Category: Examiner Opinion

Sprawl and drought intimately connected Whatever your opinion is of Gov. James McGreevey, he hit the nail on the head by calling for an end to sprawl while announcing the end of the current drought that has plagued the state. Make no mistake, the two problems are intimately related. New Jersey, and in particular central…

School officials expect the district By alison granitoStaff Writer Surging H.S. enrollment may bring tax hike School officials expect the district’s tuition paid to UFRSD to go up at least $935K next year By alison granito Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The growing number of students that the township will send to Allentown High School next…

FARRAH MAFFAI Allentown High School cheerleader Alaina Menes shows her team spirit during a half-time performance at Saturday’s home basketball game.

As a hunter and member of one of the state’s oldest upland game clubs, I was pleased to see the Upper Freehold Township Committee’s supportive position of the activities at the Bent Creek Game Farm ("Hunters Ruffle Feathers in Stone Tavern Estates," Jan. 9 Examiner). I am supportive of anyone’s right to their property and…

I would like to comment on the Jan. 9 news article "Hunters Ruffle Feathers in Stone Tavern Estates" regarding complaints about a local hunting preserve. I also live near this particular preserve, and I am not afraid to say I’m glad places like this still exist. However, the real point of my comments: increasing numbers…

When I began elementary school, it was around the time recycling was first being introduced to my town. Residents were told they had to separate their waste — glass and aluminum now had their own containers. Recycling was the rage. We talked about it in class, and had assemblies with environmentally friendly guest speakers. Wholeheartedly,…

Millstone residents should take the opportunity that the school board is offering to participate in the recently formed ad hoc Referendum Planning Committee. With conditions in the schools growing worse every year, overcrowding in the Millstone school system is not going away any time soon. Inevitably, school officials need to create more space for the…

Guest ColumnEdPfeiffer Guest Column Ed Pfeiffer The massive warehouse development being planned by Matrix Corp. in Washington Township, Mercer County, on Old York Road on what is currently a farm near Allentown and Upper Freehold Township is what I would call a "dumb" growth project. The Matrix General Development Plan, already approved by Washington Township,…

VERONICA YANKOWSKI Roosevelt Public School student Jenna Pinhas prepares to paint a mural at the school on Friday.