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  • on campus 

    Andrew Craig Stein, son of Bert and Marlene Stein of Marlboro, graduated from the medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. Dr. Stein is a 2004 graduate of Marlboro High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Lehigh University,…

  • Time to move on to a different topic

    If he were alive today, Thomas Jefferson would be turning in his grave. Several weeks ago, Raymond Kostanty wrote an opinion piece offensive to Jews and African Americans. The following week, several letters expressed offense at Mr. Kostanty’s offensive piece. Then last week, several more writers were offended by the offense taken by those offended…

  • Ron Paul values life, freedom, Constitution

    A n element of the 1 percenters controls the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the mainstream media. An election play is about to take place, with the appointed contenders (Mitt Romney and Barack Obama). No matter what the vote count (is), the 1 percenters win and the people lose. The wasted vote is for…

  • Resources available for anti-bullying

    Thank you very much for your outstanding articles in the Oct. 10-11 edition of Greater Media Newspapers. I was extremely pleased to see the focus on anti-bullying and New Jersey’s annual Week of Respect. Please let your readers know that Prevention First is a resource for all parents, schools and communities relating to anti-bullying programs…

  • We must let the Affordable Care Act move forward

    Lack of appropriate access and outcomes to healthcare for the most vulnerable citizens, specifically minorities, the elderly and the poor, are a matter of life and death. Dr. Martin Luther King once said, “Of all forms of inequalities, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.” Providing full access to needed health services was…

  • for the record 

    Admission to “The Way I Lived It, the Art of Monica Camin,” at the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, 310 Mount’s Corner Drive, Freehold Township, is $3 for museum members and $5 for nonmembers. The admission prices were incorrect in a previous edition. The exhibit will run through Dec. 31. Details: 732-252-6990.

  • As ready as we’ll ever be for storm of the century

    CODA GREG BEAN One of my best friends since childhood called last night, and not being one to put too fine a point on things, came right out and asked, “So, are you gonna die out there?” He’d been watching the national news that said this storm, Sandy, Frankenstorm, Stormahellion, or whatever they’re calling it,…

  • EMS volunteers support background checks

    GUEST COLUMN BARBARA ARAS Supporters of the emergency medical services (EMS) bill Gov. Chris Christie vetoed in January have resurrected the legislation, now A-2463/S-1650, with more distortions and scare tactics meant to malign and discredit New Jersey’s tens of thousands of dedicated EMS volunteers. Contrary to the propaganda, the New Jersey State First Aid Council…