Category: Examiner Opinion
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Millstone district races key
As you’ll read in this week’s Examiner, June 4 is an important day for Millstone Republicans for more reasons than one. This year the Republican County Committee race is also important. Besides endorsing two candidates in a three-way race to get on the November ballot for two Township Committee seats, Republicans will be filling 12…
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Millstone deputy mayor explains strategy which led to large surplus
On May 1, the Township Committee held a public hearing and adopted the amended 2002 Municipal Budget. Complete copies of the adopted budget are available from the Township Clerk’s office, and I have requested that the budget be made available on the Township’s Web site. The amended budget reduces the municipal tax rate from 10.5…
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The special Board of Adjustment meeting scheduled for April 29 to hear a request for a use variance for a supermarket was postponed. There was a notice on the Millstone Township municipal building that said the applicant did not file notice in time.
The special Board of Adjustment meeting scheduled for April 29 to hear a request for a use variance for a supermarket was postponed. There was a notice on the Millstone Township municipal building that said the applicant did not file notice in time. Was this a coincidence or was it planned strategy? What about the…
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Roosevelt resident thanks Millstone First Aid
Many thanks to the Millstone First Aid Squad and MONOC paramedics for their response to an urgent call in Roosevelt on May 1. It is comforting to know there is a knowledgeable volunteer medic team of pre-hospital care providers. They used high-level skills and teamwork to respond, treat and coordinate to the next level of…
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Fresh Air Fund seeks host families for NYC kids
The Fresh Air Fund is seeking host families in Monmouth County to open their homes to a New York City child for two weeks this summer. Since 1977, The Fresh Air Fund has enabled 1.7 million disadvantaged young New Yorkers experience summer in suburban and small town communities. Through the fund’s "Friendly Town" program, volunteer…
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Preserve restrictions on deeds, resident says
John Mele is entitled to his opinion as a private citizen (letter to the editor, May 2 Examiner). However, as an appointed official to the Millstone Township Board of Adjustment (by his Coalition Committeemen friend and across-the-street neighbor Mayor Maltz), he is in a precarious position and potentially in conflict for publicly advocating this suggestion.…
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180 needs your help now
In this week’s Examiner, you’ll read about the dire straits 180, Turning Lives Around finds itself in because of planned and potential state budget cuts. The Hazlet-based nonprofit, formerly known as the Women’s Center of Monmouth County, is the lone county agency that offers comprehensive services to domestic violence and sexual assault victims. The agency…
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Partnerships do work in helping victims of crime
In April the nation marked National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Having lost my child to murder, I am grateful for the growing awareness efforts to help New Jerseyans appreciate the special needs of the families of crime victims. I believe we must provide the necessary societal and budgetary support to underwrite services that turn lives…
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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. NANCY AGNES PASCALE, 86, of Millstone died April 23 at Elmhurst Care Center, East Elmhurst, N.Y. Mrs. Pascale was born in New York City and had lived…
