Category: Examiner Opinion
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Panhandle school budgets all get passing grades Incumbents returned
Panhandle school budgets all get passing grades Incumbents returned in Millstone, Roosevelt; upset in Upper Freehold By ruth calia stives Staff Writer A statewide poll shows that more budgets failed to be passed by voters last week than at any other time in history, but the communities in Monmouth County’s panhandle region experienced success. The…
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Voters thanked for supporting schools
Each April, citizens of New Jersey are asked to vote in school board elections. In each school district, residents vote for members to represent them on their school board, and to vote on the upcoming year’s budget. In Millstone Township, this year’s election day was decisive. In an unprecedented turnout, 22 percent of our registered…
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Guest Column Frank Armenante Reader’s view on American fundamentalist’s mind-set
Guest Column Frank Armenante Reader’s view on American fundamentalist’s mind-set Those who attempt to advance their cause sometimes damage it permanently. The fervor of a fundamentalist is well-known in our society today and can have inauspicious results for a particular mindset. Society needs people with a cause who will foster change. Communities, however, can be…
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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. HENRIETTA E.C. KLAMI (née Carey), 94, of Cream Ridge, Upper Freehold, died April 19 at Moorestown Estates, Moorestown. Mrs. Klami was born in Ozone Park N.Y., and…
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Guest Column Doug Totten No secret lobbying of Upper Freehold officials, resident says
Guest Column Doug Totten No secret lobbying of Upper Freehold officials, resident says It is a sad state of affairs when Sue Kozel and her husband, Chris Berzinski, have such a low regard for good manners and respect that they go around slandering everyone. The recent series of letters and articles in the newspapers have…
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The voters have spoken
Panhandle school administrators are smiling, now that the voters have endorsed their 2002-03 spending plans. Given the freeze on state funding and two-digit tax hikes in two of the towns, there were no guarantees that would happen. Roosevelt — where residents pay a high school tax to maintain their borough school — got a break…
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Resident input important
Residents of Millstone, Roosevelt and Upper Freehold are going to have to band together either to fight the governor’s plan to charge them for state police coverage or to make sure that the fee formula is fair. While local officials explore their options and local legislators fight the plan, residents should also be brought into…
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Let U.F. board know what you think about 18-lot subdivision plan
Let U.F. board know what you think about 18-lot subdivision plan To all Upper Freehold residents interested in preserving the rural nature of our town: Stand up and be counted. Let our Planning Board know our concerns relating to an 18-lot major subdivision being planned off Chambers Road. A public hearing will be held by…
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Guest Column Jeffrey Hunt Roosevelt councilman salutes Millstone First Aid Squad (An open letter to the members of the Millstone First Aid Squad)
Guest Column Jeffrey Hunt Roosevelt councilman salutes Millstone First Aid Squad (An open letter to the members of the Millstone First Aid Squad) A regrettable misunderstanding has occurred, and it is my sincere wish to correct it. For whatever misrepresentations or misstatements that have been made, I offer my profound and sincere apologies. From recent…
