Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Open letter to mayor says focus on what is right with Millstone

    My family and I are relatively new residents to Millstone. We purchased our home a year ago next month. Since we’ve been here, it seems that all we hear is "what’s wrong with Millstone." Even before buying our home, we were informed by real estate agents that Millstone had "problems." Many people we talked to…

  • Resident says developers should pay impact fees to fund schools

    I lived in Colorado Springs, Colo., during a building boom. Whenever new houses were built, the developer was required to allocate funds toward a new school. The figure they contributed was based on how their particular project would impact the school system. It was a way of planning for the future so that the community…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. ANTON FUCHSLOCH, 95, of Millstone Township died Jan. 21 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Gudenstein, Germany, he lived in Englishtown before moving to Millstone…

  • Matrix warehouse plan classic example of sprawl

    As the New Jersey state government focuses on preventing sprawl and overdevelopment, now is the time for local officials and the Residents for Smart Growth to take advantage of the political climate to see if they can do anything to minimize the impact of a massive warehouse complex, planned just over Upper Freehold’s border in…

  • Handmade blankets needed for AHS project

    Allentown High School students Margaret Ryan, Chris Schulze, David Nicholson and Jonathan Steuber have established the Quilter’s Barn, Allentown, as a blanket drop-off site for Project Linus NJ Inc. The students became involved with Project Linus as a community service project for the National Honor Society. Project Linus is a nonprofit organization that distributes handmade…

  • U.F. resident responds to letters on ‘rural’ philosophy

    In response to two recent letters in last week’s Examiner, "Urbanites Need to Learn What ‘Rural’ Means" and "Move From City to Country Changes More Than Address," I have this to say: I was raised on a farm on Staten Island, N.Y. My grandfather was a very successful farmer. I did not live in a…

  • Residents urged to help save Upper Freehold farmland

    The Thoroughbred Breeders Partnership (TBP) has received preliminary subdivision approval from the Upper Freehold Township Planning Board for its 58-acre property located on Hutchinson Road in the southwest corner of the township. The Monmouth County Park System wishes to purchase this property to add to its linear Crosswicks Creek Park. The TBP has indicated they…

  • Residents new to the area count too, reader says

    I feel it is important that the people in Millstone know how some of our representatives feel about those of us that have children in school, or that have lived in this town for 10 years or less. I purchased my first home in Millstone almost 10 years ago. I picked Millstone as my home…

  • Manor grateful to all who brighten seniors’ holidays

    On behalf of the residents, management and staff of M&M Manor Inc., there are only two words about the community’s visits to the M&M Manor for Christmas and Thanksgiving: absolutely wonderful. With the children’s artwork, the heartfelt sayings, the Thanksgiving cards and handmade turkey sandwiches, the Christmas gifts, toiletry items, books, stationary sets, clothes, blankets,…