Category: Examiner Opinion

STAFF PHOTOGRApHER ERIC SUCAR Children of all ages take advantage of a recent snow storm as they sled down the hill at Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch, on Feb. 17.

MILLSTONE — The induction ceremony for the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) at the Millstone Township Middle School was held recently in the Millstone Performing Arts Center at the middle school. The chapter’s faculty council selected members based on high standards of scholarship, service, leadership, citizenship and character, according to a press release. According to…

Eight Brookdale Community College administrators have been selected to lead the college’s newly redesigned academic and student services divisions, which will be rolled out this year as part of a campuswide reorganization. The appointments, which were announced in late January, include four academic deans, a new Freehold Township campus dean and a new dean of…

Camp Excel Academy College Coaches (ACC), located in Morganville, provides professional college coaching to high school students and their parents.ACC focuses on finding the colleges that meet the student’s academic, career and social requirements.ACC will alleviate the stress, procrastination and concerns over finding the school that will be the best fit.ACC helps organize and process…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent ALLENTOWN — The trials and tribulations of Harvard’s beloved sorority girl will be revisited onstage when Allentown High School students perform “Legally Blonde, The Musical” this month. The play, which is based on the novel by Amanda Brown and on the 2001 movie “Legally Blonde” starring Reese Witherspoon, will be performed…

The world has changed.Wii has replaced “Wheeeee!”Tweeting is no longer for the birds, and Blackberries aren’t for picking on a warm summer afternoon. Kids today spend twice as much time indoors than their counterparts two decades ago. But technology can be a great ally for families who want to spend more time in nature. NatureFind,…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent As the Naval Reserves nears its 100th birthday in March, Upper Freehold Regional School District Superintendent of Schools Richard Fitzpatrick already has good reason to celebrate that milestone. Fitzpatrick shared a heartwarming letter he received from the military at the Board of Education’s Jan. 7 meeting. In the letter dated Dec.…

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, has named the following students to the 2014 fall semester dean’s list: from Millstone Township, Catherine Borna, Karli Moke, Cassidy Troy and Brian McNutt. The College of New Jersey, Ewing, has named the following students to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semester: from Allentown, Gabriela Johnson,…

ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Another Valentine’s Day is in the books — another season reminiscent of romance, long walks in the park and sappy commercials that tug at the heartstrings. Although my beloved spouse, Pat, would never be cast as the hero in a Harlequin Romance novel, I know he loves me. He…