Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Task force could study issue of recess in school

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Agroup of concerned parents met with state Assemblyman Joseph Malone (R-Ocean, Monmouth, Burlington, Mercer) in his office in Jackson on Nov. 21 to discuss the idea of making student recess mandatory in all New Jersey school districts. During the meeting Malone presented the parents with a proposed bill that would…

  • Millstone schools keep on cutting edge of technology

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The middle school has a technology department as up to date as its new building. David Tuccillo, the Millstone Township School District’s supervisor of technology, gave an overview of the technology in the district at the Nov. 26 Board of Education meeting. Tuccillo said that the district’s technology…

  • Misinformation abounds around flu vaccines

    After reading the letter submitted by Rhonda Kolarik [“Flu shots should come with warnings,” Letters to the Editor, Examiner, Nov. 21, 2007] regarding the flu vaccine, I felt compelled to respond in an attempt to dispel some of the misinformation surrounding vaccines. As a physician assistant with over 10 years’ experience in the fields of…

  • Middle school assistant principal position filled

    New hire will receive $90,000 per year and will start work Jan. 1 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A familiar face at the Millstone Township Middle School will have a new job next month. Matthew Howell, who currently serves as a remedial reading teacher in the Millstone Township School District, was unanimously voted…

  • Girl Scout troop grateful for community’s support with project

    Cadette Girl Scout Troop 1561 of Millstone would like to thank the community for their support of our Silver Award project, which addressed domestic violence. First, we would like to thank Karen Gillespie of 180 Turning Lives Around for coming to present “Staying Safe During the Dating Years” to a group of 40 parents and…

  • Coda

    Subpoena for blogger’s identity on national stage GREG BEAN Ed Herschler, the crusty three-term governor of Wyoming during the 1970s and into the mid-’80s, was a Democrat, but clearly the most popular politician in that rabidly Republican state. The reason for his popularity was largely his down-to-earth demeanor (he personally answered the phone on his…

  • Red State/Blue State

    Nobel winners sample some wine and cheese with Bush DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: Did you notice…

  • Boy Scout troop thanks Allentown and U.F. for food donations

    Boy Scout Troop 180, Allentown, would like to thank the residents of Allentown and Upper Freehold Township for their generous contributions to our Scouting For Food program. In this program, the troop collects food items from local neighborhoods that go to food banks in Allentown and Upper Freehold Township. The food banks are maintained to…

  • Dr. Michael W. Stark

    Dr. Stark, 52, of the Perrineville section of Millstone, died Oct. 28, 2007, at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he had lived in Lake Success, N.Y., Long Island, N.Y., and Old Bridge before moving to Millstone in 1997. Dr. Stark maintained a medical practice in Manalapan for the past 20 years. He was on the…