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You are what you drive
AMY ROSEN Around Town Anyone who has ever had a minivan knows that it does not exactly rank as the coolest of vehicles. I mean you’re not going to get “oohs” and “aahs” and people staring at your car as you drive down the road. People aren’t going to pull up next to you and…
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Actions of officials are bringing embarrassment to town
Ihave to say that with what is going on in this town recently, I am somewhat embarrassed to say I live here. We need leaders now more than ever and what we have now is the bickering and politicking that we have all detested, that is, except for the bloggers on the NJ.com site. We…
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When it comes to new law, less is almost always more
GREG BEAN Coda In “Civil Disobedience,” his great work on the duty of all men to rebel against unjust governments, American philosopher and noted recluse Henry David Thoreau said, “I heartily accept the motto – That government is best which governs least.” It was his notion that we are not served well by lawmakers who…
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This freshman mom has an achy-breaky heart
LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? We took our oldest son to college last Thursday, and I can’t help but wonder if other mothers handle it as poorly as I did. Although I had been cautioned that it would be tough, I didn’t heed the warnings. I just told myself that his leaving home would…
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Legislative futility is costing us all
It is now the time of year when mailboxes start getting stuffed with slick, glossy campaign fliers trumpeting the achievements of candidates for office. “As a member of your Legislature, I fought to end corruption,” you might read, or “I worked to get guns off the streets.” In political spin, there’s always some kernel of…
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There is no one smiling on this candid camera
MARK ROSMAN In the News What were officials in Freehold Township thinking when they trained a video camera on the home of a rabbi in order to count the number of people going into his house to pray on the Jewish Sabbath? I’m thinking they weren’t thinking. If not for the fact that the rabbi’s…
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Obituaries
Jerome “Jerry” J. Torbik Mr. Torbik, 74, of Old Bridge, died Aug. 25, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. A tool-and-die maker with New Jersey Tool & Die Co., Kenilworth, he also worked for Lincoln Mold Co., Roselle, for more than 10 years before retiring in 1991. He was a U.S. Navy…
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Marlboro schools ready to welcome pupils back
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – The lazy days of the summer of 2007 are over and children in the Marlboro K-8 School District headed back to school this week. Enrollment has not officially been totaled for the 2007-08 school year as new students will continue to enroll during the first week of school,…
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Drop the wine cooler, Grandma, or go to jail
GREG BEAN Coda In the end, it looks like stupidity won over common sense at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. Since July, almost 500 of the dumbest people on the East Coast have managed to get themselves arrested for underage drinking and various other liquor-related offenses at the venue, and dozens have been…
