Category: Examiner Opinion

ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch You could search the world over, and I doubt you would find a family as hard to cook for as mine. Some members of the Clinch household aren’t bad. They will eat peppers, onions and spices with names that can’t be pronounced. Others restrict my culinary creativity to salt…

The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey and the Backstretch Community Assistance Program will once again offer college scholarships in 2015 to the sons and daughters of New Jersey horsemen. The deadline for applications is June 15. Scholarships, valued at a total distribution of $7,500, are for qualified students who plan to attend…

The ninth annual stream cleanup was a huge success thanks to all the volunteers who helped by donating their time to make Millstone Township a cleaner place. This was the largest turnout of volunteers, with some familiar faces from previous years as well as some new ones. The cleanup, which was sponsored by the Millstone…

UPPER FREEHOLD — Monmouth County 4-H is participating in the national spring 2015 4-H Paper Clover Campaign. Individuals may support the 4-H’ers by purchasing a clover at the Tractor Supply Company, 701 Route 524. The spring 2015 4-H Paper Clover Campaign is taking place now through May 3. Shoppers at the Tractor Supply Company store…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The ever-increasing pace of life and technological development drew several hundred people to Monmouth University in West Long Branch for TEDx- Navesink, where 22 speakers addressed the influence of “Accelerators.” The theme describes issues and topics that affect society more than people typically realize, according to Donna Steinhorn, an…

Gloria Zastko Gloria Zastko, 83, passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 26. She was born in New Brunswick and resided in North Brunswick throughout her life. She graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1949 and went on to attend Rutgers College. Mrs. Zastko started a career in real estate in the 1970s.…

TOM ROBERTSON Each spring, Edward Avenue becomes one of Monroe Township’s most colorful streets when the cherry blossoms bloom.

As a former sexual assault nurse examiner, it is painful to see female sexual assault victims victimized a second time by politicians who seek to block emergency contraception after a rape. Plan B is FDA-approved and used across the country by sexual assault programs, doctors and hospitals to prevent unwanted pregnancy after a sexual assault.…

Well, Earth Day has come again, and there was a lot of media attention on ways to save the Earth. Meanwhile, every year in the manicured yards of suburbia, pesticides and herbicides are wreaking havoc with the health of humans, especially children. Although professional landscapers must take classes and obtain a pesticide applicator’s license, homeowners…