Category: Examiner Opinion
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Are We There Yet?
One man’s treasure is another man’s tear gas Lori Clinch While standing in a storage garage and waiting for a locksmith to figure out the combination on an antique safe that my husband had acquired, I couldn’t help wondering about many things. First of all, was my new moisturizer living up to its promise? Were…
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U.F. has one chance to stop warehouses
When developer Robert Heidel withdrew his plan for a mixed-use community near Upper Freehold Township’s border with Allentown along Breza Road, he said, “Sometimes you get what you ask for,” and we fear he may be right. Residents urged Heidel to withdraw his proposal for a planned community with 375 residential units, commercial space and…
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Board, not borough, should be blamed for issues at hand
I would like to comment on Examiner articles pertaining to the proposed middle school site and the Rock/IDI warehouse development plans in Upper Freehold Township. Initially, I thought I was alone in my belief that the “tone” and structure of these articles was somewhat off base, but having spoken with several areas residents, I learned…
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Your Turn
Double districts need to be consolidated Cy Thannikary Guest Column Cy ThannikaryGuest Column New Jersey’s heavy reliance on property tax to fund public education and municipal services is one of the principal reasons why the state’s property tax is high. On average, 55 percent, but in some towns 75 percent, of property taxes goes to…
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Coda
There is a silver lining in housing bubble blip Greg Bean There’s an old philosophical saw that says if a butterfly flaps its wings in Mexico, it can lead to a tidal wave in China. It’s the illustration of the immutable law of cascading consequences. One thing happens, no matter how small, but that thing…
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Coda
South Brunswick pols can always make things worse Greg Bean This morning as I drove down Davidsons Mill Road in South Brunswick, past the new warehouse complex going up like a giant concrete carbuncle on the landscape, I slowed, faced the general direction of town hall and gave Mayor Frank Gambatese and the Town Council…
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Resident doesn’t want a warehouse legacy
In December 2005, members of the Upper Freehold Township Committee signed a “letter of agreement” between our township and the Rockefeller Group. This document fills out the fine details of who will build the 1.8 million square-foot warehouses on Breza Road, who posts bonds, signs off on the plans, plows the streets, services the water…
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Bus may not stop for all students this fall
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – Forty-one local children who attend St. Gregory’s and Our Lady of Sorrows in Robbinsville may have difficulty finding transportation to those schools in September. The bus contractor, Delaware Valley Bus Line Inc., of Trenton, did not renew its contract with the Upper Freehold Regional…
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Are We There Yet?
Once again, I am not the mother of the year Lori Clinch With the new school year rapidly approaching, the sales are everywhere and I’ve noticed that practically every business in town is getting on the bus. Florists have back-to-school sales, lumber yards run return-to-education specials, and I hope that the airlines will soon join…
