Category: Examiner Opinion

Robin Ines Linzmayer of Allentown has been named to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semester at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Evan Burek of Allentown has been named to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semester at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.

ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch I like to think of myself as a good person. I go to church, volunteer and have been known to hold the door open for others. I offer up greetings and salutations to folks I don’t know, yield when I clearly have the right of way, and slow down…

The Freehold Soil Conservation District will award three $2,000 scholarships in the summer of 2015 to students majoring in a conservation-related field. The Neal Munch, Mac Clark and Bill Schauer scholarships are awarded annually to honor their years of dedicated and distinguished service to conservation and to the Freehold Soil Conservation District, according to a…

New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States, but not strict enough to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and stalkers. Last year, there were 14 domestic abuse-related murdersuicides in New Jersey. On average, 47 women are murdered by gun monthly in America at the hands of…

MATT DENTON Easter cupcakes at the Millstone Township Easter egg hunt after-party at Wagner Farm on March 28.

YOUR TURN MICHELE S. BYERS GUEST COLUMN Addressing a crowd of more than 350 people gathered in Trenton, Nobel laureate Dr. Eric Chivian asked a question: How many people have had Lyme disease or know someone who had it? Almost every hand shot up. This should not surprise most folks who live in New Jersey.…

MATT DENTON Baseball season has arrived in New Jersey. High school teams will swing into regular-season action on April 1.

By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Students from Matawan Regional High School, top left, and Long Branch High School, above, perform at the 2015 Teen Arts Festival. At left, students explore visual arts by designing mural sculptures with spray paint and paint markers. Art isn’t always meant to be permanent; sometimes the most lasting works are…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — About 40 pupils in the Millstone Township K-8 School District refused to take the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam in the recent first round of testing, according to Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder. PARCC is a mandated test for assessing Common Core…