Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Real questions, need answers
Newspaper editors and reporters who cover local politics sometimes get a little loopy writing about the people who are running for public office. How many more times can we ask a candidate, “Why are you running for office?” How many more times should we subject readers to a pandering answer from a candidate who says…
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Melvin E. Winkelman
Mr. Winkelman, 69, of Manalapan, died April 7, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring in 2002, he worked as a machinist for 30 years at Owen-Brockway Glass, Freehold Township. Surviving are his wife, Barbara A. Niebauer Winkelman; a son and daughter-in-law David Winkelman and Dr. Margaret Faustini-Winkelman, of Jackson; a daughter,…
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Aadu Voorand
Mr. Voorand, 65, of Jackson, died April 9, 2010, after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease). He was of Estonian descent and was born in a Nazi concentration camp in Berlin during World War II. He became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. in 1961. He enlisted in the U.S.…
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Karen Jean Bielicki
Ms. Bielicki, 51, of Old Bridge, died April 5, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was an administrative assistant for 14 years at IBM, South Brunswick. She was predeceased by her father, Anthony Bielicki. Surviving are her mother, Sophia Bielicki of Old Bridge; four sisters, Barbara Helms, and her husband, Mark,…
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Elaine M. Keegan
Mrs. Keegan, 86, of Lakewood and formerly of Hazlet, died March 5, 2010, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by a daughter, Donna Marie Keegan, in 1967. Mrs. Keegan is survived by her husband of 62 years, Joseph J. Keegan Sr.; her children, Brian Keegan and his wife, Sally, of Hazlet, Claudia…
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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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Writer is concerned about the loss of courtesy busing
Being a parent and a resident of Plumsted, I would like to make sure everyone understands what courtesy busing is and the effect of cutting it from the Plumsted School District’s 2010-11 budget. Courtesy busing is transporting kindergarten through eighth-grade students who live within 1 to 2 miles of a school, but still are currently…
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on campus
Samantha Lyn Clay, daughter of Stephen and Nancy Clay of Howell, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Rider University, Lawrenceville, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in communications. She is a 2006 graduate of Freehold Township High School. Scott Muller, a history education major from Howell, was…
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NJSBA Survey finds almost all school districts expect layoffs
Nearly 93 percent of New Jersey’s school districts expect to lay off staff — with the large majority of those districts looking at teaching staff reductions — due to state aid cuts in the coming school year, according to a survey by the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA). According to a press release, NJSBA…
