Category: Examiner Opinion
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Board may help provide late bus at Notre Dame
Additional busing would cost about $6,700 for 77 days BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Township students who attend Notre Dame High School may get a late bus after all. Following multiple discussions about providing a late bus to Notre Dame, located in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence, for students…
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Conservation foundation says ‘organic’ standard under siege
Stroll down the aisle of your favorite farm stand or supermarket and look for products labeled “organic.” What does it mean? Thanks to a rider recently passed as part of the 2006 Agriculture Appropriations bill, Congress may have made the word meaningless. Almost 50 percent of Americans say they buy organic products “at least occasionally.”…
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Helen H. Zastocki Mrs. Zastocki, 78, of Millstone, died Dec. 3 at Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pompton Plains. Born in Highland Park, she had resided in Millstone for 50 years. She was a graduate of Highland Park High School and a communicant of St. Joseph’s Parish, Hillsborough. Mrs. Zastocki was predeceased by a daughter, Cynthia Mullen,…
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Will of people ignored on deer, bear hunts
The majority (elected by a minority) of freeholders and the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife (elected by nobody) and a DEP commissioner resentful that Gov.-elect Corzine is not going to reappoint him want another deer hunt this year. Most Monmouth County residents do not want a deer hunt and when residents unfamiliar with…
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Residents should use right to recall wisely
After months of petitioning, Roosevelt’s Committee to Recall Mayor Neil Marko received the go-ahead on Nov. 18 to hold a recall election on Feb. 7. The committee only needed Borough Clerk Krystyna Olejnik to verify 150 signatures on its latest petition, but Olejnik validated 210 out of 212. That’s 46 more people than the number…
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OK, it’s hot, but will it stand the test of time?
Greg Bean Coda Greg Bean Coda My old Granny Bean was deeply suspicious of any new technology that hadn’t been around long enough to stand the test of time. According to my father, his was the last family in town to get a radio, because Granny thought they were just a fad, and there was…
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Obituaries
Clara Helen Potenza Mrs. Potenza, 87, of Jackson, died Nov. 19 at Bartley Health Care Nursing & Rehabilitation, Jackson. Born in New York City, she had lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., and then in Freehold before moving to Jackson three years ago. She was a communicant of St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church, Freehold Township. Mrs.…
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Board suspends AHS marching band director
BY JANE MEGGITT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers BY JANE MEGGITT and JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writers ALLENTOWN — The Board of Education voted to suspend the Allentown High School band director for insubordination at its Nov. 16 meeting. The board suspended Peter Mauro, with pay, for three days. The suspension took place on Nov. 18, 21…
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Letters
AHS senior responds to article on drugs This letter is in response to an article published on Nov. 10, titled, “U.F. official claims district losing battle against drugs.” As a senior at Allentown High School (AHS), and as the school board representative elected by the student body, I have seen the effects of the district’s…
