Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Committeeman responds to comments made at meeting

    At last Thursday’s Upper Freehold Township Committee meeting, I understand that Mr. [William] Miscoski made some comments about me not supporting recreation. If this is true, it is a shame. First let me say that my support for recreation projects is unquestioned. Apparently, he forgets that on June 1, 2006, after 17 hours of service…

  • It’s best to keep mum about most purchases

    Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? A woman learns a lot as she walks the path of life. For instance, I’ve learned that it’s not wise to polish my fingernails before I style my hair. I’ve also learned that while a large glass of water adorned with a wedge of lemon may be quite refreshing,…

  • Family grateful for veterinarian’s kindness

    Cream Ridge is fortunate to have a veterinarian who truly “talks to the animals”! Our family wants to thank Dr. Barbara Eisen and her staff for the kind, compassionate care they gave to our very much loved Irish setter, Iris. Dr. Eisen had never seen us before; nonetheless, she unhesitatingly made room for us in…

  • AHS group first ever to take on Envirothon

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – They may very well be the ones to solve the world’s natural resource problems. Molly Carty, Lauren Theobald, Rachel Goncharko, Daniel Zaffos and Daniel Finn were the first Allentown High School students ever to participate in the annual New Jersey Envirothon, which took place…

  • ‘Choose your candidates wisely,’ resident urges

    As a Millstone resident who has attended many Township Committee meetings over the years, the meeting of June 7 personified how far we have come since the old days of personal gain politics. I encourage all Millstone residents to watch the June 7 meeting on Channel 77. We had a Democrat senator, a Republican assemblywoman…

  • Millstone school district saves athletic program

    Allentown late bus, part-time psychologist also spared from cuts BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP A group of Millstone Township Middle School students show their support for the school district’s athletic program by selling shirts outside of the June 12 Board of Education meeting at the elementary school. MILLSTONE –…

  • Board of Education will not change cleanup plan

    New middle school will not open until 2008 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The Board of Education still plans to remediate contaminated soil at the new middle school site on Ellisdale Road by capping it under dirt and pavement rather than removing it. Robert Smith, interim superintendent of the…

  • Guilty as charged

    In a now infamous meeting at a Freehold restaurant, Raymond O’Grady bragged to a couple of undercover agents that he “could smell a cop from a mile away.” He must have had a cold that day. After a few days of listening to taped conversations like those, a jury returned a guilty verdict against O’Grady…

  • Superintendent’s decision is ‘cynical ploy,’ resident says

    The recent recommendation by the Millstone Township superintendent of schools to eliminate all middle school organized league sports as a way of adjusting to the school budget reduction is a cynical ploy on sensationalism. He is counting on an outcry and an uproar by parents based on his calculation that parents are more interested in…