Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Seeing effects of war reminds Americans of all that we have

    Seeing effects of war reminds Americans of all that we have Perhaps the best way to make Americans understand how good we have it here is to send more teen-agers like Lindsay Bonanno and Erika Porsche overseas and then let them speak about what they’ve seen. Bonanno, of Millstone Township, and Porsche, of Howell, spent…

  • Group presses forward with ideas to end tolls Guest Column John Millett

    Group presses forward with ideas to end tolls Guest Column John Millett In response to the Examiner editorial of Aug. 17, approximately one year ago when Citizens Against Tolls (CAT) was formed, our group’s initial proposal was to fund the operation costs of the Garden State Parkway with a 3-cent (per gallon) tax on gasoline.…

  • Lights, baseball fields continue to irk resident Guest Column

    Lights, baseball fields continue to irk resident Guest Column Carlos A. Costa The Millstone-Roosevelt Little League president, Peter Hum, is way out of touch with reality. In response to his misrepresentations in the Aug. 17 Examiner, he should be made aware of the following facts: • Per the Planning Board resolution passed in late 1998,…

  • Environment takes center stage

    No one can say that the members of the Millstone Township environmental commission and watershed council don’t have a plan to protect the community’s environment. They do have a plan and it contains quite an extensive list of goals and priorities. The two public bodies are jointly pursuing an initial $50,000 grant that will help…

  • Millstone after-school club combines learning, fun

    The Teen After School Club (TASC) will be kicking off its second year at the Millstone Township Middle School this September. According to a press release, TASC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing quality after-school programming to middle school-age children. In TASC’s first year, Millstone students in grades five through eight were provided with…

  • Whitman makes dorm sprinklers state law

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Remembering the tragedy that took the lives of three Seton Hall University freshmen, Gov. Christie Whitman recently signed a bill into law requiring the installation of automatic sprinkler systems in all college dormitory rooms. The bill, called the Dormitory Safety Trust Fund Act, specifically creates a requirement for the owners…

  • Auditions

    The Spotlight Players, Matawan, will hold auditions for its production of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women at 1 p.m. Aug. 19 and at 7 p.m. Aug. 22 at the First Pres-byterian Church, Route 34 and Franklin Street. Needed are two young men (late teens to mid-20s), three mature men and women, and four teen-age girls.…

  • Bus trip to Annapolis planned for Oct. 21

    Bus trip to Annapolis planned for Oct. 21 Millstone Township Community Education will sponsor a trip to Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 21. The trip will include bus transportation, a guided walking tour of Annapolis, a narrated cruise aboard the Harbor Queen and plenty of free time for lunch and dinner on the waterfront. The bus…

  • Allentown H.S. Gridiron Club to hold car wash

    Allentown H.S. Gridiron Club to hold car wash The Allentown High School Football Gridiron Club will sponsor a car wash from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Allentown Elementary School in front of the Bailey building. Rain date will be Aug. 20.