Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Rooseveltian deems recent cover story ironic

    After reading the most recent cover story, “A Community That Plays Together Stays Together,” I would just like to say, “Congratulations, Roosevelt.” With features such as this, you have reaffirmed your blatant hypocrisy and are thrilled to death about it. It’s ironic, isn’t it? While you celebrate one man’s devotion to fighting the injustices created…

  • Give Back Foundation thankful for donation

    The Board of Directors of the Give Back Foundation would like to thank Bill Morris and Bruce Novozinsky for their generous $1,000 donation. This donation will play a large part with the Give Back Foundation and will help some families with life altering circumstances. Donations such as this one from civic minded people and organizations…

  • UFRSD to consider Breza Road site for new school

    Board approves soil testing not to exceed $4,000 on property BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education will think about using the Breza Road property being considered for warehouse development as a possible site for its new middle school. At an emergency meeting on…

  • Allentown resident says a new school referendum is needed

    I understand all the concern for the overcrowded situation at the current elementary/middle school in Upper Freehold. We desperately need a new middle school. That is why the former school board leadership originally rushed the referendum through the electoral process. Unfortunately, it is obvious that mistakes were made in their haste to provide a much…

  • School district plans for $475K in interest savings

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Upper Freehold Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution at its Sept. 6 meeting to refund portions of its 2002 and 2005 bonds and discussed possible uses of the interest income. In December 2002, the board issued $13.7 million in tax-exempt school bonds,…

  • U.F. Elementary/Middle School principal resigns

    Peluso cites new school delay, overcrowding as reasons for leaving BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – On the day before school started, Upper Freehold Elementary/ Middle School Principal Miriam Peluso submitted her resignation. In an interview, Peluso cited the ongoing delay of the proposed middle school as one of the…

  • Public debate refusal was not a smart move

    The campaign for the two Millstone Township Committee seats that will be up for grabs in the Nov. 7 election is already shaping up like an old-fashioned cartoon. In this episode, John Pfefferkorn, a Republican who is running this year as an independent, and Democrat William Nurko are running away from the GOP with yellow…

  • For the Record

    Due to a misinterpretation, an article titled “Hogan to oversee $7M equine hospital in N.Y.” in the Sept. 7 Examiner stated that Dr. Patricia Hogan operated on Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro. Hogan, however, did not actually operate on the horse. She was merely using Barbaro’s surgery – which was performed by another surgeon – as…

  • Coda

    Counting the days until the Merla Show premiere Greg Bean If you’re marking off the days on your calendar as we are, you know it’s now less than a month before Keyport Mayor and all-around wacky guy John Merla is scheduled to go on trial for corruption. The ever-optimistic mayor was caught up in the…