Category: Examiner Opinion
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Obituaries
Harold G. “Jake” Gunther Sr. Mr. Gunther, 93, of Colts Neck, died Feb. 6 at home. He was born in Rockaway Beach, N.Y., and moved to Colts Neck in 1925. Mr. Gunther was a farmer at the family farm in Colts Neck from 1925 until 1932. He then was employed at Laird Co., Scobeyville section…
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Millstone Mathletes compete
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Millstone Township School District’s Math Team, consisting of (l-r) Andres Recalde, Louis Parker, Rustin Cashell, Jeff Legaspi, Danielle Galipo and Brittany Reynoso, celebrates after the MathCounts competition on Feb. 11. MILLSTONE — A little competition made learning math a lot of fun at the Millstone Township…
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Millstone children learn the value of recycling
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Myra Neugeboren, of Ann Arbor, Mich., and her amazing puppets visited Kids Workshop in Millstone on Jan. 26 to teach children about recycling MILLSTONE — All the litter strewn about in the Land of Oz made it anything but wonderful. Students at Kids Workshop, a child-care…
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Letters
Residents urged to attend U.F. board meeting A hundred years ago, the village of Imlaystown consisted of a handful of residences, a hotel, the mill and a general store. The Imlaystown of today is much the same, with a handful of residents, the Happy Apple Inn, and not too much else in our “town center.”…
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Schools get an F in teaching literacy
Coda Greg Bean The newspaper business is facing the biggest challenge in its entire history, as publications across the country struggle to find ways to appeal to the next generations of readers. But for all our collective soul-searching in the industry — for all our attempts to make our publications more attractive, more colorful, more…
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Board member corrects a couple of details
I have two small factual corrections to make: In her Jan. 19 interview with me, Jennifer Kohlhepp writes that I thought that “racing horses” are a good agricultural use. Since the interview was over the telephone, she might easily have misunderstood that I really said that “raising” horses is a good agricultural use. In the…
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Former councilwoman responds to recent stories
There are several errors in recent stories. Two of them are with regard to my tenure as a councilwoman. Jane Meggitt reported that I served one year on the Borough Council, when I served a full three-year term. In a subsequent article, Councilman Michael Hamilton implied that I left the council because I knew that…
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In Warehouseville, the hits just keep on coming
Greg Bean Coda Will someone please stop the madness? Can it even be stopped?As if we needed any more depressing news during a dreary January, we got it last week in the North/South Brunswick Sentinel, in a story that said South Brunswick planners are considering a proposal to build yet another huge, ugly warehouse in…
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Animal control officer says thanks to Rick’s for feed
I would like to thank Rick’s Saddle Shop for its generous donations of feed. We deal with every type of animal you can imagine, from swans to thoroughbred horses, stray or abused. Rick’s donation allows these animals to be made whole (emotionally) and healthy (fat) so that loving homes can be found for them. The…
