Category: Examiner Opinion

Decades ago when I was a young boy, Decades ago when I was a young boy, I insulted my classmates’ physical build, clothing, odor and parents. And my classmates did the same exact thing to me. If you told jokes about my mother, I came back with better jokes about your mother. This was and…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education held a ceremony to honor more than 100 students for a wide variety of successes and achievements on Dec. 15. Parents, teachers and staff members packed the Millstone Performing Arts Center (MPAC) to see the young people saluted. Superintendent of…

IN THE NEWS Mark Rosman Have you ever wanted to kiss the ground in Aberdeen Township? I know that is a strange question to ask, but on the rare occasions when I travel to New York City, that is exactly the feeling I have when I return via NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line and…

YOUR TURN MICHELE S. BYERS GUEST COLUMN In the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” a despondent George Bailey gets to see what his town would have looked like if he had never been born. It is an alluring concept. Most of us would love to get a magical glimpse of alternate worlds that would exist…

Your recent article, “Interfaith Families Embrace Holidays” (Examiner, Dec. 18), included criticisms by Rabbis Pont and Kline of the Conservative and Reform movements. Rabbi Pont stated, “If you’re celebrating both, then you’re not really embracing either.” Rabbi Kline said, “You can’t have two different religious traditions that contradict each other and call them both yours.”…

I wanted to comment on the recent letter to the editor from Monmouth County Democratic leader Vin Gopal and an article about a task force that is examining the Monmouth County care centers. Both have the same physical and mental effect on me — they make me spin. Mr. Gopal attacks the Monmouth County Republican…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR An estimated 10,000 men, women and children in lavish costumes twirled and strutted down Broad Street in Philadelphia during the annual Mummers Parade on Jan. 1.

GIRL TALK Clare Marie Celano “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?” — Satchel Paige, 1971 I recently picked up a Neil Diamond CD with his photo on the cover during the days when he was at the height of his career in the 1970s. “I remember when he…

Twenty-seven men and women became certified Master Gardeners at a graduation ceremony at Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune. Local graduates of the 2014 program are: Gary Adams, Allentown; Roseanne Duffy, Freehold; Marie Early, Howell; Debbie Gross Tulli, Manalapan; Beth Hutter, Marlboro; Jani Iyer, Freehold; Joan Janson, Freehold; Karen Laszlo, Freehold; Linda Lichardi, Freehold; Joe Luongo,…