In Your Opinion: ‘Yes Virginia, There Is A Grinch’
By Arnold W. Schmidt, Somerset. Yes, Virginia, there is a Grinch. Your friends who believe he is a “stable genius” are wrong. They have been overwhelmed by his constant self-flattery, self-aggrandizement, and self-promotion. In this great world of ours, this Grinch is a mere insect; an ant, in his intellect; as compared with the boundless […]
In Your Opinion: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You – But – You Can Do Something about It
Submitted by the Franklin Township Task Force on Compressor Station 206 and NESE. For the health, safety and future of our families and communities, we continue to oppose the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Project. Williams/Transco needs permits from NJ and NY before any construction of NESE could start on their proposed compressor station in Franklin […]
In Your Opinion: Vote To Save Local Environment
Submitted by the Franklin Township Task Force On Compressor Station 206 and NESE. In October, Councils of both Princeton and Franklin Township passed resolutions urging the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to deny the permit applications for the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Project. Four days before the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, it […]
In Your Opinion: School Board Candidate Introduction
By Ardaman Singh School board membership is not for everyone. Let me recount just a few reasons. It takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of effort and can often feel like an uphill journey given the current state of education in our country. It’s not paid so you cannot quantify return on […]
In Your Opinion: Part-Time Franklin Township Council Soaks Up Full-Time Benefits
By Chris Kelly, Somerset. At a “Meet the Candidates” event at Somerset Run in Franklin Township on October 24, Township Councilwoman Kimberley Francois lamented that one of the reasons for the high taxes in Franklin is the cost of health insurance for town employees. She neglected to mention that she and her fellow Council members […]
In Your Opinion: Take Action To Stop NESE And Compressor Station
Submitted by the Franklin Township Task Force On Compressor Station 206 and NESE. New Jersey protected our clean air and water with a denial of the PennEast pipeline permits and opposition to the Meadowlands (North Bergen) Power Plant – Now it’s time to Stop NESE. By Friday, October 25 and Tuesday, October 29, the state […]
In Your Opinion: Support Russo For Sheriff, Marano For Freeholder
By Deana Luchs, Somerset. I have noticed the recent slew of the Somerset County GOP negative television campaign ads. Unfortunately, mudslinging has boiled down to the county level in NJ against Democrats Melonie Marano for Freeholder and Darrin Russo for Sheriff and it won’t work. Spreading scurrilous information will do nothing to help the GOP […]
In Your Opinion: Inappropriate To Vote Parenti For Sheriff
By Robert Quinn. In the midst of this important election season for Somerset County’s Freeholder and Sheriff races, I wanted to take a moment to comment and provide guidance to my supporters in the public and Republican Party. Several months ago, we saw Tim Pino “lose” to William “Bill” Parenti by a small fraction of […]
In Your Opinion: Time To Rediscover The Art Of Dialogue
By Bill Connell, Somerset. I use this Speak Out forum liberally, sometimes to express an opinion on a matter or sometimes to encourage something like volunteerism. Volunteerism I believe to be the important quiet engine of Franklin, as for opinions, you know what they say about those, we all have one …. John Felix, my […]
In Your Opinion: Franklin Woman’s Club Starts New Season
By Angela Dubivsky, Franklin Woman’s Club Publicity Chair and Kecia Baptist, Franklin Woman’s Club Membership Chair. The cool mornings and shorter days may mean the end to summer but for Franklin Woman’s Club members, they remind us that the 2019/2020 club year will soon begin! As new members are always welcome, adult women (age 18+) […]
