Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnGeorge W. MurphyReturning teacher comments on schools Your Turn Guest Column George W. Murphy Returning teacher comments on schools Guest Column George W. Murphy Returning teacher comments on schools Over the past four years, I have had the pleasure of being associated with the staff, students and parents who comprise the Millstone Township School…

  • Millstone resident says it’s time to remove campaign signs

    I find it very interesting that people running for public office are allowed to litter our roads and streets with campaign signs and not remove them after the election is over. If you look around, you will not find one Cory Wingerter sign; even in defeat his class shows. How about the other candidates asking…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnJohn PfefferkornCommitteeman looks at master plan Your Turn Guest Column John Pfefferkorn Committeeman looks at master plan’s complex history Guest Column John Pfefferkorn Committeeman looks at master plan’s complex history Watching the Millstone Township political gymnastics unfold on the master plan during the last 12 months leads many to speculate. Was it a magnificent…

  • State must find new way to fund education, reader says

    There is a revolution brewing. No, not about a new nation against its British sovereign’s control. But it is a revolt about a taxation issue: funding public education through the property tax. There are now well over 100 bills in the state Senate and Assembly that have something to say about education funding or property…

  • Our View

    History will come aliveonce more at Monmouth Our View History will come alive once more at Monmouth History will come alive once more at Monmouth As you read this, American and British soldiers are marching across central New Jersey toward Freehold and Manalapan. Don’t worry, this time around they’re not coming here to burn down…

  • Thanks given to those who helped create U.F. rec. area

    Thanks given to those who helped create U.F. rec. area Given that the final phase of the Bryon Johnson Recreation Area is under construction, I wanted to thank the Upper Freehold Township Committee for their full support of this undertaking, with a special thanks to Bill Miscoski, not merely for his role on the committee.…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries THEODORE W. JACKEL, 64, of Cream Ridge died June 11 at Bartley Manor Health Care, Jackson. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he had lived in Howell for 30 years before moving to Cream Ridge five years ago. Mr. Jackel worked as a tool and die maker for Mespco Co. Inc., New Brunswick, for 20 years,…

  • Roosevelt School earns School Leader Award

    The New Jersey School Boards Association has honored 11 school districts for outstanding educational programs through its 18th annual School Leader Awards. "The award winners in this year’s program display unique and creative approaches to education," said Glenn B. Ewan, NJSBA president. "School districts are using these fresh ideas to address issues ranging from bullying…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnMichael B. HamiltonMayor: Developer-style Your Turn Guest Column Michael B. Hamilton Mayor: Developer-style ‘improvements’ not wanted Guest Column Michael B. Hamilton Mayor: Developer-style ‘improvements’ not wanted William Blake said that "a fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees," and after reading developer William Martin’s letter "Roosevelt is blessed with potential"…