Category: Examiner Opinion
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Millstone school budget up $1.4M from current year
Millstone school budget up $1.4M from current year MILLSTONE — The Board of Education will hold a hearing Monday on its proposed $21,850,715 2002-03 budget. The board is also seeking additional funding for staff, programs and technology and for a sports program through two separate ballot questions. The base budget, introduced March 11 for the…
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Guest Column Judy Stern Farming is a misunderstood profession, farmer’s wife says
Guest Column Judy Stern Farming is a misunderstood profession, farmer’s wife says This column is not about two- or four-acre planning or the integrity to the Master Plan process. It is about one person enamored with her title or committee position and her hidden agenda. Sue Kozel is maligning Richard Stern in every paper by…
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Upper Freehold Planning Board urged to support four-acre zoning
Unfortunately, a previous commitment will make it impossible for me to attend the meeting of the Upper Freehold Township Planing Board on March 26. Our family has lived and farmed in this township since well before the American Revolution. We plan to continue to live and farm here for the foreseeable future and beyond. I…
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Proposed school budgets deserve close scrutiny
Some area residents will be shocked this week when they read about tax increases associated with school budgets for the 2002-03 school year. A damaging blow was dealt to school boards and to residents when Gov. James McGreevey announced that as one way of dealing with the state’s multi-billion-dollar deficit, state aid provided to local…
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A thank you to the Millstone community for supporting foundation
On behalf of the Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excel-lence (MTFEE), we would like to express our gratitude to everyone who helped make our Harlem Wizards Comedy Basketball Game a huge success. Thanks to the 500 fans, old and young alike, who came from near and far to cheer on our Millstone All-Stars. Thanks to…
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Guest Column Sue Kozel Bring integrity back to Upper Freehold master planning process
Guest Column Sue Kozel Bring integrity back to Upper Freehold master planning process The Upper Freehold Planning Board meeting of Feb. 26 reminded me of a WWF wrestling match with people shouting at each other. During the meeting, I accused both Chairman Richard Stern and First Alternate David Holmes of conflicts of interests. Both men…
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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. MATILDA T. PFEIFER, 83, of Freehold died March 5 at home. Born in Passaic, she lived in Farmingdale before moving to Freehold in 1936. She was a…
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Upper Freehold Zoning Board to discuss major subdivision tonight
This is a letter to all Upper Freehold residents interested in the four-acre zoning question. Please take note that a public hearing will be held by the Upper Freehold Township Planning Board at 7 p.m. on March 14 concerning a major subdivision for 18 lots on Chambers Road in Cream Ridge. The meeting will be…
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4-acre lots not the way to preserve Upper Freehold
My wife and I moved to Upper Freehold in 1960. We bought a farm on Route 539 just past the high school. Since then, we have purchased several farms in the township. Our family now has about 1,200 acres, of which about 600 acres are in the Farmland Preservation Program. We didn’t like seeing houses…
