Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Four-acre zoning is needed to protect Upper Freehold

    As a resident of Upper Freehold Township, I would like to say that I support four-acre zoning as set forth by the new master plan proposal. There is no hidden agenda here, as suggested by Lenny Yanchar in his letter to the Examiner dated March 7. The agenda is clear. Four-acre zoning is necessary to…

  • Put that rumor to rest

    Millstone officials should take immediate action to put to rest rumors about an employee hit list. Both Mayor Evan Maltz and Committeeman John Pfefferkorn said at last week’s Township Committee that they have heard from employees that there are rumors about such a list and that the rumor has been around for a long time.…

  • Guest Column John Nalberczinski Millstone Township should send notices in a more timely manner

    Guest Column John Nalberczinski Millstone Township should send notices in a more timely manner By now, residents of Millstone Township should have received an information package from the mayor and committeemen that was mailed Feb. 28, according to statements made by the township clerk at the March 6 township meeting. This package, with useful as…

  • 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. THOMAS CHIUSANO, 85, of Millstone died March 3 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in New York City, he had been a resident of Millstone for…

  • Upper Freehold resident senses ‘hidden agenda’ at meetings

    I would like to apologize, for getting so emotional, to the members of the Planning Board and the residents of Upper Freehold who were at the last board meeting. I have not been that angry since Sept. 11, when the other terrorist struck. The person who spoke first gave me the same message as the…

  • Bennett lashes out over Pallone’s support of state shore funding plan (Open letter to Congressman Frank Pallone):

    Bennett lashes out over Pallone’s support of state shore funding plan (Open letter to Congressman Frank Pallone): As a lifetime resident of our beautiful Jersey shore, I was somewhat surprised and deeply disturbed to learn of your recent support of Gov. McGreevey’s plans to significantly slash state funding of shore protection. And while at the…

  • Board needs to respond

    An Upper Freehold resident has raised some serious questions regarding a possible conflict of interest involving the Planning Board’s current master plan review. Because of the township’s almost blanket two-acre zoning, any change in that minimum acreage requirement will obviously affect the majority of residents. It also stands to reason that large-property owners will be…

  • 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. THOMAS ANDREW NOVOBILSKI SR., 68, of Honesdale, Pa., died Feb. 21 at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale, Pa. Born in Dixon City, Pa., he had lived in Wanamassa…

  • Guest Column Steven Weitz Residents urged to get involved in local politics

    Guest Column Steven Weitz Residents urged to get involved in local politics For nearly one and a half years, no issue within Millstone has created more discussion than the recently concluded Kastning investigation [the Open Space and Farmland Preservation Council – 2000 Report]. Although many have spoken out regarding the investigation, few if any have…