Category: Examiner Opinion
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Scandalmongers aren’t interested in the truth
Coda Greg Bean There was a lot of tension between the French and Italians at the recent European Union summit, and last week Italian Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi made a joke. According to Reuters, Burlusconi strolled into the conference room, walked up to seated French President Jacques Chirac and put his hands on the Frenchman’s…
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Obituaries
Barbara Alice McNamara Griffith Mrs. Griffith, 69, of Freehold, died March 25 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in New York City. Before her retirement in 2004, Mrs. Griffith spent 22 years as a media assistant at the West Freehold School, Freehold Township. An active member of the Freehold community since 1973,…
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Letters
Motivation is a desire for small-town life I have lived in Roosevelt for almost 30 years because of its live-and-let-live atmosphere. However, to maintain this environment, many of us have been fiercely anti-development. The goal of maintaining Roosevelt as a small town has led some of us to be strongly opposed to any increase in…
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For the Record
An article that appeared in the March 30 edition of the Examiner titled “Magazine calls Roosevelt No. 1 place to live in N.J.” misidentified Shan Ellentuck as being Roosevelt resident Jeff Ellentuck’s father. Shan is actually Jeff’s mother.
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Letters
Residents must choose: rural or town center I have been extremely pleased reading all of the antidevelopment sentiment in Upper Freehold Township (UFT) in the local papers. It was also encouraging to see 100 UFT residents attended the February Planning Board meeting to protest the town center/village center plan. I couldn’t agree more with all…
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Novellino seeks to be elected to BOE
MILLSTONE – Resident Deborah Novellino seeks election to the Millstone Township Board of Education. Novellino, who resides on Carriage Way, has lived in town for nine years and has two children in the Millstone Township School District. She said the district is currently facing diverse challenges. Novellino said she would like to see the new…
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Coyote was just taking a nice walk in the park
Coda Greg Bean I was listening to the folks on National Public Radio last Wednesday morning, talking about the poor coyote that authorities were chasing around New York’s Central Park with helicopters, tranquilizer darts and the like, and I wondered why they just didn’t let the critter be. There’s no telling how the misguided animal…
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AHS prepares to tackle student substance abuse
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN – The high school will attempt to curb substance abuse among its students. Allentown High School Vice Principal Brian Myslinski gave a presentation to the Board of Education earlier this month about proposed policies and procedures relating to substance abuse. Last year, AHS had to…
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U.F. schools want better marks on next report card
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – The school district will undergo some changes due to declining test scores, according to Curriculum Director Maybeth Conway. Earlier this month, Conway presented an overview to the Board of Education of the Upper Freehold Regional School District’s “current efforts” and “future direction.” The…
