Category: Independent Opinion
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CHRIS KELLY staff Owen Doherty, 7, rehearses for a benefit concert for the Coalition of Families for Excellent Education (COFFEE).
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Rumson mom ‘brews’ rollback of school budget law
Newsome: Parents must choose ‘between their wallets and their children’ BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer COFFEE, more than what’s in your mug, is on the move to save New Jersey’s public schools. COFFEE, which stands for Coalition of Families For Excellent Education, is a grassroots organization started by Rumson resident Kimberly…
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$500,000 in surplus to [pay for] a new roof for the school.” Newsome said that some families in Rumson received only a $50 rebate check after S-1701 took effect in 2004, which was money taken out of the surplus to comply with the restrictions of the new law. She said that every district in the…
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Class reaches out to state senator for new flag
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer DAN NEWMAN State Sen. Joseph Kyrillos looks at a gift presented to him by students in Ann Marie Maiello’s special needs social studies class at Middletown High School South. Kyrillos was on hand to present a state flag to the students after they wrote him a…
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McNamara re-elected school board president
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Edward McNamara KEYPORT – In an attempt to unseat long-standing Board of Education President Ed McNamara, newly elected member Peter Henning nominated three others for the top spot during the April 26 reorganization meeting. All three declined the nomination. McNamara was re-elected 8-2, with…
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Greg Bean
Coda Residents need more info about evacuation Two weeks ago, I wrote about the lack of an evacuation plan in Monmouth County and the state in case of emergency – at least a plan that anyone knows about. And toward the end of that column, I said that even if such plans exist, crisis managers…
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Lori Clinch
Are We There Yet? Do you remember when children were cheap? It only seems like $8 million ago that my husband and I admired our eldest as he rode his cheap little Hot Wheel down the walk. Vernon was so small back then, so innocent, so easy to please, and so gosh darned inexpensive. Well,…
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Time is right for false bomb threat crackdown
Juveniles do all sorts of things that seem like fun at the time, but they live to realize they were stupid. Think prank calls, bullying, sneaking beers into the woods or damaging private property on Mischief Night. Although these acts violate one law or another, when the kids are caught, the tendency by authorities is…
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Middletown not bulletproof as some like to think
I take exception to the comments made recently by Middletown Board of Education President Joan Minnuies in the latest issue of the Independent regarding the school budget defeat. The budget was voted down because Middletown taxpayers like myself are tired of the constant school budget increases that directly affect taxes. I do not believe the…
