Category: Examiner Opinion
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Families thank teens for quick reaction
Our family would like to recognize the teenagers who saved our father’s life on June 1. Our mother was in the hospital recovering from surgery at the time, and we know our father, sleeping upstairs on the other end of the house, would never have known what was happening until it was too late. Christie…
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Our View
Compromise best for Millstone Our View Compromise best for Millstone After a long, drawn out negotiations process that lasted more than one year, the school board and the Millstone Township Education Association finally reached a settlement. Although district faculty and staff have reported for work without a contract in place for virtually the entire school…
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Your Turn
Guest ColumnLynn MeleResident: Community must remain involved in school issues Your Turn Guest Column Lynn Mele Resident: Community must remain involved in school issues Guest Column Lynn Mele Resident: Community must remain involved in school issues First, let me say that I join our community in congratulating the Board of Education and the Millstone Township…
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Our View
Good faith effort needed from Millstone union, school board Our View Good faith effort needed from Millstone union, school board After more than one year of negotiations between the Millstone school board and Millstone Township Education Association, it is understandable that the community’s nerves have begun to fray. The township’s teachers, bus drivers and support…
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Upper Freehold resident says shade tree commission unnecessary
I found Sue Kozel’s recent guest column concerning the Upper Freehold Environmen-tal Commission quite disturbing. I appreciate Ms. Kozel’s concern for the environment; however, the amount of government expansion she is proposing is quite troublesome. In her column she calls for the formation of a shade tree commission. The county already has a shade tree…
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for the record
for the record A date in last week’s story "Mayor arrested after altercation" was incorrect. Emergency services personnel responded to a structure fire at 19 Arneytown-Hornerstown Road in Upper Freehold on Sunday, June 1, at approximately 10:11 p.m., not on Saturday May 31, as reported.
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Millstone family says thank you to staff at elementary school
On the morning of Feb. 7, my son Jordan was seriously injured in a sledding accident. He has been home from school since. If it were not for the support, kindness and caring of the entire elementary school, Jordan’s recovery would be tougher. His fourth-grade teachers, Mrs. McPartland and Mrs. Olah, visited and called him…
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Millstone farmer says zoning ordinance is unfair
I do not think that the Millstone Township Committee should have passed the ordinance that will amend the master plan (Ordinance No. 03-24) on the first reading. I respectfully disagree with the part of the ordinance that would require the minimum lot sizes to be changed from 3 and 4 acres to 6 and 10…
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Your Turn
Guest ColumnChris BerzinskiResident: U.F. planning board lacks credibility Your Turn Guest Column Chris Berzinski Guest Column Chris Berzinski Resident: U.F. planning board lacks credibility Start with one quart of personal greed. Add a tablespoon of deliberate obstruction and delay. Pour in one cup of arrogant stupidity. Season lightly with conflicts of interest and a pinch…
