Category: Examiner Opinion
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Winners announced
FFinal closure to a year-long Compost Conservation Beautification Pro-gram with Millstone’s third grade came on June 19. A raffle was held in each of the third-grade classes to determine the winner of the classes’ compost bins (Earth Machine). Our lucky winners are: Emily Petroff (Mrs. Beaton’s class), Antwon Hamlin (Ms. Erndl’s class), Tania Sequeira (Ms.…
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Good decision to keep bus schedules intact
Tiered school busing may be an inevitability in Millstone Township, but the town’s Board of Education made the right choice this week by pushing it back for at least one more year. Board members voted on June 26 not to change the district’s 2000-01 elementary school and middle school schedules, or the bus schedules, despite…
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Millstone school district to provide bus repairs
MILLSTONE — The Board of Education has voted to begin providing maintenance for Upper Freehold Regional School District buses. Millstone will provide mechanical services for the neighboring school district at a labor rate of $42 per hour, plus fees for parts and specific services, Business Administrator Brian Boyle said. "We were already providing the service…
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Allentown grads earn awards, scholarships
JERRY WOLKOWITZ Norman Castro, president of the Allentown High School senior class, addresses classmates, faculty members, administrators and guests during June 21 graduation ceremonies at the school. ALLENTOWN — For the 227 graduates of the class of 2000, commencement exercises at Allentown High School on June 21 marked the transition from their adolescent years to…
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Candidate appreciates support in primary
I wish to convey my heartfelt thanks to the June 6 Republican primary voters of Millstone Township for their selection of me as one of their candidate choices for November’s general election. I look forward to a factual, issues-based campaign and the opportunities for open dialogue among the voters and other candidates during the next…
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Obituaries
JOHN GORDON "GORDY" THOMPSON SR., 73, of Colts Neck, died June 15 in Keyport. Born in Upper Freehold Township, Mr. Thompson had resided in Colts Neck for 49 years. He was employed by Zoubek Trailer Sales and Rentals, Parlin, for 20 years, retiring in 1990. He was a seaman 2nd class in the U.S. Navy…
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Busy 8th-grader ranks at the top of her class Upper Freehold Regional School grad excited about moving on
Staff Writer By louis c. hochman Busy 8th-grader ranks at the top of her class Upper Freehold Regional School grad excited about moving on ALLENTOWN — Fourteen-year-old Jem Gabrielle Heinzel-Nelson has a busy schedule. She’s at school for most of the day, and when the school day ends, she has to fit in soccer practice,…
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Millstone firefighters made quite an impression
Recently, the Millstone Township Fire Department was kind enough to allow our Scout Den and their siblings to visit the firehouse. As we have an emergency medical technician in the family, my kids have seen it all before, but I figured it would be good for the other children. I was wrong. Visiting the firehouse…
