Category: Examiner Opinion

The Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township’s Poker Run 2015 was held in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area on April 26 and was a great success. The association would like to thank its many benefactors — Vesuvio’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, Millhurst Mills hardware and lumber, Riephoff Sawmill, Russo’s Restaurant, AgWay of New Egypt, Clarksburg Inn, Carol…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A bed of petunias on display at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home, Menlo Park.

Congratulations to Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education member Neil Schloss for his intelligently articulated critique of the board’s obfuscated budgeting process and lack of detail budget presentation (“Millstone Board Puts School Budget In Place,” Examiner, May 14, 2015). Well done, Mr. Schloss! Gregory M. CinqueMillstone Township

MILLSTONE — The Millstone PTO and PTSA have postponed a communitywide Color-A-Thon from May 30 until Oct. 18. The event will still be held at the Millstone Township Middle School, 5 Dawson Court, according to an event flier. “Due to a low enrollment, we have rescheduled our Color-A-Thon event,” PTSA Co-President Michele Stillwell wrote in…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Are you ready for the summer? Gina Whalen, community education director and managing director of the Millstone Performing Arts Center (MPAC), has announced that the Cornerstone Music and Theater Arts Camp will be held at the MPAC from July 27 through Aug. 13. “Space [for campers] is filling up…

An opportunity for students to enhance their skills and complete the credits they need to graduate will be offered to Allentown High School students this summer. At a recent meeting of the Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education, Principal Constance Embley discussed several classes that will be offered during the summer. The enrichment…

Last May, in the midst of a blossoming spring, I wrote about my son, Alex. I was looking forward to the promise of the new season with hope shining in my heart. Alex had been diagnosed with brain cancer, medulloblastoma, the year before. His prognosis was so encouraging and his disease under control. Or so…

Memorial Day has become the traditional beginning of summer. Originally, and more importantly, Decoration Day — as Memorial Day was previously known — was established to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. By the 20th century, Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who died while in…

FRANK GALIPO Brightly colored flowers were for sale when the Shrewsbury Garden Club conducted its annual Gardeners Market at the Shrewsbury gazebo.