Category: Examiner Opinion

Duncan, a Cairn terrier, joins the mum shopping fun in a wagon at Kaczor’s Mum Farm, Cream Ridge, on a hot September afternoon. RAY CHISTE

Vito Anthony Naturale, 85, passed away Sept. 6. He was a devoted father and grandfather. Vito, who was a lifelong resident of Belleville, retired from Hoffmann La Roche in Nutley as a supervisor. An Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, he was a member of the Italian Fiorente Club and the Belleville High School Hall…

REBECCA NOWALSKI Brianna Blake, 9 months, is delighted to pick out her first pumpkin at the annual Millstone Day on Sept. 13.

JESSICA D’AMICO/STAFF The sun sets over Sandy Hook Bay in northern Monmouth County and illuminates the Twin Lights lighthouse in Highlands on its journey below the horizon.

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Christopher Huss, the principal of the Millstone Township Middle School, has announced that all students enrolled at the school will be provided with a Google Chromebook computer to enhance the learning experience for the 2015-16 school year. “I am ecstatic about the opportunity being afforded to our students through…

The Brookdale Community College campus in Lincroft will be getting a facelift – courtesy of Monmouth County and the state. The project will overhaul the existing pedestrian thoroughfare into a new path that is intended to enhance the aesthetics of the campus and allow students to more easily take advantage of Brookdale’s outdoor space. The…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township K-8 School District PTO and PTSA are joining forces to host the first Color-A-Thon on Oct. 18 at the Millstone Township Middle School, 5 Dawson Court. Registration and pre-race activities will begin at 8 a.m. The Color-A-Thon race is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. The…

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer When Eric Katz of Monroe Township, Middlesex County, was looking to begin his career as a wheelchair athlete, his first choice was at his home school of Rutgers University in New Brunswick. However, Katz, now 32, had to enroll at the University of Arizona because Rutgers did not offer an…

VIEWS Adam C. Uzialko For months news anchors have been pushing presidential politics on their audiences. I get it. Presidential politics is fun; it’s the big time and the stakes are always high. But the wall-to-wall coverage of the two-party heavyweights betrays the real essence of democracy. Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Byron Price first…