Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Sides still trying to pare school cut
Howell teachers’ union may vote on unspecified concessions this week BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL – Representatives of the Howell Township Education Association (HTEA) met with Mayor Robert F. Walsh late last week in a discussion about possible concessions the union may make as the Howell Board of Education finalizes its budget for…
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Commish puts kibosh on Corzine school plan
IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN File this one under the “We Could Have Told You So” Department. A year or two ago Greater Media Newspapers, and other New Jersey newspapers, reported on an initiative put forth by the administration of Jon Corzine, who at that time was sitting on the governor’s throne in Trenton. In…
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This is a people problem, and not a dog problem
CODA GREG BEAN The City Council in Garfield has backed off its misguided attempt to impose punitive restrictions on anyone who owns a pit bull. But that does not solve the problems for this misunderstood, and sometimes feared, breed of dogs in our state. The controversy started earlier this spring, when the council introduced an…
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Teachers have become state’s scapegoats
Iwear many hats in Monroe Township, Middlesex County: mother, grandmother, wife, teacher and union member, to name a few. To my consternation, scapegoat must be added to this list. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a scapegoat as “one that bears the blame for others” or “one that is the object of irrational hostility.” I wear the…
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Theater is doing a true service showing sensory friendly films
Sensory-friendly films is a monthly program run by AMC Theatres and the Autism Society of America. Each month a movie will be shown with the lights turned up and the sound turned down for families affected by autism. After returning from the Freehold AMC Metroplex’s first sensory friendly film with my 9-year-old autistic son, I…
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for the record
“Living Voices: A Tribute to Monmouth County’s Jewish World War II Veterans” is on exhibit at the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, Freehold Township, now through this fall. Admission for the exhibit is $3 for museum members, $5 for nonmembers and free to all service veterans. An item in last week’s Just Go page…
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Excellence of teachers & students celebrated
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer William R. Wheeler JACKSON — A May 6 double-header at Jackson Memorial High School has kept students and staff members in a celebration mode ever since. However, the two events were not held on the baseball field. They were held in the school’s fine arts wing and showcased Jackson’s excellence…
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Owner of average home to pay $73 school tax hike
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Property owners in Plumsted will see their school taxes rise during the 2010-11 school year. Despite a drop of $700,000 in the total budget for the Plumsted School District from 2009-10 to 2010-11, school officials will collectmore in taxes from local property owners. The school district’s budget was…
