Category: Examiner Opinion

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Christmas trees are on display at Matawan World of Gardening, Old Bridge, on Dec. 4.

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Help may have arrived for students who have been diagnosed with dyslexia or other reading problems and who may have fallen under the radar in the Millstone Township K-8 School District. Director of Special Services Laurie Hall came up with a new idea involving the formation of a partnership…

MILLSTONE — The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence raised more than $3,900 from its fourth annual “Family Movie Day” held on Nov. 16 at the Millstone Performing Arts Center. Proceeds will help provide grant funding for innovative classroom programs, educational opportunities for students, staff development, and state-of-the-art teaching materials that are beyond the scope…

Our family was blessed to be able to spend Thanksgiving at our home this year and truly get to celebrate how much we have to be thankful for. Our daughter left to go home and 10 minutes after departing she called from the road. A very young deer had obviously been struck by a vehicle…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Ava Taeschler, 8, of Colts Neck, pulls on extra socks prior to an ice skating session at Howell Ice World on Nov. 24.

ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch I t is December. With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas all around us, we are truly in the thick of the holiday season. It is so much more than trimming trees and tangling tinsel. It is beyond decking with boughs of holly. Yes sir, it is more about cleaning…

YOUR TURN ASSEMBLYMAN SEAN KEAN GUEST COLUMN The failure of New Jersey’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) to reach an agreement on new thirdround regulations for the state Supreme Court-mandated construction of housing for low-income residents has created confusion for municipalities now facing dramatic increases in litigation that would force towns to accept affordable housing…

Students who eat a nutritious, well-balanced breakfast tend to be healthier, have longer attention spans and are more likely to succeed in school. For this reason, I have sponsored legislation that was recently signed into law that would encourage schools to move their breakfast programs to after the first bell of the day in order…

Jeffrey Bloom Leeds of Millstone Township was named to the president’s list at Berkeley College, Woodbridge location.