Category: Examiner Opinion
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Millstone Twp. School District reorganizes
Superintendent invites public to community meetings on Oct. 6-7 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer MILLSTONE – Students will come to find familiar faces behind different doors when they return to school this fall. The Millstone Township School District’s administrative team has undergone almost a complete reorganization this summer. As of now,…
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For the Record
An article in the Aug. 10 Examiner titled “Wagner Farm Lane residents say no to utility poles,” which appeared on page 3, mistakenly attributed certain quotes to the wrong individuals. It was Timothy McDonald, not his wife, Eileen, who said, “If both of us said no, [then] who said yes?” and “We want them to…
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U.F. resident condemns latest tax increase
I have lived in the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold for almost 14 years and do not have a problem with paying my fair share. However, when houses that were built in the past five years have their taxes reduced while people who have lived in the town for years have seen their taxes…
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Picture with article did not paint right words
It was very hard for me to read your recent article about a local goat breeder without responding with some personal thoughts about both the article and pictures. I find it disturbing that a connection can not be made to what people see, feel and hear when around an animal and what they put into…
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Coda
Dog Days of Summer, and the time’s a-wastin’ Greg Bean A new survey by Salary.com and America Online finds that the average American worker wastes about 1.86 hours every day, not counting lunch. According to a story about the survey in the Chicago Sun Times last week, that is a minor improvement over last year,…
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Your Turn
Communities United responds to committeemen Keith Becker Guest Column Keith BeckerGuest Column We applaud Upper Freehold Township Committee members for wanting to do something about property taxes. Communities United hopes that the “something” is not the ratable that raises our taxes; rather that it is the ideal that allows our committee members to keep the…
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Breed-specific legislation a bad idea, Lakewood resident says
In most states, the sponsors of breed-specific laws are legislators of districts with high crime rates. The sponsor of our most recent breed-specific law (S.801) is Sen. Sharpe James of the Newark district. Newark is a city of very high crime where an element of the population is notorious for owning pit bulls as a…
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Resident gives alternative to failed strategy
On July 19, I asked the Ocean County Freeholders to acknowledge that with increasing road congestion and overdevelopment, it is time to declare taxpayer acquisition of open space and farmland for millions and millions of tax dollars as a failed strategy, to be replaced by clarification of land-use rights and zoning with an outcome declaring…
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Coda
Eminent domain battle now on national stage Greg Bean Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider and the members of his “Schneider Team” should be so proud – they’ve gone from being villains on a local and regional level to villains of national renown. If you read a daily newspaper, chances are that last Sunday you noticed…
