Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Going ‘green’ doesn’t mean onerous programs
The “green” momentum is growing in the Garden State and throughout the nation; however, local governments and some developers are hesitant to embrace “green” strategies because of concerns over cost and the process of implementation. Some would like to explore green practices but do not know where to begin. There is also fear that “going…
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Michael J. McDermott
Mr. McDermott, 55, of Little Egg Harbor and formerly of theMorganville section ofMarlboro, died May 16, 2008, at Southern Ocean Hospital, Manahawkin. He was a judiciary clerk grade four at the Monmouth County Courthouse, Freehold, for the past 21 years. Surviving are his wife of five years, Sherri Baranowski McDermott; his mother, Anne Champ of…
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Italian American club member disgusted about theft of three flags
“The vagrants … need to know that there are pranks and then there are outright disrespectful, distasteful and horrific acts of hate and disdain.” What kind of children are being raised in our community? This is a question that scares me to answer, as my faith in youth has recently been tested. I am a…
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Dolores Mandelbaum
Mrs. Mandelbaum, 79, a resident of Lakewood for the past 11 years, died May 19, 2008, at the Ocean Medical Center, Brick. She was an executive secretary for Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, before joining Sears, Roebuck & Co. for 15 years, retiring in 1982. Mrs. Mandelbaum was predeceased by her husband, Leonard, in March 2008,…
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Board in process of updating text books
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – The Jackson Board of Education is in the process of replacing outdated text books with newer instructional materials. At a May 20 board meeting, Assistant Superintendent Lu Anne Meinders brought board members up to date with the latest information pertaining to social studies texts, materials and curriculum. Meinders…
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Festival comes to high school
JACKSON – Liberty Festival 2008 will take place at Jackson Liberty High School, 125 North Hope Chapel Road, Jackson, 5-10 p.m. June 12-14 and 1-6 p.m. June 15. The event will feature nonstop entertainment all four days. The festival, sponsored by the class of 2011, will have 18 rides that can be enjoyed all night…
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Plans for ice hockey score with FRHSD
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Ice hockey looks like a “go” in the Freehold Regional High School District. After lobbying district administrators for several years, a group of parents and players have gotten the go-ahead to begin raising money to fund the sport beginning in the 2008-09 school year. If their fundraising efforts prove successful,…
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Students get a gift from soldier in Afghanistan
Manalapan policeman sends flag that flew in the face of enemy BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer AMY ROSEN Pine Brook School, Manalapan, pupils show the U.S. flag and certificate of recognition they received from Manalapan Police Officer Jonathan Suydam, who is presently on military duty in Afghanistan. The certificate notes that this American flag “was…
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Making new friends
First-graders from the Switlik Elementary School, Jackson, recently had a chance to meet their pen pals from the Melvin Cottrell Center for Senior Citizens and the Disabled. Sheri Silversmith, senior center program administrator, said the children and the senior citizens have been writing to each other since December. The first-graders came to the senior center…
