Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Day recalls sacrifices on beaches of France

    Day recalls sacrifices on beaches of France Having just completed the Memorial Day holiday — an especially poignant remembrance given the fact that America finds itself at war in Iraq and Afghanistan today — we turn our attention to Sunday, June 6. On that day, Americans will mark the 60th anniversary of the Allied invasion…

  • Stadium traffic won’t clog local roads

    According to the study commissioned by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority and the intended owner of the new team that would use the proposed baseball stadium on Route 33 in Monroe, "Middlesex County is a comparatively large and affluent professional baseball market." Assuming this to be the case, and assuming that this would be the…

  • U.F. resident says zoning plan fails the ‘smell’ test

    The problem with the proposed 6-acre zone plan in Upper Freehold Township by Mayor John Mele is that it doesn’t pass the smell test. In fact, it stinks of political games at a time of elections — from the trick of dropping it in front of the Planning Board after all the public had gone…

  • Imlaystown’s post office is the center of its community

    It is said that timing is everything, because on May 4, Preservation New Jersey recognized our small town, Imlaystown, as being in the top 10 most endangered historical sites in New Jersey. One day before this announcement, the postal service relocated Imlaystown’s postal facility to Clarksburg, which is some six miles away from town, due…

  • Miscoski, Horner families thanked for their efforts

    As former residents of Upper Freehold Township and regular participants in the Frank Miscoski Memorial Golf Tournament, we would like to observe the passing of this event and thank the Miscoski and Horner families for their service to the Upper Freehold-Allentown area community. The annual memorial tournament, at the Cream Ridge Golf Club, was founded…

  • Resident: Millstone PTO should fund scholarships

    I am writing this letter to express my disappointment with the Millstone Township PTO and their decision not to fund scholarships for graduating seniors from Allentown High School for the 2004 school year. I have been a resident of Millstone for over 16 years and had two children go through the Millstone schools, during which…

  • Obituaries

    Mary A. Hand Obituaries Mary A. Hand Mrs. Hand, 76, of Freehold Township, died May 25 at Bartley Health Care Nursing & Rehabilitation, Jackson. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she had lived there before moving to Freehold Township 10 years ago. A homemaker, she was a communicant of St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church, Freehold Township,…

  • Resident supports mayor’s push for 6-acre zoning

    Over the past few weeks we’ve been witness to a flurry of histrionics from Upper Freehold officials and others resigning their posts over the continued efforts of our true leaders to address the most pressing policy issue facing our township. Mayor [John] Mele’s renewed push for an increase in minimum lot size zoning was a…

  • Millstone resident has concerns about ball park

    The following is a letter written to Mayor Pucci of Monroe Township regarding plans to construct a ballpark off Route 33 in the southern end of their town: I am writing you with grave concern for your potential move toward a minor league baseball stadium off Route 33 in the lower section of your township.…