Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Holt’s bill in U.S. House could save lives of soldiers
CODA GREG BEAN Ihaven’t written about this much, because it’s still incredibly difficult — but developments in the last couple of weeks make me realize it’s time to say thanks. Regular readers, and many who know our family, will remember that our son, Sgt. Coleman S. Bean, a two-time Army veteran of Iraq, took his…
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Shame raises stigma against people with a mental illness
GUEST COLUMN NISHA CHHABRA Iremember how I sat at the kitchen table in December 1993 with knots in my stomach, my mother cooking dinner for my ninth birthday party. “Do you think Dad is going to come out of his room during my party?” I nervously asked my mother as she pulled coconut barfi, a…
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Model U.N. team earns two honors
Rider University’s Model United Nations team received two top honors at the conclusion of the National Model United Nations Conference, held from March 28 through April 1 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Jennifer Campbell of Jackson, a freshman secondary education and Spanish dual major, was a members of this year’s Rider…
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Education essentials to be discussed
PLUMSTED — Setting a firm educational foundation is vital to ensuring future academic and social success. With that in mind, the New Egypt Primary School, Evergreen Road, will host a special session on the topic of “Progressing Through Primary School” 6:30-7:30 p.m. May 11. “This event is to provide valuable, musthave information for parents of…
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Lawson re-elected president of FRHSD school board
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Ronald Lawson will continue to serve as president of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education for the next 12 months. Lawson, who won re-election to a threeyear term on the board in the April 20 school election, was re-elected as the board’s president when the panel held…
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Cerretani elected president of Howell K-8 school board
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Longtime Howell K-8 School District Board of Education memberMary Cerretani will serve as the board’s president for the next 12 months. At the board’s reorganization meeting last week, board members voted unanimously for Cerretani, who was elected to her fourth three-year term on the panel in the…
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School shows concern for Haiti
PLUMSTED — Students and staff members at the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School recently did their part to help earthquake victims in Haiti. Funds received from the project are being donated to the American Red Cross for Haitian relief in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation. “The students…
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Dorothy Brady
Mrs. Brady, 89, of Albany, N.Y., previously of Englewood, Old Bridge and Howell, died April 9, 2010. She was a secretary for the Old Bridge Township Board of Education for over 16 years. Prior to that, she worked for Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs. Mrs. Brady was predeceased by her husband, Vincent, in 1997; a son,…
