Category: Examiner Opinion
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Board urged to reconsider off-site school proposal
It is with great sadness that I write that for the first time in 24 years as an Allentown/Upper Freehold resident that I and many others will not be supporting the school budget. The recent push by the Board of Education for a completely off-site (any off-site) middle school with no ability for cost sharing…
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Obituaries
Dorothy Madeline Comstock Obituaries Dorothy Madeline Comstock Mrs. Comstock, 82, of the Clarksburg section of Millstone, died July 16 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Stoughton, Mass., she had lived in North Brunswick before moving to Clarksburg 20 years ago. She was a member of Georges Road Baptist Church, North Brunswick. Surviving are…
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Candidates support 6-acre zoning
We believe that 6-acre zoning is essential if we are to contain property taxes and protect the environment and the aquifer in Upper Freehold. Smaller lot sizes, such as the current 3 acres, allow more houses to be built in a development. With the clustering and "bonus densities" allowed in our ordinance, 3 acres often…
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Resident: Senior housing may not bring tax relief
Lately, there has been a lot of press about a silver bullet that will save Millstone from increased taxes. A few individuals, through their ads, letters to the editor and opinion columns, state that senior housing is the panacea. Based on what I have read, their remedy appears to be free money falling to counterbalance…
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Area resident gives recommendations for great reading at the beach this summer
The last "Sopranos" episode of the season has aired, people have planned their vacations and a great deal of us are facing long, hot days on the beach. For many of us, it’s time to catch up on our neglected pile of books — the ones we’ve been too busy to read. I cannot think…
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Assemblyman urges officials to protect New Jersey’s beaches
Our beautiful shoreline is one of New Jersey’s most valuable resources. I was stunned to hear last week of the "garbage plume" that washed ashore in Sea Bright and at our national park on Sandy Hook. The appearance of hypodermic needles and "sludge cakes" on the beaches was reminiscent of the early 1980s, before so…
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Obituaries
Conchita Robinson Obituaries Conchita Robinson Mrs. Robinson, 79, of Freehold, died July 7 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, she had lived in Newark before moving 18 years ago to Freehold, where she was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church. She was predeceased in 1994…
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Millstone’s debate on land use must include everyone
A very wise person once said, "Where you stand depends upon where you sit." How true that is. And, indeed, how true it is when it comes to the current heated rhetoric involving development in my community of Millstone Township. The past three elections have focused on development and they have been a nightmare. With…
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Mom thanks students for remembering special child
To the graduating class of Jackson Memorial High School. I wanted to take this time to thank each and every one of you for writing that lovely poem in the yearbook. The poem reads: "It is your scars that have wounded our hearts and the guilt that we weren’t there when tragedy struck. "We can…
