Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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What do you mean, ‘senior discount’?
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Ibelieve I’m safe in saying that once a woman turns 40, she no longer wants to look her age. She’s likely to stock up on facial scrubs, chemical peels and anything that has the word “anti-aging” in the name. As of this moment I have three jars of…
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Candidates sought for school board
LAKEWOOD — The deadline for filing nominating petitions to run for positions on the Lakewood Board of Education is 4 p.m. March 2. The election is scheduled for April 21. Prospective candidates can obtain a School Board Candidate Kit at the board office, 655 Princeton Ave. The kit includes a nominating petition and information about…
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Cost of education merits a closer review
Don Baker’s view that “There is no logical connection between your house and any school” (“Using Property Taxes to Fund Schools Is Wrong,” Tri-Town News, Jan. 8) is right on target. As such, his suggestion to fund education via income taxes (i.e., ability to pay) has merit. But funding via a sales tax makes less…
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Reader appreciates look at paper’s missteps
Kudos and many thanks for your look back at the typographical and grammatical gaffes and near-gaffes in the Dec. 31 issue of the Tri-Town News! As a former newspaper editor and writer, I particularly enjoyed your retrospective and greatly appreciate your ability to offer a humorous take on the past year’s editorial bloopers. (I also…
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Reader appreciates look at paper’s missteps
Kudos and many thanks for your look back at the typographical and grammatical gaffes and near-gaffes in the Dec. 31 issue of the Tri-Town News! As a former newspaper editor and writer, I particularly enjoyed your retrospective and greatly appreciate your ability to offer a humorous take on the past year’s editorial bloopers. (I also…
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New Jersey’s Good Samaritan law needs to be improved
On March 8, 2008, I had a heart attack while picking up my youngest daughter from Girl Scouts. While I was unconscious and not breathing on the side of the road, calls were placed to 911, but no one initially attempted CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). I was lucky, however. A good Samaritan — a teenager certified…
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Rose Marie Pasquale Brooks
Mrs. Brooks, 64, of Monroe, formerly of Sayreville, died Dec. 30, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her parents, Dominick Pasquale and Rose Tango Pasquale; a brother, Gerard Pasquale; and a grandson, Luke Matthew Santopietro. Surviving are her husband, Robert J. Brooks; a son, Peter J. Santopietro, and his wife, Rita, of South Brunswick;…
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Neal Shaw Marcus
Mr. Marcus, 74, a resident of Jackson for 47 years, died Jan. 1, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1953, he owned and operated George Cohen Inc., a plumbing contractor firm in Lakewood, before his retirement 12 years ago. Mr. Marcus was…
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Being a first aid squad member has benefits
Anew year, coupled with the troubled economy, has many New Jerseyans re-examining their future and re-evaluating priorities. People today endeavor to spend their time more productively and make a difference. One sure way to positively impact many lives, including your own, is to join your local volunteer first aid squad. Shrinking municipal budgets, New Jersey’s…
