Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Dorothy F. Gunther Mrs. Gunther, 90, of Colts Neck, died Sept. 15 at home. Born in Newark, she had lived in Colts Neck for most of her life. A former secretary for King Cadillac, Freehold Township, and the Imperial Jade Co., Colts Neck, she had most recently worked for Old Monmouth Candies, Freehold Township. She…

  • Electronic sorting requires proper addressing of mail

    Anyone in Roosevelt who has had to deal with the recent enforcement of postal regulations can tell you that having your mail returned is highly inconvenient. So is navigating your way through a complex telephone menu system in an effort to speak to a human being, only to be disconnected. But, because we have evolved…

  • Rental charge for books at county library unacceptable

    While visiting the Monmouth County Library Headquarters [recently] in Manalapan, I was appalled to see that best-sellers are now prominently displayed on a separate table and available on a daily rental basis only. We already pay a library tax as part of our ever-soaring real estate tax bills. I do not want to rent books…

  • County resident explains why he’ll vote Republican

    Recently, I received a pamphlet from the three Democratic candidates for county elective office. The theme of their pamphlet is “Monmouth County needs leaders we can trust with our money and our future.” As a student of finance at the Wharton School of Business, I couldn’t agree more. However, I don’t think these three Democrats…

  • Obituaries

    Chester Halka Sr. Mr. Halka, 80, of Millstone, died Sept. 11 at Monroe Village Healthcare Center, Monroe. Born in South River, he had resided in Old Bridge before moving to Millstone 38 years ago. A World War II Army veteran, he served in the South Pacific. He was the founder of Halka Nurseries, Millstone, which…

  • More work needed on school funding issue

    School board members and administrators in the Garden State may face a difficult challenge when they start to prepare their budgets for the 2005-06 school year. In June, the state Legislature and Gov. James E. McGreevey imposed strict new caps on school spending increases. There are also new limits on how much surplus (savings) a…

  • Gov. broke parkway toll promise

    Gov. James McGreevey is bragging widely about his supposed accomplishment of taking tolls down on the Garden State Parkway. Not true! Follow-up on this story discloses that the governor is removing some booths at the Asbury Park and Raritan toll plazas and converting the remaining booths to one-way tolls at 70 cents each. Citizens Against…