Category: Examiner Opinion

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.…

ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch There are many advantages to being married to a Bob Vila type of a man. It comes in handy for a woman, such as myself, to conjure up creative ideas and difficult tasks and actually have someone around who can accomplish them. With a tool belt on his hips…

By Ryan A. Berenz, www.channelguidemag.com Perhaps your first, um, exposure to the work of Ken Jeong came in The Hangover, when he, as the flamboyant gangster Mr. Chow, pounced out of a car’s trunk wearing nothing but socks. A select audience knows Jeong as Spanish instructor Señor Chang on Community. Still others may know Jeong…

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…