Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Credit card offers: Pay now and keep on paying

    Coda Greg Bean Greg Bean Coda By today’s standards, my grandmother had some pretty strange ideas about money. For one thing, as a survivor of the stock market crash and bank failures of the Great Depression, she refused to keep her money in a bank during a Republican presidential administration. She blamed the Republicans for…

  • Local campaigns shouldn’t be funded by outsiders

    After sitting through last week’s Township Committee meeting, I felt compelled to write this letter. Several weeks ago, the Examiner published a letter from [John] Van Wyck insinuating that the Republican County Executive Committee (RCEC) was under investigation for campaign violations and some improprieties on part of Township Committee appointments and business practices. This letter…

  • Woman wants officials to pass wildlife law

    As a wildlife rehabilitator, I answer your calls, rescue injured animals, treat and release into safe habitats all recovered “creatures great and small.” I receive no monetary subsidies from the state and charge nothing to the public. I ask only that you help me help animals. Since abandoned young animals are prevalent during the spring,…

  • Officials should answer the call for property tax reform

    The frustration can be heard in the voices of local school board members and administrators who believe state legislators are pulling in the reins — to the detriment of students — on the amount of money they are permitted to spend on education each year. The frustration can most definitely be heard in the voices…

  • Residents urged to vote in April 19 school election

    Millstone residents will have the opportunity to choose three school board members this Tuesday, April 19, as the polls are open from 2 to 9 p.m. Residents currently fund our schools with $.72 cents or 72 percent of every tax dollar collected. With so much of our tax dollars at stake, I can only hope…

  • Women’s group grateful for community support

    The Millstone Township Women’s Organization would like to thank the many families, friends and community members for their attendance and support at their third annual pancake breakfast and egg hunt fund-raiser. A special heartfelt thanks to those who especially made this a successful event: Vinny of Lakeside Deli, Rosa of Rosebuds Florist, Tony of Millstone…

  • Obituaries

    Theresa Kinahan Mrs. Kinahan, of Freehold Township, died March 31 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Ireland, she had lived in Elizabeth and Linden before moving to Freehold Township eight years ago. She was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Freehold, and St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in…

  • Fund-raiser in Millstone will benefit ill toddler

    Kids Workshop, Millstone, is participating in a fund-raiser to assist the little brother of one of its students. Noah Liao attends the enrichment program at Kids Workshop. His 2-year-old brother Jake was born with a disease called epidermylosis bullosa (EB). EB is described by AllCare Medical as a genetic disease characterized by chronic, painful blistering…