to the public, while also dividing the community and…
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Compassion, generosity greatly appreciated
On behalf of the staff and volunteers at 180 Turning Lives Around Inc., I extend sincerest thanks for the generous holiday contributions that aided our agency during a very magical time of year. A total of 76 businesses and individuals helped put smiles on the faces of women, men and children throughout Monmouth County. In…
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Rebuking the public sets the wrong tone for local government
Blaming Upper Freehold and Allentown’s middle school delays and cost overruns on unforeseen and unpredicted problems isn’t fooling anyone. The deputy commissioner of the DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) came to our community long before the site was ever chosen and told the school district at that time if it wanted to avoid wastewater permitting…
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School district not sure about asking voters again
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education is still undecided about holding another referendum for the construction of the new middle school. The board was not expected to make a decision regarding a new referendum until Jan. 31 at the earliest, which was a…
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Some oppose plan to move graduation
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Allentown High School’s class of 2007 will buck tradition and hold its commencement ceremony on June 20 at The College of New Jersey Recreation Center in Ewing. Allentown High School (AHS) Principal Christopher Nagy said The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Recreation Center has a seating…
