Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Brandon Scott Gold of the Morganville section of Marlboro has graduated summa cum laude from Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. Yeshnaya Critch of Freehold has graduated from Lesley University, Cambridge, Mass. Caitlyn Redding of Freehold has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown. Angelica Elyse Lyons…
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Halley B. Pearlstein, daughter of Drs. Caryn and Eric Pearlstein of the Morganville section of Marlboro, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Delaware, Newark, Del., where she is majoring in vocal performance/ music business. She is a 2008 graduate of Marlboro High School. Michael P. D’Ambrise,…
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Don’t be discouraged by small steps taken forward
CODA GREG BEAN Last week, as a record heat wave scalded New Jersey and most of the nation, I sat on the back deck drinking sun tea in tall glasses with lots of ice and reading Harper Lee’s classic American novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” July was the 50th anniversary of the publication of the…
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Tenure is no boon to N.J. educational system
The newest addition to Gov. Chris Christie’s busy political agenda happily calls for limiting the already outrageous salary compensations for school superintendents. They illustrate an arrogance within educational bureaucracies in New Jersey as are the political and union influences for supporting tenure for school teachers. Dramatic changes by Gov. Christie’s educational agendas and budget demands…
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Give residents a chance to answer question
Currently the people of a municipality have no tool in their tool box to stop an increase or give a decrease to property taxation. But in November 1991 the people of Point Pleasant Beach in Ocean County voted to have such a tool. By a vote of 1,106 to 380 the following question passed: “Shall…
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U.S. needs ‘uniculturalism,’ not more multiculturalism
GUEST COLUMN JIM FITZMAURICE Not long ago there was a good deal of discussion about institutional racism. The idea being put forth was that even though most people have learned to get along better, there are still institutional barriers that, in effect, prevented some people from getting ahead. Over the years there have been many…
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Writer asks voters to consider making a change in the 12th District
When he is in the district meeting with his constituents, Congressman Rush Holt comes off as classic New Jersey moderate, whose votes mirror the will of his constituents. However, over the last 12 years, Mr. Holt’s record in Washington, D.C., is anything but moderate. The respected National Journal, a nonpartisan publication, ranked Mr. Holt as…
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Teacher retires after 50 years in Marlboro
Jane Bragg loved teaching youngsters how to read BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Jane Bragg MARLBORO — Fifty years of dedication to and love for her pupils are some of the distinctions that teacher Jane Bragg leaves etched in the Marlboro K-8 School District. Bragg, 72, retired as a reading specialist at Marlboro’s Frank J.…
