Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Our View

    Increased community presence commendable A sometimes common attitude among residents of the local area is that the New Jersey State Police, who are responsible for enforcing the law in Millstone, Roosevelt and Upper Freehold, are "too busy" to look at certain incidents or that they don’t care about the small things that may be investigated…

  • Obituaries

    JAMES C. DILLON, 78, of Freehold, died Feb. 11 at home. Born in New Brunswick, he resided in Millstone Township before moving to Freehold six years ago. He worked as a truck driver for Monmouth Beach Cold Storage for many years and was a policeman in Long Branch and a member of the Long Branch…

  • U.F. regional school board fills empty seat

    Resident says lax snow removal made walkto school dangerous By jane meggittStaff Writer Resident says lax snow removal made walk to school dangerous By jane meggitt Staff Writer Officials filled the empty seat on the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education last week. Upper Freehold resident Steven Murphy was sworn in at the…

  • Millstone resident says column example of ‘international elitism’

    One becomes used to the mundane letters to the editor dealing with local situations. Some examples include the occasional tree hugger attempting to rally support for taking away property rights, the one-term former town committeeman seeking a "legacy," newcomer do-gooders harassing traditional hunting groups, or proponents of "quality of life" blathering about rezoning. Armed with…

  • Millstone will see school tax hike

    Officials say rising tuition costs, other fixed cost increases responsible By alison granitoStaff Writer By alison granito Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Fourth-graders Veronica Miller (l) and Julia Barlis portray immigrants during a living history presentation held recently at Millstone Elementary School. MILLSTONE — According to school officials, the better part of the property tax hike…

  • Resident says Allentown snow removal crews did a good job

    Our family would like to thank the borough and county highway crews, the residents and area businesses who have worked so diligently to keep the streets and sidewalks in passable condition. Under these weather conditions, it has been no easy task. To the 330 borough schoolchildren walking to and from school each day, along with…

  • Our View

    Time to make the tough decisions In the near future, all the state’s towns and school districts will be introducing and voting on their next budgets. In some of our communities, officials are already making it clear that property taxpayers should brace for a large increase. They are talking about what a tough year it…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnEliasAbilheiraResident: Millstone is at a crossroads Guest Column Elias Abilheira Resident: Millstone is at a crossroads After much pressure, at the last town meeting the mayor advised the residents that we may have the first draft of the master plan ordinances for review by the end of March. That will be about six months…

  • Community Action Panel should be heard

    An article I wrote titled "Community action panel should be heard" appeared in the Feb. 13 edition of the Examiner retitled "Millstone resident questions township’s budget surplus," and as well, deleted my call for a presentation by CAP on the continued viability of the restoration of the Clarksburg Annex. My concern is not that the…