Category: Independent Opinion
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Eminent domain ruling twists 5th Amendment
Coda Greg Bean The year is 2035, and the town fathers in East Brunswick have just taken 17 single-family homes because the Wawa Corp. wants to build a new mega-convenience store near the mall on Hillsdale Road. The homeowners have fought it as far as they can, but the courts hold that eminent domain is…
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Boredom descends on the summer break
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch I’ve decided that little boys are magnets for more boys. Little boys also attract bugs, snakes, and dirt that lingers behind the ear, but that’s another column. It’s not a bad thing, not really. Boys, not unlike onion breath, tend to cancel each other out. The more little boys…
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Azzolina responds to executive editor’s June 15 column
Your Turn Joseph Azzolina Guest Column I read Gregory Bean’s June 15 column in your Greater Media Newspapers and found it to be your usual bias as the editor of these weekly newspapers in Monmouth-Middlesex counties. Your venomous attacks against the Bayshore Courier and Jim Purcell, the publisher of the Courier, were once again off…
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Letters
New Jersey always in need of blood donors Our state’s need for all blood types is becoming critical. While the New Jersey media often have stories about the need to donate blood, sadly too few of our region’s residents are blood donors. While the vast majority of New Jersey residents are generally in good health…
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Big Brother’s eyes won’t be on bookstore purchases
Greg Bean As a full-time newspaperman and part-time novelist, I’ve had to find the answers to some fairly esoteric questions over the last 30 years. Among the more arcane: • How far will a slug from a .44-caliber Magnum revolver penetrate into the engine block of a Crown Victoria sedan? • What are the physical…
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Saying goodbye to that childhood memorabilia
Lori Clinch For the sake of love, I’ve become a bit overstocked on useless items. For years, I absolutely adored the sentimental stuff. I loved anything and everything that had the potential to remind me of a syrupy moment. And if it even began to resemble anything that one of my precious children’s chubby hands…
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Middletown H.S. North students knit for needy
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — When it comes to making quilts, people may think of their grandmothers spending hours and hours down in Florida, tediously creating something that comes out looking hideous and eventually makes it to the Salvation Army donation pile. But in Middletown, a group of High…
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Holmdel honors four as teachers of the year
BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer HOLMDEL — The school district has selected a teacher of the year from each of the four schools in the district. This year’s teachers are Nancy Grabowski from the Village School, Caren MacConnell from Indian Hill School, Kathleen Howard from William R. Satz School, and William…
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On Campus
Ellen Hsu, a senior at Holmdel High School, was recently named a semifinalist in the 2005 Presidential Scholars Program, with the announcement of the final selection of scholars to be made this month. Hsu was selected from more than 2,700 candidates based on exceptional performance on either the SAT or ACT, superior achievements, leadership, personal…
