Category: Examiner Opinion
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Board member questions school district partnership
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — A Board of Education member believes the school district needs to rethink its high school options. According to Board of Education member Thomas Foley, the state Department of Education (DOE) recognizes the Millstone Township school district as a K-8 district. Hence, Foley said, the…
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For the record
Due to a reporting error, an article titled “Mother explains horror of local OTC drug abuse,” which ran in the Nov. 10 edition of the Examiner, misstated that the drug Coricidin lowers blood pressure. According to Julie Lux, spokesperson for Schering-Plough, the drug’s manufacturer, Coricidin does not lower blood pressure.
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Obituaries
Scott Donald Clowes Mr. Clowes, 32, of Freehold Township, died Nov. 3 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Danbury, Conn., he had lived in Vermont before moving to New Jersey in 1994. Mr. Clowes was an engineer with Agate Construction Co. Inc. for the past year, and over the past 11 years had…
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Parents want late bus for students at Notre Dame
District doesn BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — About 20 parents of Notre Dame High School (NDHS) students went before the Board of Education on Nov. 14 to discuss the possibility of sending a late bus to the Lawrenceville school. NDHS Principal Mary Liz Ivins sent a letter to parents…
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School board considers revamping math program
Parents worry students will lose competitive edge in marketplace BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — Several parents went to the Board of Education on Nov. 17 to find out if the school district will eliminate the eighth-grade algebra class. At last month’s board meeting, Miriam Peluso, elementary and middle school…
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Letters
AHS Lifesavers member angered by story To say that I was angered and hurt by the front-page article in the Nov. 10 Examiner about the “drug problem” in Allentown would be a severe understatement. Allentown is an amazing school, filled with staff who care and students who are normal, fun-loving teens. As an Allentown High…
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There’s more than one way to trap a possum
Coda Greg Bean There’s an old saw that says you have to be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it. I wish I’d remembered those words of wisdom a couple of weeks ago, when I asked readers for advice on how to get rid of the possum that’s been living in…
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Doctor’s office visit confirms vicious cycle
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch ‘I’ll make a deal with you,” I said to my husband as he fired up the barbecue for an outdoor cookout. “You go in for an annual physical, and then I’ll go in for mine.” “I went first last time,” he said without so much as looking up from…
