Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Millstone must move on

    The long-awaited Millstone investigation report concerning allegations made against former Township Com-mitteeman William Kastning is finally out and makes for interesting reading. Formally called "Report on the Open Space and Farmland Preservation Council — 2000 Millstone Township," it suggests that there was a breakdown in communication between the Township Committee and the Open Space and…

  • Guest Column Bill Miscoski Upper Freehold has gone to a zoning process that works

    Guest Column Bill Miscoski Upper Freehold has gone to a zoning process that works My intention has never been to enter into a debate about zoning in our local newspaper. However, after listening to Sue Kozel’s comments at our last Planning Board meeting and then reading her guest column in the Jan. 31 Examiner, I…

  • Thanks extended to magic show supporters

    On behalf of the Millstone Township Foundation for Education Excellence (MTFEE), I would like to express our enormous gratitude to everyone for making our "Family Fun Magic Show with Eric Paul" a great success! We hope you all enjoyed watching the show as much as we enjoyed planning it for you. Thank you for coming…

  • Guest Column Sue Kozel The future of Upper Freehold Township is in our hands

    Guest Column Sue Kozel The future of Upper Freehold Township is in our hands On Jan. 22, the Upper Freehold Planning Board met to continue its public hearing on the changes for the township’s master plan. I was very upset to see what appeared to be unenthusiastic reactions from several Planning Board members to the…

  • Waiting for an explanation from committee

    Considering the political tensions that abound in Millstone, when the Millstone Township Committee announced they were having not only the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office look into allegations made by a resident against then Committeeman Bill Kastning (in September 2000), but also hiring an independent investigator to look into the same allegations at a cost of…

  • Millstone resident wants tolls abolished in N.J.

    Millstone resident wants tolls abolished in N.J. This past holiday season, I drove from New Jersey to Louisiana. The roads outside of our immediate area are well maintained, picturesque and in some areas heavily traveled. There was only one difference: there were no tolls. How can this be? (Gas taxes in other states are comparable…

  • 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. KATHERINE WALKER TATOR, 93, of the Clarksburg section of Millstone died Jan. 12 at The Manor, Freehold Township. Mrs. Tator was bon in New York City and…

  • Consider school board run

    It’s never too early — or too late, depending on your perspective — to start thinking about running for your local Board of Education. The deadline for filing nominating petitions is only about three weeks away — 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25. The election is Tuesday, April 16. If you haven’t thought about it, but…

  • 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. DOROTHY BROWN, 88, of Howell died Jan. 15 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Jersey City, she had lived in Old Bridge and Manalapan before…