Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Letters

    Monmouth County neighbors need help, too After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, we saw images of unimagined devastation. It’s clear that these images will continue for some time. As various groups mounted efforts to help people recover from this disaster, I wondered how successful they would be. I must confess I was a bit…

  • Sting gives elections air of unpredictability

    Candidates can talk all they want about taxes, development, traffic and the other usual campaign issues. But the great wild card in the 2005 elections is the date Feb. 22, 2005. On that morning, 11 public officials from throughout Monmouth County were rounded up by federal authorities and arrested for accepting bribes in exchange for…

  • She’s busted over a pair of dirty socks

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch Children enjoy nothing more than a crisp, clean pair of white socks. Properly sized foot wear with a reinforced heel and a custom fit toe; throw in a snug fit, and a band that’s just barely visible above the ankle and the kids will feel as if their feet…

  • Obituaries

    Maria Aimee Kovacs Mrs. Kovacs, 62, of Colts Neck, died Oct. 20 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Laredo, Texas, in 1943, she had lived in West Long Branch before moving to Colts Neck. Mrs. Kovacs graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor of science degree in physical education, and served…

  • Millstone Twp. schools set and meet curriculum goals

    School report card now available on state BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Assistant Superin-tendent Mary Ann Donahue reported on the state’s Quality Assurance Annual Report for the district at the Oct. 24 Board of Education meeting. Donahue explained that the N.J. Department of Education’s (DOE) report had 12 components,…

  • A political train wreck is always fun to watch

    Coda Greg Bean There’s an innate human curiosity about spectacular, bloody wrecks. If most people are honest, they’ll tell you that one of the reasons they watch sports like ski jumping, rodeo, football and auto racing is that they might get to see a horrendous collision or crash. And don’t even mention hockey, where the…

  • Letters

    Reader says save Hook from developers As one who literally lives on top of Sandy Hook and has spent countless happy hours there during the years, it’s a very sad time. Just the concept of callously turning over this irreplaceable land to the rapacious and greedy hands of private developers is devastating. After reading the…

  • Millstone middle school rids trailers of mildew

    Officials act quickly, remembering last year BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — Schools Superint-endent William Setaro said middle school officials became proactive when teachers recently complained about a mildew smell in the classroom trailers. Teachers in three of the trailers complained of a musty odor a few weeks after school…