Category: Examiner Opinion
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Candidates grateful for campaign workers’ efforts
We want to thank the 1,400 voters who supported us for Township Committee in Upper Freehold. We are extremely proud of both our campaigns’ focused message and that we never resorted to personal attacks on our opponents or their family members. It is gratifying to know that over 40 percent of the voters endorsed our…
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Obituaries
Lottie L. Bonkoski Mrs. Bonkoski, 95, of Robbinsville, Washington Township, died Oct. 24 at home. Born in Riverhead, N.Y., she had been a Robbinsville resident since 1978. A homemaker, she was a member of St. John’s Church, Allentown, where she also belonged to the Altar Rosary Society. She was active in both the Washington Township…
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Agency extends thanks for assistance during storms
As the CEO of the American Red Cross-Jersey Coast Chapter, I have the opportunity to witness the strength of the human spirit each day. During the past two months, the Red Cross has experienced the largest mobilization in its history of human and material resources in response to a natural disaster. In response to the…
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Cancer society thanks walkers for support
On behalf of the American Cancer Society, I would like to thank the residents of Monmouth and Ocean counties for their generosity and support. Approximately 6,200 walkers and hundreds of volunteers participated in this year’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event in Point Pleasant Beach, raising a record-breaking $810,000 for the American Cancer Society’s breast…
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N.J. voting process ready for reforms
A proposal by a group of Assembly members to move up the presidential primary date in New Jersey is a measure that is long, long overdue. Assembly Leader Joseph Roberts (D-Camden/ Gloucester) and a group of six of his Democratic colleagues announced at a press conference last Thursday their support for an 18-point package of…
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‘Yes’ Committee defends school plans and board
School officials say the westerly bypass is not their decision BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — Several members of the new “Yes” Committee came out to the school board meeting to show their support for the upcoming referendum. Voters will decide Dec. 14 on a proposed $39 million building referendum…
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Former U.F. mayor makes case for 6-acre zoning
As the former mayor and township committeeman of Upper Freehold Township for 23 years, I am writing this to the citizens of Upper Freehold Township to express my extreme concern over the 60-home development, situated on 60 acres (yes, 1-acre lots) proposed on Emley’s Hill Road. Under our present 3-acre minimum lot zoning, the applicant…
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U.F. resident urges voters to pass school referendum
Allentown and Upper Freehold voters who care about the success of the middle school referendum should remind themselves, neighbors and friends to go to the polls on Dec. 14. If passed, a much-needed middle school will be available to grades five through eight for the 2007-08 school year. The time to approve this referendum is…
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Clustering, not 6-acre lots, is way to go, resident says
An attempt in Upper Freehold to make political spin out of changing zoning to 6-acre lots represents a shortsighted look at the situation. Farmers rely on the value of their land to use as collateral to purchase equipment and supplies. Down-zoning their land will reduce the value of that land. A change from the present…
