Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Don’t be a party to underage drinking

    April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and it’s a good opportunity to start talking to your child about this subject. As young people enter adolescence and begin to experiment with risk-taking behaviors, alcohol use is often one rite of passage in which many teens participate. The attractiveness of such drinking to teens is multifaceted – at…

  • Gov. did the right thing, at his own political peril

    Jon Corzine is my nominee for a Profile in Courage. The governor has given New Jerseyans the disastrous facts about the state’s finances. He has presented his unpopular plans to help turn the picture around. Some politicians are telling us there are much easier solutions because that’s what we want to hear and because it…

  • Millstone girl earns honor helping peers

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Jessica Parisi MILLSTONE – Seventh-grader Jessica Parisi has earned the respect of her school district. Each year, one student from every public middle and high school in Monmouth County is given the Dr. Norman J. Field Student Recognition Award and spotlighted at a ceremony organized by the Monmouth County School…

  • Kathryn Ann Trahim

    Mrs. Trahim, 88, of Millstone Township, died April 16, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Born in Hazlet, she was raised in Keyport and had lived in Matawan, the Morganville section of Marlboro and Jackson prior to moving to Millstone. Mrs. Trahim was predeceased by her husband John in 2002; a grandson, Dan…

  • Coda

    Finally, a matter upon which we seem to agree GREG BEAN Iget letters. Man, do I get letters. And nothing I’ve written in recent memory got asmany letters in the formof e-mail messages asmy recent column on Comcast and my misery over losing the History Channel when the company went all digital March 27. Gregory…

  • Prepare now to help save stray animals

    When you see stray or injured cats or dogs on the street, please don’t pass them by. They need your help. Be prepared for animal emergencies by keeping a roadrescue kit in your car. The kit should include dog biscuits and pull-tab cans of cat and dog food (to coax the animal to you), a…

  • Madelyn “Miss Maggie” Palmer Gilbert

    Mrs. Gilbert, 62, ofMillstone Township, died April 5, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was an administrative assistant for the Township of Millstone for 13 years prior to retiring in December. She was predeceased by hermother,Anna BahmPalmer, in 1998 and her father, Charles Palmer, in 1958; four brothers, Frank Palmer in 1994, Charles…

  • Esther DiGregorio

    Mrs. DiGregorio, 88, of Farmingdale, and formerly of Colts Neck and Englishtown, died April 11, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She and her husband, Giacinto, operated Twin Pond Farms, Farmingdale, until her retirement. Mrs. Di- Gregorio was predeceased by her husband; two brothers, Dominick and Frank Luccarelli; and a sister, Lillian Gentile.…

  • Save money by cutting back on state workers’ holidays

    For too long, state agencies have closed their doors on days when the rest of the country is still verymuch at work – and it’s contributing to wasted tax dollars. We all want to see wasteful overruns eliminated, and in light of the recent proposals made by our governor to offset these problems, one example…