Category: Examiner Opinion
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Guest Column Joseph Infante Farmer speaks out on 4-acre zoning proposal
Guest Column Joseph Infante Farmer speaks out on 4-acre zoning proposal I would like to comment on some of the articles in the public opinion section of the Examiner for the past few months. The most irritating comments have come from the same couple, but I must confess some are quite amusing how they contradict…
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Some residents prefer Princeton hospital
This is in response to Bob Broder’s article (April 11 Examiner) regarding the Millstone First Aid Squad. Who said our first aid squad would rather sleep than answer first aid calls? We have a small squad at the present time, soon to be revitalized. Sometimes these caring individuals have other commitments, mainly to their families,…
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Candidate appreciates votes, offers some advice
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the hundreds of Millstone residents who came out to support my candidacy April 16. I am truly humbled and honored by the trust that you placed in me even though the results may not have been favorable in the end. Running for the Board of Education…
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Guest Column John Pfefferkorn Committeeman says mayor’s not doing his job
Guest Column John Pfefferkorn Committeeman says mayor’s not doing his job Recently the political venue we call the Millstone Township government has clearly taken on a whole new meaning. I remain incredulous about our leaderless, dysfunctional and farcical Township Committee and its inability to accomplish anything of worth. It has failed to enact a taxpayer-fair…
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It’s time for Upper Freehold United Landowners to ‘put up or shut up’
United Landowners of Upper Freehold (ULUF) leader Doug Totten’s guest column in the April 25 Examiner is a sad and transparent attempt to personally slander the two of us and create a smoke screen to avoid answering a simple question we have put to him. We have asked him to release the membership list and…
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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. ELLIS FOSTER HULL JR., 94, of Allentown died April 23 at Tandem Health Care Center, Lawrence Township. Born in Springfield, Mass., he spent his younger years in…
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You just never know
This was a strange week in the panhandle area, with not one, but two hearings on controversial applications postponed because of public notice mistakes. In Millstone, about 36 people turned out Monday to hear a continued hearing on a proposal to build a Foodtown supermarket at the intersection routes 526 and 571. The application is…
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Millstone residents deserve to hear all Little League field options
At the last Millstone Town-ship Committee meeting, a disservice was done to all residents of Millstone. Ken Pape, a Millstone resident and attorney, recently sent a letter to the Township Committee requesting time on a future agenda for a presentation. But thanks to the opinion that evening of Bill Kastning, Steve Lambros, Roger Staib and…
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Elementary school vice principal leaving district Long-awaited panhandle regionalization study closer to release
Staff Writer By ruth calia stives Elementary school vice principal leaving district Long-awaited panhandle regionalization study closer to release MILLSTONE — Board members and residents alike were surprised and saddened by the resignation of Elementary School Vice Principal Wendy Ogaard, effective July 1. The board accepted her resignation "with regret" at Monday’s Board of Education…
