Category: Examiner Opinion

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

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Kyle Sikkema, an eighth-grade student at the Millstone Township Middle School, is spearheading his second annual paper products drive from May 25 through June 18. The drive will benefit the Feed All God’s Children lunch program, which is based at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Freehold Borough. After Kyle met…

SCOTT FRIEDMAN Visitors to Holmdel’s 17th annual Earth Day Festival enjoy the spring scenery on May 3 at Bayonet Farm.

YOUR TURN SCOTT FEDER GUEST COLUMN Some say teaching is a calling, while skeptics say people become teachers for summers off and working 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. for huge amounts of money. Being in the field for nearly 25 years and speaking from experience, those skeptics need to take a hike or, better yet, put…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Children’s author Dan Gutman encouraged youngsters at Manalapan’s Clark Mills School to stick with their writing even if the initial response is not supportive. Popular children’s author Dan Gutman encouraged youngsters at the Clark Mills School in Manalapan to stick with their writing even if the initial response to what they…

Queen Latifah impresses as the ‘Empress of the Blues‘ in HBO’s gorgeous ‘Bessie’ By Lori Acken You don’t have to be a fan of blues legend Bessie Smith — or the musical genre in general — to love HBO’s Bessie (premiering Saturday, May 16). But oh, the experience that awaits you if you are. Twenty-two…

Mad Max: Fury RoadRated: R — Opens May 15Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas HoultDirector: George Miller Max is back and the director of the original film is behind the camera to give us this apocalyptic story of a man who lets his actions speak for him. Here he teams up with Furiosa, a woman who…

By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in “Top Hat” “Anyone can look glamorous. You just have to stand still and look stupid.” — Hedy Lamarr If only it were that easy! But even Hedy Lamarr, who was most certainly not stupid, needed a little extra help. So do most of…

Thursday, May 14 The Vampire Diaries:“I’m Thinking of You All the While”The CW, 8 p.m., Season Finale In the aftermath of Alaric and Jo’s powerful nuptials, things take a dramatic turn when an uninvited guest shows up, leaving Elena in terrible jeopardy. After a devastating chain of events, Damon is forced to make the most…