Category: Examiner Opinion
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Call on legislators to cure the telemarketing plague
I’m so glad I pay my phone bill every month so telemarketers can have free access to my home at virtually any time, day or night. I might as well give a key to the local used car salesman and invite him to dinner. I have an unlisted phone number — at my inconvenience and…
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‘Do not call’ list needed to stop annoying telemarketing phone calls
I want my phone back. I pay for it. It is mine. I get the bill every month. It is in my house. It rings. I pick it up. It seems like 60 percent of the time, it is my "good friend" Mr. or Ms. Telemarketer. I don’t know what I’d do without them for…
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Eagle Scout designation remains forever
When President George W. Bush came to New Jersey recently to support Doug Forrester for the U.S. Senate, the press reported that the president had described Doug Forrester as "a former Eagle Scout." That statement is not entirely accurate — Doug Forrester is an Eagle Scout. It has been shown, through third-party studies, that the…
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Obituaries
ANDREW J. NOVAK, 76, of Sayreville died Sept. 18 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Surviving are his wife, June Ware Novak; two sons, Michael of Sayreville and Paul of Upper Freehold; a daughter, JoAnne McMahon of Carrollton, Va.; two brothers, John and Stephen of Florida; three sisters, Mary Maurer of South River,…
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Guest Column
John MeleMaster plan must be proactive, not reactive John Mele Master plan must be proactive, not reactive It’s the story of a quiet, small country town. We’ve all heard it before, and have at one time or another vowed that "it" couldn’t happen here. Not in our community. We know better. We’ve seen how other…
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Millstone resident asks school board to value its teachers
This is an open letter to the Millstone Board of Educa-tion. As a retired elementary school teacher, I know firsthand what it means and how it feels to work in a district that appears to have little regard for its most important ingredient for success, the teaching staff. For almost three decades I gave 100…
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Residents should attend plan hearing
With the bitter battle over the future of residential zoning in Upper Freehold Township coming to an end this week, that community made significant steps toward completing the review of its master plan. As the process draws to a close in Upper Freehold, neighboring Millstone is getting ready to hold its second and third public…
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Millstone resident offers committee advice
I would like to express my thanks to the Millstone Township Committee for allowing the time to hear me at the recent meeting. I, myself, found it unexpectedly civil as well as professional. Perhaps I haven’t attended enough of these sessions? Whatever the case, after attending, I have a slightly different perspective. Gentlemen, you have…
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U.F. resident urges voters to remember local officials’ inaction
Having spent the better part of the past few months becoming educated about and working with my fellow Upper Freehold Township residents fighting the impacts of a proposed warehouse development in Washington Township, Mercer County, my exposure to the inner workings of the political machine have grown. The group has attempted to garner support in…
