Category: Examiner Opinion

By David Cohea, ReMIND Magazine Linda Blair and Jim Bray in “Roller Boogie,” 1979. For as long as Americans have been walking about, someone has been trying to add a little pizzazz by adding tiny wheels. The first known use of roller skates was at a London theater in 1743, and by the mid- 1860s,…

Tom Selleck “Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise” COPYRIGHT 2015 CROWN MEDIA UNITED STATES LLC/PHOTOGRAPHER CHRIS REARDON Crown Media Family Networks, Sony Pictures Television and Golden Globe and Emmy winner Tom Selleck will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Jesse Stone movie franchise with the premiere of “Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise.” The film will receive…

The League of Women Voters of Western Monmouth, with the full support of the New Jersey League of Women Voters State Natural Resource Committee, opposes a 22-mile-long pipeline in one of New Jersey’s largest and most unique areas: the Pine Barrens. This area comprises 1.1 million acres and is located in the Cohansey Aquifer which…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Gina Whalen, the managing director of the Millstone Performing Arts Center (MPAC), has announced the kickoff of performing arts master classes that will be held at the MPAC, 5 Dawson Court, this month. Whalen said anyone who is interested in signing up for the courses may visit the MPAC…

MATT DENTON Soccer balls are lined up and ready to go on the practice pitch.

Residents of Millstone Township will have a full slate of candidates from which to elect three members to the Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education in the Nov. 3 election. The terms of school board members Amy Jacobson, Ramon Recalde and Neil Schloss are ending in December. Schloss is not seeking re-election to…

By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — A bomb scare at Allentown High School recently shut down the entire Upper Freehold Regional School District as law enforcement personnel swept the buildings for any threats. The Sept. 24 incident took place when an anonymous call was made to the high school. The caller claimed there was…

The National Writing Project at Rider University (NWP@Rider) invites all area K-12 educators to participate in the following events and programs: The NWP@Rider Fall Harvest Literacy Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 17. The NWP@Rider Assignments Matter Professional Development Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct.…

Less than 45 percent of dying Americans receive hospice care at home, and nearly half of those are referred to hospice within just two weeks of death. Hospice was designed to provide end-oflife care, but this is brink-of-death care. As the end of life approaches, there is a lot we can do to make the…