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  • Your Turn

    Politicians have little incentive to change David Finkelstein Guest Column David FinkelsteinGuest Column It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every bachelor of arts, that all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important, and it is what you are…

  • Resident calls on committee member to leave position

    Freehold Borough Mayor Michael Wilson has reached out across our community, issuing many public appointments over the years. His judgment in making qualified appointments in the past has been fair and judicious. Appointees are expected to work as an extension of the trust the public has bestowed in our mayor. When an appointee violates the…

  • Coda

    In Trenton, the lunatics are running the asylum Greg Bean I think I can finally render a professional diagnosis: All the legislators in Trenton are clinically insane. There’s a quote variously attributed to Albert Einstein, Rudyard Kipling and Rita Mae Brown that says, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting…

  • Advocate adds different perspective on accessibility

    My bumper sticker reads “Ques-tion Authority” and your Jan. 24, 2007 story “Complaint About ADA Access Appears to be Dead” certainly proves why that is essential. The “authority figures” quoted in the story, including the Manalapan construction official, Richard Hogan (whose own town hall has serious accessibility violations), Chris Donnelly, a spokesman for the state…

  • Are We There Yet?

    She’ll get no sympathy from this little bunch Lori Clinch When the children are sick, I do my personal best to nurse them back to health. I cancel appointments, rearrange my schedule, and stand guard as I wait at their beck and call. “Get some rest,” I’ll tell them as I kiss their brow, “and…

  • Former official is glad that his name has been cleared

    Six weeks ago the Asbury Park Press, but not this newspaper, printed an article about a domestic violence complaint and a request for permanent restraints that my former girlfriend filed against me, a matter that ought to have remained private. I promised that I would be cleared of any alleged transgression and I am happy…

  • Marlboro Players’ recent performance was outstanding

    Last weekend, my wife and I, along with some friends, attended a performance of “The King and I,” which rivaled Broadway. The acting, choreography, sets, costumes, lighting, sound and music, etc., left nothing to chance. In addition to the professionalism of the entire cast, the younger actors were both engaging and adorable. We all tip…

  • Official has done nothing to earn a place in Legislature

    What a surprise! Almost a month after Joe Locricchio ran afoul of the Monmouth County Repub-lican organization resulting from his performance associated with the Manalapan organizational meeting, he has decided that he’d rather run for the 12th District state Senate seat independent of party affiliation. Apart from his petulance and lack of political foresight, what…

  • Students get involved in trying to reduce incidents of bullying

    I n the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, bullying behavior is on the decline, according to Cindy Margulies Cimino, assistant director of pupil personnel services. “We have really focused on engaging the bystanders who make up 85 percent of the student population,” Cimino said. “By engaging them, we have been able to use peer-support models to…