Category: Examiner Opinion
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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…
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Board of Ed. candidate kits available in Millstone
MILLSTONE – School board candidacy information is now available at the Board of Education office on Schoolhouse Road. The deadline for filing nominating petitions to run for positions on the Millstone Township Board of Education is 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26. The election is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, according to a press release…
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The gods are at play on an island in Allentown
Third performance added after first two nights are sold out BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Ti Moune, played by eighth-grader Lauren Mruk, 13, tries to fight off the ill-fated Papa Ge, played by eighth-grader Johnny Costa, 13, in the Upper Freehold Regional Middle School Drama Club’s performance of…
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Captain reflects on ‘death’ of a volunteer
A volunteer ‘died’ today. It wasn’t sudden, but it’s profoundly sad nonetheless. An old friend who volunteers with his township’s first aid squad told me he was walking away. He wants more time with his wife and children; wants to sleep at night uninterrupted by the beeping convulsions of his 911 pager signaling another call…
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Changing the new school’s location remains an option
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education has yet to decide if it wants to toss the results of the December 2004 referendum. Although the board met into the wee hours of the morning on Jan. 18 following its meeting the night before,…
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Yes, the environmental activists have won in Upper Freehold
Yes, Lenny Yanchar, to answer your question (in the Jan. 18 Examiner), “the activists” have won in Upper Freehold. As one of the unnamed “activists” Mr. Yanchar blames for starting “all the personal attacks” six years ago on pro-development public officials in the township, allow me to voice a different view on the current turmoil…
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Schools could be better with community support
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – Maybeth Conway, assistant superintendent and director of curriculum for the Upper Freehold Regional School District, wants more parents to get involved in the district. Conway presented a program on “Parental Contributions to Curriculum Capacity” at the Jan. 17 Board of Education meeting. Conway urged…
