Lieutenant governor role needs defining
      For the first time, New Jersey voters will select a lieutenant governor along with a governor in November, but many are unaware or confused about the role the lieutenant governor will play. Soon candidates for governor will announce their picks — and speculation abounds — but not much has been said about the responsibilities and powers of a lieutenant governor.
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Remember the bees when spraying insecticides
      On May 16, I woke to find thousands of dead and dying bees in front of my 16 hives that are located in Millstone Township. The incident was reported to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as a "bee kill." Apparently, someone within a 2-3 mile radius had sprayed flowering plants on their premises.
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Community Twilight challenge benefits children of UFRSD
      On behalf of the Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation (UFREF) Board of Trustees, I would like to thank the community, sponsors, donors, local businesses and volunteer force for supporting our first Community Twilight Challenge and children's fun run on June 6.
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WyldLife and YoungLife thank community for successful fundraiser
      WyldLife and YoungLife of Millstone want to thank all who made their sixth annual fundraising spaghetti dinner a success. Once again, Millstone WyldLife and YoungLife youth groups showed what they are all about, but we couldn't do it alone.
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Veterans memorials are no place for campaign ads
      On Memorial Day, May 25, 2009, the Veterans Memorial in Millstone Township served as a focal point for our citizens and community to come together and to honor our war dead and military veterans no longer with us.
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For the Record
      The article "Millstone schools likely to start charging for use" in the June 4 edition of the Examiner should have stated that Millstone resident Ramon Recalde said the Township Committee's decision to make such a massive school budget cut was the best medicine it could have administered for The article incorrectly attributed the quote to Township Committeeman Fiore Masci.
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