Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnCy ThannikaryGroup: Gov. McGreevey ignoring tax reform Your Turn Guest Column Cy Thannikary Guest Column Cy Thannikary Group: Gov. McGreevey ignoring tax reform I share Mr. Jerome O’Connor’s view ("Where is car insurance, property tax reform?," Examiner, Aug. 14) with respect to New Jersey having the highest auto insurance and property tax rates in…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries WILLIAM R. TAYLOR JR., 72, of East Brunswick died Aug. 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he resided in Old Bridge and East Brunswick for 61 years prior to retiring to Florida 11 years ago. He was an operating engineer at Union Local No. 825, Springfield, retiring…

  • Sheriff’s office offers tips for campus safety

    It is that time of year again, as college students are preparing to leave for school, many for the first time. With concern for the well-being of these students and in an effort to decrease incidents of theft, sexual assault and drunken driving on campus, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office offers the following "back-to-school" safety…

  • Family grateful for compassion after tragedy

    We’d like to thank all our friends for pulling our family out of a nightmare. It’s hard to recognize everyone individually, but know that anything you did was so very kind. Whether you hugged us or sent flowers or dropped off food, you have all been so very kind. We learned that although our loss…

  • Chairman says thanks for successful 2003 Monmouth County fair

    Chairman says thanks for successful 2003 Monmouth County fair The Monmouth County Fair concluded its 29th annual run at the East Freehold Park Showgrounds in Freehold Township on July 27. The Monmouth County Park System thanks the hundreds of vendors and exhibitors, stage performers, event coordinators, park ranger staff and 4-H members on a job…

  • Helping hands make Cruise for Prevention a success

    I want to publicly thank all who made the first Cruise for Prevention such a great success. Thank you to the mayors of Allentown and Upper Freehold and their council and committees, and especially Barbara Bascom. Kudos to Ron Gafgen and the towns’ public works departments for their assistance. A very special thank you to…

  • Our View

    Newspaper Our View Newspaper’s policies for political letters updated With election time quickly approaching and letters regarding local candidates for office already streaming into the newsroom, we would like to alert our readers about the policies we have in place for our opinion page. We will not publish letters from any candidates that smack of…

  • Teen says skate ban a mistake

    Outlawing skateboarding, roller-skating, and scooters from the Millstone-Roosevelt Little League Fields is a mistake. Kids go to the fields to have fun and meet with their friends. The Little League field is one of the only places that kids can go to skate. There are not many sidewalks in town, making the street and driveways…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries RICHARD A. VREELAND, 64, of Millstone died Aug. 8 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., he had lived in the New Dorp section of Staten Island before moving to Millstone five years ago. Mr. Vreeland was a civil engineer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey…