Category: Examiner Opinion
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All for art and art for all
Recommendations made for making arts more accessible to N.J. students The promise of arts education for all students in the state remains elusive, but the New Jersey Arts Education Census Project has made some recommendations, hoping to make it more tangible. With over 750,000 students in the state attending schools without arts programs, and most…
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Public urged to voice opposition to home sale tax increase
The Monmouth County Association of Realtors opposes the bills (A-3190/S- 2643, A-3341, A-3387 and S-2080) before the state Legislature that would increase the New Jersey home sales tax or realty transfer fee. These proposed bills would allow local municipalities to charge a tax in addition to the taxes currently collected by the state. Any and…
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Without bedrock voters, the party’s all but over
GREG BEAN Coda Afriend of mine, who’s also a newspaper columnist, lives in one of those red states, and is about as conservative as they come. I’ve always figured I was fairly conservative, but this guy’s dedication to the core philosophy puts mine to shame. Even mention Ronald Reagan’s name in his presence and he…
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Names of local service members sought
In February 2008, the Committee to Honor Those Who Serve will present to the townships of Millstone and Upper Freehold and the historic village of Allentown a plaque of remembrance to honor those who are protecting us all in the global war on terrorism. The plaque will carry the names of each and every community…
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Charles S. Accisano
Mr. Accisano, 91, of Freehold, died Oct. 3, 2007, at home. Born in Freehold, he was a lifelong area resident. In 1946 Mr. Accisano and his brothers started Bill’s Body & Fender Works, Freehold, which he operated until his retirement in 1990. He was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Freehold;…
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New Jersey public education served another sucker punch
The dismissal of Crawford vs. Davy is yet another blow to quality education in New Jersey. Attorney Patricia Bombelyn hit the nail on the head. She observed: “When children come to courts asking for money, they are welcomed with a red carpet. But when the children come to court and ask that the money be…
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Bush’s compassionate conservatism is an oxymoron
President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which provides health insurance to underprivileged children, proves once and for all that “compassionate conservatism” is nothing but an empty campaign slogan and an oxymoron. Eddie Konczal Monroe Township
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Harriet L. Kemble Good
Mrs. Good, 60, of the New Egypt section of Plumsted, died Sept. 22, 2007, at Capital Health System’s Fuld Campus, Trenton. Born in Mount Holly, she grew up in Bordentown and graduated from Bordentown Regional High School in 1966. She moved to New Egypt in 1968. Mrs. Good had worked as a home health aide…
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Millstone candidates keep it clean, for once
For as long as we can remember, the races to fill open committee seats in Millstone Township have been contentious, filled with mudslinging, backbiting and overthe top personal attacks. Last year, verbal assaults from the politicians’ handlers went on for months in back-andforth e-mails that poorly attempted to try to put together a candidate debate.…
