Category: Examiner Opinion

Ed Westwick in “Wicked City” ABC/KEVIN FOLEY ABC will premiere its new drama “Wicked City” on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 10 p.m. Welcome to Los Angeles circa 1982, as two detectives (played by Jeremy Sisto and Gabriel Luna) find themselves on one of the toughest cases of their career. Assigned to a murder case, they…

The Charles Lafitte Foundation Kid’s Corner is hosting a national bullying prevention month essay contest. Students in grades three through 12 attending a public or private school in the United States are invited to participate in the contest. To enter, students must read a book listed under their corresponding grade level and write an essay…

ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Although I adore the advancements technology has brought to communication, I truly miss being able to physically lay my hands on a phone number. Back in my day (am I too young to say that?) a person could simply dial 411, tell the operator a name and town and…

I need to correct a recent letter to the editor about home solar panels which contained inaccuracies and generally cast them in an unfavorable light. Here is the way the most popular plan works: Unlike the old days when you had to fund all the costs yourself and get the power for free, now you…

GENE LENNON/STAFF A slice of autumn at the Kingston Mill, Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, Route 27, Kingston, Mercer County.

ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch One of the nice things about naming a puppy Sadie is that it rhymes with baby. That comes in quite handy when calling for her, greeting her at the door and although I couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket, the name allows me to do a lovely rendition…

By Kellie Freeze, www.channelguidemag.com For the first time since he was the epitome of 1990s cool in Saved by the Bell, Mark-Paul Gosselaar is starring in a sitcom — NBC’s Truth Be Told, premiering Oct. 16. It’s not like he hasn’t been busy, though, as Gosselaar previously starred in Steven Bochco’s legal drama Raising the…

In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is trying to find his way in the world in the new film The Walk. Philippe is an artist and marches to the beat of his own drum. He is introduced to Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), who is a master high-wire artist. Under Papa…

I find it amazing that the government can enforce minimum wage laws on private businesses, but can ignore it when it comes to government employment. It is bad enough that the government coerces people to serve on a jury, then turns around and pays them a measly $5 a day (“Jury Duty System Evolves, Examiner,…