Category: Examiner Opinion
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Schools aim to improve test scores
ALLENTOWN – The Upper Freehold Regional School District has set forth a plan to enhance students’ language and math skills. The district’s Quality Annual Assurance Report (QAAR) school-level plan for the 2006-07 year was unanimously approved at the Sept. 20 Board of Education meeting. According to the New Jersey Department of Education, the QAAR is…
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Coda
Even if we build it, they’ll still come Greg Bean As communities in central New Jersey like Freehold Borough and Lakewood struggle with the thorny problems arising from illegal immigration, about the only solace we can take is that the federal government is doing an even worse job of finding a solution than we are.…
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Your Turn
Council should negotiate reasonable limits for yeshiva Robert J. Clark Guest Column Robert J. ClarkGuest Column The Roosevelt Borough Council has driven, or soon will drive, Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah into the courts to vindicate its constitutional and statutory rights. The recent Planning Board proceedings were just warm ups. Despite at least two good faith overtures…
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Dunster’s recent letter offends local residents
As residents of both Allentown and Upper Freehold we were deeply offended to read Mr. [Ron] Dunster’s unsubstantiated remarks in his letter about two women who have selflessly given themselves to the Upper Freehold Regional School District. Both Ms. [Jeanette] Bressi and Ms. [Kathryn] Wolden have dedicated endless hours in researching all aspects of what…
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Families thankful for extended support
This note is intended to be an open and heartfelt “thank you” to everyone who provided support, prayers and condolences during the three years of Linda McClure Nehil’s disability and her passing away in August. In Linda’s memory, a scholarship fund has been set up to assist a deserving student pursuing a healthcare education. If…
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Elementary principal has new assistant
Former remedial reading teacher will now earn about $90K per year BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE – There’s a new assistant principal at the helm of the elementary school. Karen Barry, who previously served for one year in the Millstone Township School District as a remedial reading teacher, has taken…
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FFA chapter chartered at Biotechnology H.S.
Agricultural education has grown to encompass a wide range of technological and scientific advances in the fields of agriculture, food and natural resources. To prepare students to enter those fields, agricultural education can now be found in some of the most progressive educational institutions including the new Biotechnology High School, a career academy in the…
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Horse parade organizers offer thanks
When Ron Dunster told us that he would like to see an event honoring the contributions the horse has made to the history of Allentown as part of the 300th anniversary festivities and asked if we could help organize it, we were delighted to oblige. Having lived in this area all of our lives and…
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Upper Freehold Board of Education is shooting itself in both feet
This letter is in response to the report that the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education has voted to pursue the Breza Road property in light of its perceived difficulties with the Ellisdale Road property, which it has a legal contract to purchase. There is a legal, workable plan for remediation of the…
