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  • Proposed bills help prevent violations of public trust

    I n New Jersey, we’re fortunate to have two fantastic tools to help maintain open government at all levels — the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), and the Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA). When enacted, these two laws were revolutionary concepts that redefined elected officials’ relationship to the people who elected them…

  • Better uses exist for special election money

    State Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and the Democratic Legislature have worked tirelessly to pass reforms that benefit the majority of New Jerseyans. They have put people before politics time and again. So when Gov. Chris Christie recently announced his plans to hold a special election to fill the seat of…

  • Herbert “Burt” Crawford

    Mr. Crawford, 84, of Freehold Township, died June 1, 2013, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a selfemployed master plumber and had worked at Millhurst Mills, Manalapan, for the past 20 years. He served in the National Guard during the Korean War. He was predeceased by two brothers, a sister, and a granddaughter.…

  • Praise for Christie’s veto of EMS redesign bill

    What better way was there to mark National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week (May 19- 25) than to thank Gov. Chris Christie for his veto of S1650/A2463, the so-called EMS redesign bill. Twice in 16 months, the governor rejected an ill-conceived attempt to push out New Jersey’s EMS volunteers and replace them with a system…

  • Dorothy Madeline D’Amore

    Mrs. D’Amore, 88, of Marlboro, formerly of Irvington and Clark, died June 5, 2013, at home. She was employed by Pathmark as a head bookkeeper and front-end manager for 32 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph; a son, Joseph; a longtime companion, Rocco Ferrarelli; and three siblings, Lucille, Joseph (Freddy) and Robert. Surviving…

  • ON CAMPUS

    Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn., awarded degrees to the following residents: from Freehold, Andrew Hiss, Katelyn Linney and Katherine Ritchie; and from Colts Neck, Brendan O’Brien and Ellen Padovano. Victoria Freeman, daughter of Glenn and Barbara Freeman of Freehold, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. Nour…

  • Knicks’ star Smith lends support at school’s anti-bullying program

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent J.R. Smith of the New York Knicks joins Millstone Township Middle School teacher Audrey Ferraro at an anti-bullying event. Smith attended the school and returned to see a performance by students who wrote poetry about the issue of bullying. New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith returned to his hometown of Millstone…

  • Deborah Ann Podolsky

    Mrs. Podolsky (nee Caruso), 56, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, formerly of Cliffwood Beach and Union Beach, died June 6, 2013, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was employed by George Rooney, D.M.D., and as an operating room technician at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Mrs. Podolsky was predeceased by her father, Augustine Caruso. Surviving…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    She wasn’t about to let us forget Lori Clinch My dear and precious mother has been busily making preparations for her favorite day of the year — her birthday. This year was a significant birthday. I know this because she called and told me so. She started calling me six months before the big day,…