Category: Examiner Opinion
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Maybe next month
One can just imagine the frustration of Millstone residents who attended last week’s Township Committee meeting. First of all, they were forced to wait for the meeting to start while the committee completed a closed session. Efforts to find out what the closed session was about fell on deaf ears. By law, municipal governments must…
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Guest Column Bill Kastning Town Web site a tangled mess
Guest Column Bill Kastning Town Web site a tangled mess Sir Walter Scott wrote, "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" I find the quote rather descriptive about Millstone Township’s Web site. At last week’s Township Committee meeting, some residents expressed concerns about the accuracy of the township Web…
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Home buyer warns of exterminator’s scam
I saw a homeowner warning in a letter in a recent paper ("Writer wants to warn homeowners to be alert to furnace scam"), and I just wanted to share a scam we encountered. We just purchased a resale in the area within the last six months, and we received a telephone solicitation from a bug-spraying…
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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. ANN GABOFF, 67, of Manalapan died Jan. 12 at home after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved to Manalapan 35…
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Millstone First Aid Squad needs you
If you’ve never thought about joining a first aid squad, now’s the time to do it. As you’ll read in this week’s Examiner, the Millstone First Aid Squad has seen its calls increase by some 40 percent over the past four years and is in serious need of some fresh volunteers. The squad has 30…
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Guest Column Martin Karasick NHL must share blame for violence in hockey
Guest Column Martin Karasick NHL must share blame for violence in hockey The world events of the day include a trial of Thomas Junta, who is charged with the death of Michael Costin. The objective of the trial is to determine if Mr. Junta is guilty of the wrongful death of Mr. Costin or if…
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For the record —
The six-member 2002 Roosevelt Borough Council is not all Democratic as reported in last week’s Examiner. It has one Republican member. According to Ken Clancy, Millstone, his wife, Bonita Clancy, owns the Millstone cleaning company, Facility Solutions Inc., which was recently awarded a 2002 contract to clean the Millstone municipal building. An article in the…
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Anti-school-violence bills passed
Former acting Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco signed into law a two-bill package sponsored by Assemblywoman Barbara Buono (D-18). The measures, A-3322 and A-3323, will require enhanced disclosures of violence and vandalism in public schools, and formally designate the third week in October as "School Violence Awareness Week," respectively. A statewide report issued in 2001 revealed…
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Students take turn at government
Staff Writer By ruth calia stives JERRY WOLKOWITZ Millstone Deputy Mayor Cory Wingerter explains how the Township Committee operates Monday to Millstone Middle School eighth-graders. MILLSTONE — For those who observe town hall meetings — in any town — there is sometimes the temptation to describe the participants as "acting like children." Monday, in Chris…
