Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Area resident questions why the state is honoring McGreevey

    Ex-Gov. James McGreevey was recently honored with the unveiling of his portrait in a New Jersey Statehouse ceremony. We must remember that McGreevey gave a state homeland security position to his alleged gay lover Golan Cipel, who was totally unqualified for the position. $100,000 is grand larceny in my book, so why do we not…

  • Obituaries

    Andrew Bernard Lundy Andrew Bernard Lundy, 16, of Freehold Township, died Jan. 10, 2007, in Freehold Township. Born in Neptune, he had lived in Howell before moving to Freehold Township. He attended the C. Richard Applegate and Dwight D. Eisenhower schools, both of Freehold Township, and was a junior at Freehold High School, Freehold Borough,…

  • Coda

    Geraldo is still running off at the (big) mouth Greg Bean You know, one of these days someone is going to get fed up with Geraldo Rivera’s threats and beat him like a rented mule. Not that I watch either one of them on television, but there’s apparently quite a feud going between Geraldo and…

  • Roosevelt students caught playing hooky

    Principal Shari Payson says it happens every January BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Roosevelt Public School fifth-grader Luke Vuolle (l-r) and fourth-grader Louis Togna carve clay into the shapes of a leaves for the community mural that will go up in borough hall this year. Roosevelt Public School…

  • AHS students raise over $1,400 for food banks

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – When the Allentown High School golf team announced plans to attend the 2007 Palmetto High School Golf Championships April 5-7 in Myrtle Beach, S.C., it knew that raising the nearly $10,000 needed for the trip would be a challenge. However, the team soon discovered…

  • Kiddie Academy will go up at Cox’s Corner

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer The recent Upper Freehold Planning Board meeting made Pam Maxwell and Kathy Naugle very happy. Their application for a Kiddie Academy day-care center received final approval on Jan. 11, having received preliminary approval in May 2005. The building is expected to be the first in the…

  • Meeting was a ‘well-organized assault’

    As Popeye used to say, “That’s all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more.” I too attended the recent Upper Freehold township meeting and saw the well-organized assault, but wasn’t as shocked as some, as this has been happening for almost six years now. The only difference is this time it went way…

  • Plea for New Jersey citizens to join local volunteer EMS squads

    The New Jersey State First Aid Council (NJSFAC) opposes bills A3749 and S2302 now before the state Legislature. The 77-year-old nonprofit NJSFAC, which represents more than 20,000 EMS volunteers, believes these bills would decrease funding for first responding basic life support (BLS) units that depend on patient billing to support their operations, and transfer that…

  • What will Upper Freehold look like in the future?

    When it comes to the future of our township, it should be obvious by now that just about everyone in Upper Freehold Township wants the same thing. We spoke at the February 2006 planning board meeting when more than 100 people showed up to protest town/village centers and high density development, and to support White…