Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnCoryWingerterMillstone Committeeman gives update on township Your Turn Guest Column Cory Wingerter Millstone Committeeman gives update on township’s direction Guest Column Cory Wingerter Millstone Committeeman gives update on township’s direction By this time, residents of Millstone Township should have received their township information packet. The Township Committee trusts you found the information useful and…

  • UFRSD voters to decide on double-digit tax hike

    Contested race in U.F., uncontested race for Allentown board seat By jane meggittStaff Writer UFRSD voters to decide on double-digit tax hike Contested race in U.F., uncontested race for Allentown board seat By jane meggitt Staff Writer Voters in Allentown and Upper Freehold will be asked to approve a school district budget that calls for…

  • Board candidates face tax increases, overcrowding

    Voters must decide on $22.9 million budget,8-cent tax hike at polls By alison granitoStaff Writer Board candidates face tax increases, overcrowding Voters must decide on $22.9 million budget, 8-cent tax hike at polls By alison granito Staff Writer MILLSTONE — With overcrowding rampant in the schools, a fall building referendum looming on the horizon, and…

  • Resident: Millstone’s zoning is high enough

    It is time to put aside our differences in order to fully support President George W. Bush and the boys and girls of our military forces, in our endeavor to bring democracy to Iraq. Some of the residents in Millstone have decided that increasing the zoning from 3-4 acres to 6-10 acres will solve our…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries ISAAC DAWES, 93, of Freehold Township died April 1 at Applewood Health Care Center, Freehold Township. He lived in Upper Freehold Township his entire life before moving to Applewood Estates 11 years ago. He was a graduate of the Rider Business School. He worked for the I.S. Dawes and Son Vinegar Co., founded by…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnEliasAbilheiraResident sees link between master plan and Your Turn Guest Column Elias Abilheira Resident sees link between master plan and ‘pay to play’ Guest Column Elias Abilheira Resident sees link between master plan and ‘pay to play’ ‘Pay to play" and the master plan are two prominent issues in our town, and they are…

  • Heart attack victim urges others to learn how to save lives

    I urge you to learn CPR at the American Heart Association’s CPR Weekend on April 5 and 6. CPR helped save my life last Oct. 20. The American Heart Association says that 70 percent or more of cardiac emergencies occur at home. I was 50 years old and at home with my family. Suddenly, I…

  • Writer considers the lessons to be learned from war

    Some notes from far, far away: The war goes on. The Pentagon announces that 100,000 more troops have been called up to be sent to the war zone. Logistical lines are stretched to the limit, but supplies keep being sent, thousands of miles from home. Another hot day. Another day of suicidal attacks by enemy…

  • Our View

    Millstone should roll tape Our View Millstone should roll tape Getting Millstone Town-ship Committee meetings on television and into the homes of residents in all corners of the township should be on the short list of officials’ things to do. A $20,000 subsidy from Cablevision has been sitting around gathering dust, while the responsibility for…