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  • Blame New Jersey’s current financial mess on Trenton

    Today it seems that many would like to place blame for New Jersey’s budget disaster on the shoulders of the municipalities, public employees, teachers and police officers. This budget disaster has its roots under the Gold Dome on State Street in Trenton. It was not singularly caused by the municipalities or these other groups. For…

  • Resident is upset with teachers’ $30,000 salary increase

    Irecently attended the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education budget hearing. The board’s total budget proposed for 2010-11 is $108.2 million and they want a 3.75 percent raise in the tax levy. The board proposed budget reductions on paper only of about $8 million and of course as usual, the board voted to pass…

  • What did we do before cell phones? Sleep.

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH In the predawn hours of a dark, dark morning, an alarm sounded somewhere in the master bedroom of the Clinch abode. To the tune of a bumblebee flying through the air on a summer day as it goes from flower to flower, the music rang out with glee.…

  • Legislators have raided funds to detriment of the state

    In another spectacular example of the lack of fitness of our legislators to exhibit any sort of trustworthiness to properly handle the state’s fiscal affairs, we now hear that unless additional revenue is found, New Jersey could lose $1.6 billion in federal funds to be used for replacing bridges, aging roads and transit facilities. What…

  • Writer clarifies comments made at Marlboro meeting

    Ispoke during the public session on the former Entron site redevelopment plan at the Marlboro Planning Board meeting on March 17, 2010, as reported on the front page of the News Transcript on March 24, 2010. The meaning of what was reported differs from my full comments that evening. First, I did not applaud the…

  • After cuts in education will come a ‘teachable moment’

    Coda • GREG BEAN Our clan no longer has children in public schools in New Jersey, but I certainly don’t envy the parents of children who are attending those institutions these days. As we all know, the bill for years of mismanagement, overspending and prolific waste at the state level has finally come due, and…

  • Public has its say on school budget

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — There were mixed feelings from the public about the Marlboro K-8 School District’s 2010-11 budget when it was presented during a Board of Education meeting on March 23. The $84.1 million spending plan will be supported by a local general fund tax levy of $64.5 million. The budget…

  • Freehold Borough board, teachers work on new deal

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Representatives of the Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education and the Freehold Borough Education Association (FBEA) are still trying to come to an agreement on a new contract. The FBEA’s previous contract expired on June 30, 2009, and the union members — teachers — are…