Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Family fun will be on tap at Millstone Color-A-Thon

    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…

  • Rutgers U. feasibility study to examine adaptive sports

    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…

  • History and civics must be taught in school

    Educating future generations of American students in American history and civics is a fundamental requirement for living in the United States. Any person who has run for elected office can attest to the lack of understanding of how county and local level government works or the positions and titles of the elected officials. Currently, the…

  • Flipping the calendar pages

    GIRL TALK Clare Marie Celano No matter how you slice it folks, eventually, we do turn into our parents — like it or not. This welcome or dreaded transformation, however we see this phenomenon, does happen — at least, according to my oldest daughter who recently looked at me and said, “Oh my God. It’s…

  • Increase funding for housing vouchers

    For thousands of New Jerseyans with mental illness and other disabilities, housing choice vouchers are a lifeline that helps them live in safe, independent homes and avoid homelessness. Housing vouchers provide rental assistance for affordable permanent housing, a steppingstone that makes it possible for people to rebuild their lives and work toward recovery. Many of…

  • Make bases in United States a priority

    Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry was 100 percent correct in noting, in her recent letter to the editor, that the closure of Fort Monmouth by the feds has cost New Jerseyans jobs and dollars. And of course she is also 100 percent correct in stating that our military bases here in the United States should…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Garden State farms have provided a bounty of beautiful vegetables.

  • Members of two school boards tussle over tuition

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — The members of two school boards recently found themselves at odds over a situation involving tuition payments. The Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education has a send-receive relationship with the Upper Freehold Regional School District (UFRSD) Board of Education in which high school age residents of Millstone…

  • Savings plan would assist new graduates

    Terrified. That is how I feel when I think about my life after college. The graduating class of 2015 worked extremely hard to reach this point. Unfortunately, it also required a lot of money. Along with our diplomas, we will be leaving college with more than $1.2 trillion in debt. Even with the job market…