Category: News Transcript Opinion
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GUEST COLUMN
Your town, your newspaper, your life JIM ZACHARY A s newspaper executives struggle over whether the news should be digital first, tablet first, SMS first or print first, readers know exactly what they want their local newspaper to be — community first. Reading a newspaper is not like reading a novel, a magazine, a history…
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ARE WE THERE YET
She’s just not a 1950s kind of wife Lori Clinch I just love vintage things. I adore porcelain signs, antique furniture and almost anything with rust. Several years ago, in my quest for learning about all things old, I ran across a magazine article from the 1950s regarding how to be a good wife. I’ll…
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GUEST COLUMN
Get outdoors – there’s an app for that! MICHELE S. BYERS A ny time is a good time to explore New Jersey’s great outdoors … and fall is especially glorious. If you want to find out where to hike, bike, paddle, fish, bird-watch, hunt or visit historic sites, check your phone! More than 60 percent…
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Q&A
Old for young? with Sharon Peters Q: My 17-year old daughter is obsessed with vintage (late 1960s, early ’70s) VW Westfalia vans and wants to purchase one with money she has been saving since she was 13. Of course, we are concerned with her safety, being a new and inexperienced driver, and want to make…
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Louis Darren Conover
Mr. Conover, 52, of Freehold, died Sept. 16, 2013, at home. Prior to retiring, he was a senior corrections officer at Northern State Prison, Newark. Prior to that, he was employed at Rahway State Prison and at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution. Mr. Conover was predeceased by his parents, James E. Conover Sr. and Mary…
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Roland G. “Frenchie” Parenteau
Mr. Parenteau, 92, of Freehold Township, died Sept. 19, 2013. He was employed as a school bus driver with the Freehold Regional High School District for more than 40 years. Prior to that, he was a self-employed carpenter contractor. In addition to working his own farm, he farmed many acres in Monmouth County. Mr. Parenteau…
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GUEST COLUMN
Newspapers are alive and well ROBERT M. WILLIAMS JR. I know of newspapers that kept their communities informed about clean water and shelter during terrible storms and disasters. I know of newspapers that exposed crooks, lost a lot of advertising from the crooks’ buddies and still put out a paper every week. I know of…
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Nancy Lau
Mrs. Lau, 51,of Old Bridge, formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Sept. 17, 2013, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was employed as an administrative clerk for the Old Bridge Municipal Court. Surviving are her husband, Cheung Wing Lau; two children, Alex Lau and Jennifer Lau, of Old Bridge; two brothers and sisters-in-law,…
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Official’s stand aids organized crime
I n her Sept. 18 letter to the editor opposing the legalization of marijuana, state Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini (RMonmouth) clearly showed her contempt for the oath she took when sworn to office: she solemnly swore to support the constitutions of the United States and of the state of New Jersey. Most likely, she has…
