Category: Examiner Opinion

  • Kids: If it isn’t one thing, it’s another

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch I remember a time when my eldest son was always awake, playing with his toys, excavating the kitchen floor with his tractors and taking the bathroom cabinets apart with his 17-piece pry-bar set. Oh, those were the days. He never slept back then, not really. Sure, there would be…

  • Pair creates new logo for Millstone schools

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The Millstone school district has a new logo and crest thanks to the combined efforts of two art students. Brittany Malinowski, 14, and Rachel Iucci, 13, were honored at the Sept. 12 Board of Education meeting for designing the logo, which is now featured…

  • Obituaries

    Patricia Ann Poole Fenlon Mrs. Fenlon, 75, of Tannersville, Pa., formerly of Old Bridge, died Sept. 5 in Pleasant Valley Manor, Stroudsburg, Pa. Her husband, Donald Fenlon, died in 1971. Surviving are a son, William Fenlon of North Carolina; two daughters, Patricia Ann Mitchell of Tannersville and Donna Jane Johnson of Sayreville; a sister, Betty…

  • Board accepts resignations, OKs trailer use

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The Board of Education announced the resignation of a longtime physical education teacher last week. During its Sept. 12 meeting, the board said Ken Adams’ retirement would take effect next July. Adams has served the district for 36 years. “He was one of the…

  • Letters

    ‘Listen to your own heart,’ resident urges Utopia or oblivion, it’s our choice. It’s time to stop how we humans have been acting and consciously evolve. Enough with wars. Enough with the greed. We need to wake up and see what is really possible and not just accept “the way that things have always been”…

  • It’s safe to smoke but only in your dreams

    Coda Greg Bean After many years as an ex-smoker, I took the habit up again this week, and I’m enjoying it immensely. The news that I’m smoking again initially horrified my wife, and it will probably horrify my friends as well. I lost both of my parents to lung cancer, and I’d been a two-pack-a-day…

  • High School adds to all aspects of curriculum

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer ALLENTOWN — Every new school year brings changes. Last week, Allentown High School Principal Christopher Nagy outlined some of the new developments at AHS for the 2005-06 school year. According to Nagy, the school has hired five new staff members and has made two part-time staff…