Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Marlboro should keep affordable housing funds home
This letter to the editor is in response to a recent letter to the editor from Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik, “Regional Agreements Could Produce Homes.” Nice try Mayor Hornik! While seemingly altruistic, the Marlboro mayor’s plan to give away affordable housing funds to municipalities affected by superstorm Sandy is anything but. It is painfully obvious…
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Photo
The marker at the intersection of Main and Ocean avenues in Ocean Grove is a design from days gone by.
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Health options exist for small businesses
RAY HURD Small business owners looking to make sense of the Affordable Care Act and provide health insurance options to their employees have new resources available. The Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), a part of the new Health Insurance Marketplace, gives small business owners access to available choices for quality, private health insurance plans.…
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A celebration of trees
MICHELE S. BYERS Some things get better with age and that is especially true for trees. A recent study found that old trees beat younger trees hands down — or maybe roots down — when it comes to removing carbon from the atmosphere. That is something to keep in mind on Arbor Day — our…
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ARE WE THERE YET
The secret of Easter dinner is in the list Lori Clinch Just last week, as I prepared for Easter dinner, I did as any woman would do. I fell to my knees and prayed for strength. Then I compiled a list. There is nothing quite like the Easter dinner list. It is all-inclusive, all-important, and…
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Q&A
Trailing trailers with Sharon Peters Q: During a recent trip to Florida, we were almost in a horrible wreck when the pickup in front of us, going about 50 miles an hour, swerved and the trailer he was hauling came unattached. The truck landed in the ditch, the trailer kept going and almost hit a…
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Guidelines needed for overdose drug policy
With news outlets reporting daily about New Jersey’s escalating heroin epidemic and resulting increase in overdose deaths, we commend Gov. Chris Christie for signing the waiver to allow emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to administer Narcan to help reverse the potentially fatal effects of opioid intoxication. If not fatal, an opioid overdose can cause devastating brain…
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Manalapan officials should stop fighting
I read Managing Editor Mark Rosman’s recent article about the mini-battle occurring among Manalapan’s mayor, the other Township Committee members and Committeeman Ryan Green. I have been a resident of Manalapan for 44 years. I grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and clearly remember bringing home my report card to my mother. I was maybe a…
