Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Local man’s efforts to raise funds for Little League

    Local man’s efforts to raise funds for Little League Township resident Stan Sandford is running in the Cape May to Sea Isle City Marathon on Sunday, March 28. He is dedicating this 26-mile race to the kids of the Millstone Roosevelt Little League, and invites you to join him by sponsoring his effort with a…

  • Zoners’ decision puzzling

    Tom Devine and his family fled the noise and congestion of North Jersey a few years ago for the peace of the Millstone woods. They bought a house on Lost Road, a dirt road with few other neighbors. They thought they had found a haven. They were wrong. The Millstone Board of Adjustment voted 6-1…

  • Your Turn

    Robert J. ConnellyGuest ColumnSuperintendent explains expansion needs Your Turn Robert J. Connelly Guest Column Superintendent explains expansion needs Robert J. Connelly Guest Column Superintendent explains expansion needs I am writing this letter to offer the Allentown, Upper Freehold and Millstone communities a summary of the Board of Education’s first public session on the proposed referendum…

  • Your Turn

    Bill NurkoGuest ColumnCommitteeman elated with voters Your Turn Bill Nurko Guest Column Committeeman elated with voters’ support for schools Bill Nurko Guest Column Committeeman elated with voters’ support for schools We finally got it right. Last Tuesday, the voters of Millstone Township overwhelming voted to approve the referendum to build a new school for our…

  • Millstone resident proposes ‘fat tax’ as fiscal solution

    I have a combined solution for our government’s fiscal problems and the obesity problem within the United States. As we know, governments at all levels are in a fiscal pinch. In addition, health experts recently reported that 65 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. I have a solution for both problems. It is called…

  • Gas company comes through for Samaritan Center

    Samaritan Center would like to publicly thank the New Jersey Natural Gas Co. for its community spirit over the years. Their latest project is the offer of free carbon monoxide detectors and vital information on this subject for low-income folks who are their customers. We were fortunate to be able to provide our clients with…

  • Millstone Township school tax hike due to staff increases

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer Millstone Township school tax hike due to staff increases JEFF GRANIT staff Millstone school officials wasted no time in thanking residents for approving the March 9 building referendum. BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Residents here will see a 5.8-cent hike in their municipal school tax rate, if the county school superintendent…

  • New school to open sometime in 2006

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The groundbreaking for the new middle school could come as early as November, Superintendent of Schools William Setaro said. "I would say we’ll put a shovel in the ground within the next six to eight months," he said. Setaro met earlier this week with…

  • Obituaries

    Edith Altobelli Obituaries Edith Altobelli Mrs. Altobelli, 95, of Old Bridge died March 1 in Long Island, N.Y. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank Altobelli. Surviving are three sons, Leo Altobelli of the Toms River section of Dover, Frank Altobelli of Linden and John Altobelli of Millstone; a sister, Margaret Ricciardi of Edison; nine…