Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • GUEST COLUMN

    Years later, unknowns remain in N.J. health insurance market t CAROLYN ANDRESS When the New Jersey Association of Health Underwriters convened its first symposium on health care in 2009, there was tremendous optimism for a solution to the health care crisis that has hit this country. There was a new president in the White House…

  • Writer assails Smith on gun control measure

    A fter hearing about the alarmingly high number of school shootings this year, 74 in 2014 alone, I decided to write a letter to my congressman, Chris Smith (R-4). Congressman Smith has refused to co-sponsor a federal bill, HR-1565, for expanded background checks on firearms. This bill would help keep guns out of the hands…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    I know I put it here, someplace … I think Lori Clinch I like organization. I like things in alphabetical order, items in systematic locations, and I feel that categories are the bomb diggity. I am not categorized, mind you, but I still like the thought of it. While I would love to open a…

  • Marlboro has obligation to maintain streets

    A s a resident of the Prides Crossing residential development in Marlboro, I would like to concur with the opinion Stuart Gleich expressed in his recent letter to the editor. The street I reside on is literally crumbling. Heavy garbage trucks come barreling down, only to drop into the deep crevices that line the decaying…

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    The arrival of pumpkins at central New Jersey farms signals the start of fall.

  • Meat may harbor infectious diseases

    The Ebola outbreak has now claimed more than 1,500 lives. While medical personnel and government officials try to cope with the strain put on existing health care systems, it is time for us to look at how animal flesh affects the origin and spread of epidemics. Some attention has been given to the African practice…

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    Colorful mums bring a feeling of fall to Battleview Orchards, Freehold Township.

  • Hunting is an inhumane way to handle deer

    Having just read the article about Colts Neck officials allowing the hunting of deer on limited properties, I must say that I am quite disgusted by this. This is not the first time I have expressed my displeasure, as I have written to area authorities as well. I have never gotten an answer. While I…

  • GUEST COLUMN

    Teachers are not to blame for lagging education system ffi ROBERT LAMBER This commentary is written to everyone and anyone who prides themselves on having common sense. Unfortunately, this leaves out the very people I wish to reach. Our educational system, or more precisely, our governmental bureaucrats, have decided to build a road that must…