Category: Examiner Opinion
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Close call puts new spin on calls
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch Ever since a burglar attempted to break into our humble abode a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been downright jumpy. Take the other day, for instance. I was in the midst of paperwork and on my fourth cup of coffee, when the phone rang. I looked at the caller…
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County schools introduced to new anti-drug initiative
Superintendent says Millstone schools may implement program BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Terry, a presenter in the “Reach for Your Dreams” program, listens to others speak about the importance of the program at the Monmouth County Police Academy in Freehold Township on Friday. County officials unveiled a new…
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Letters
Official should have been allowed to speak It was recently brought to my attention that Committee-man [Stephen] Alexander was denied the courtesy to speak at the end of the committee comment period of a regular scheduled meeting of the Upper Freehold Township Committee. I was surprised to hear this had happened, and over the years…
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Small acts of kindness can make a difference
Coda Greg Bean There was a moving letter to the editor in last week’s edition of one of our newspapers, the Suburban, from a woman named Rosemary Mulvanerton, who wanted to thank the staff of a local Wendy’s restaurant for making her husband a cheeseburger. It seems Ms. Mulvanerton’s husband had been in the hospital…
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Cap’n Tightwad puts a lid on family spending
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch Sometimes I think my beloved spouse would have fared better if he’d chosen to live out a meager existence as a lonely old miser. He could have spent his golden years staring at his stacks of coins and rooms full of money. When the harsh winter winds blew, he…
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Letters
Circle of life connects people and animals In the Broadway musical “Lion King,” actors assume animal personas to remind us that all living things are part of the “Circle of Life.” What a wonderful message to reflect upon following a troubled and turbulent year of natural and human-made disasters. We are inextricably connected to each…
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Obituaries
Marti A. Cina Mrs. Cina, 51, of Morganville, died Dec. 31 at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she had lived in Manalapan for 20 years before moving to Morganville two years ago. Mrs. Cina was a teacher at Chesterbrook Academy, Manalapan, for the past eight years. She was a communicant of St. Thomas More Roman…
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A somber toast for the coming year
Coda Greg Bean When the United States entered World War II in 1941, my maternal grandfather — who was born in a homesteader’s sod hut in 1907 — was 34 years old. He had grown up a cowboy, ridden rodeo as a young man and taught in a one-room schoolhouse before he married my grandmother,…
