Category: Examiner Opinion

Community members of all ages are invited to a special presentation by entrepreneur, scientist and civilian space traveler Greg Olsen at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. After a successful career as a research scientist and an entrepreneur in the technology industry, Olsen became the third private citizen to orbit the earth…

According to the American Heart Association, smoking is responsible for killing more than 480,000 Americans annually — including 11,800 New Jerseyans — making it the No. 1 cause of death. It is no secret smoking results in heart disease, stroke, cancers and many other devastating health issues. Yet smoking remains a crisis in the Garden…

Showplace Farms paid $60,000 in property taxes to Millstone Township in 2015. In 2014, Showplace Farms paid $77,950 in property taxes to Millstone Township. Information regarding the amount of taxes paid by Showplace Farms in those two years was incorrect in a Nov. 12 article.

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE —Suzanne Guidry, an assistant principal at the Pond Road Middle School, Robbinsville, will become principal of the Millstone Township Elementary School on Jan. 1. She will succeed Stephen Wisniewski as the elementary school’s principal. Wisniewski will become the superintendent/ principal in the Bradley Beach School District on Dec. 1. Millstone…

ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Although our marriage is not perfect, I feel abundantly blessed to be married to my Pat. He eats my cooking without complaining, puts up with my slovenly ways and doesn’t grumble when I treat myself to new clothes. “Are those new jeans?” he asked just last week. “You’re darned…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Amy Jacobson, Billy Hanson and John Sico Jr. have won three-year terms on the Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education. Jacobson is a member of the board; Hanson and Sico are newcomers who will join the panel in January. When the results were tallied on Election Day,…

SCOTT FRIEDMAN Tasty homemade apple pies tempt visitors attending the 50th Apple Festival sponsored by the Madison Township Historical Society, Old Bridge, on Nov. 8.

By JENNIFER ORTIZ Staff Writer Eric LeGrand in his playing days at Rutgers University. LeGrand was left paralyzed from the neck down as the result of an injury he sustained during a football game in 2010. RUTGERS ATHLETICS I n October 2010, Rutgers University football player Eric LeGrand collided with Army’s Malcolm Brown during the…

On behalf of the Allentown Public Library Association, I would like to thank the Examiner for the article about the steeple project (“Allentown Library Steeple Restored with Care,” Oct. 29). Thank you for capturing the special relationship contractor Jason Harris and his family have with the library as he undertook a significant renovation project. We…