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Attendance encouraged at affordable housing forum
Gov. James McGreevey warned developers, "If you reap benefits, you must also take responsibility for costs." He proposed allowing municipalities to impose a one-year building moratorium. He didn’t, however, address the lack of affordable housing. Rental-unit availability is shrinking; rents soar. Ours is the most expensive state in which to rent a two-bedroom apartment. More…
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Barkalow school student qualifies for state event
Barkalow school student qualifies for state event John W. Boasi, an eighth-grade student at the Barkalow Middle School, Freehold Township, has qualified to compete at the state level of the National Geographic Geography Bee. "We are very proud and excited for him, his family and our school," said seventh grade social science teacher Annette Kay…
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School tax rate up 7.8 cents
By linda denicolaStaff Writer By linda denicola Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A 2003-04 school year budget that will raise the local school tax rate 7.8 cents per $100 of assessed valuation is expected to be placed before voters on April 15. A public hearing on the K-8 budget that totals $44.6 million is scheduled…
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Obituaries
ROBERT BRUSCA, 69, of Middletown died Feb. 16 at home. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was a station foreman at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Jersey City, for 40 years, retiring in 1997. He was a communicant of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, New Monmouth section of Middletown. He…
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Our View
McGreevey bets houseon an economic upturn McGreevey bets house on an economic upturn VERONICA YANKOWSKI Eighth-grader Arielle Beatty enjoys lunch for the first time in the cafeteria of the Marlboro Memorial Middle School, Nolan Road, which opened its doors on Monday to more than 500 seventh- and eighth-graders. The school, approved in a March 2000…
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Your Turn
Guest ColumnJanice D. LevyMom: Reading programfrustrating to student Guest Column Janice D. Levy Mom: Reading program frustrating to student I am writing after having read the lengthy article in the News Transcript regarding the possible continuation of the [Marlboro] Four Block Reading program into the fourth grade during the 2003-04 school year. I would like…
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Police respond with caring and concern
I am writing this letter as a follow-up to "Better Effort Needed to Help Special Patients on Heavy Snow Days." I wrote that letter from my heart, but also to stir up a response. To my extreme satisfaction, I received a phone call from Capt. James Lasky of the Freehold Township Police Department. He was…
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New Jersey developer sees a need for redevelopment legislation
The state is walking a tightrope in a desperate effort to balance the preservation of our lifestyle with the need to accommodate more than 1 million new residents in the next 15-20 years. We commend Gov. James McGreevey and his staff for tackling this issue and for raising the level of discussion. For a long…
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Prediction of weapons’ use makes case to stop Saddam Hussein
I am writing in response to Carol Abaya’s [letter] in the Your Turn column on Feb. 20. Besides being taken aback by her blatant anti-American tone, her prediction that if we attacked Iraq there is a "100 percent certainty" that Saddam would retaliate with missiles and chemical and biological weapons against Israel and its neighbors…
