Category: Examiner Opinion

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Millstone Township Middle School Principal Christopher Huss said 164 eighth-graders will graduate during commencement exercises to be held at the Millstone Performing Arts Center at 5 p.m. June 18. “This has been an outstanding eighthgrade class that will represent the Millstone community well as they mature and venture out…

For the past six years, the Obama administration has elevated incompetence even beyond the reach of ridicule. When one disillusioned voter was asked what he thought were President Barack Obama’s three biggest mistakes, he simply replied, “First, his accepting the nomination. Second, taking the oath of office. And third, not resigning.” As for the other…

MATT DENTON Members of the Jackson Junior Air Force ROTC demonstrate the proper way to fold an American flag during a Flag Day ceremony June 14 at the Jackson Justice Complex.

MILLSTONE — As the 2014-15 school year winds down, students in the Millstone Township K-8 School District were honored at a recent meeting of the Board of Education. Millstone Township Primary School pupils who were winners of the Earth Day contest were Vincenzo Baldino, pre-K, first place; Tyler Peters, pre-K, second place; Nicholas Romeo, Kindergarten,…

The year 2015 marks the 60th anniversary of special education in New Jersey and the 40th anniversary that special education is guaranteed to children in the United States through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The person who spearheaded special education in New Jersey was the late Sen. Alfred Beadleston. As such, New Jersey…

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has a new policy of backbilling registration when a broken, hobby or restoration vehicle has been off the road. You cannot re-register the vehicle without paying for registration while the vehicle was off the road. Car owners can avoid this fee in the future by returning the license plates…

MARK ROSMAN/STAFF View of the Brooklyn Bridge, foreground, and the Manhattan Bridge, along the East River from the roof of an apartment building on John Street, New York City, June 7.

Kelly Ann Baber, daughter of Tom and Lisa Baber of Millstone Township, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semester and the 2015 spring semester at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Kelly, who is a 2014 graduate of Allentown High School, is pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering. The following area residents…

ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Spring is in full swing, and summer is waiting in the wings. We are enjoying long days, warm nights and gentle breezes. I love the flowers, the trees, the lush lawns and green bushes. What I am not in love with are the weeds that are mass-producing and waging…