Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Are We There Yet?
Oh no! It’s time for the annual checkup again LORI CLINCH ‘Hey," I said to my beloved spouse the other night, "I think it’s time for our annual checkup!" Lori Clinch is themother of four sons and the author of the book "Are We There Yet?" You can reach her at www.loriclinch.com. Some might think…
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Pupils make a difference for SPCA animal shelter
BY BARI FAYE SIEGEL Correspondent “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed individuals can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” HOWELL – Ann Marie Menhart’s fifth-graders at the Newbury School may never have heard this famous quotation by Margaret Mead. They may never have heard of the famed…
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Litter on streets of Howell is embarrassing
The township of Howell is becoming an embarrassment with its litterstrewn streets. Every day when I leave my house and sit at the light on Lanes Mill Road and Route 9 I could scream. The garbage, mostly plastic bags from Wal-Mart, are all over the property next to the Southard School and continue across Route…
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Approval of another deer hunt is new low for Board of Recreation
“Furthermore, hunting is a failed experiment and does not reduce human/deer conflicts … Can anyone say that we now have fewer human/deer conflicts as a result of this hunt?” The Monmouth County Park System and the Board of Recreation Commissioners are once again disregarding public opinion on the deer hunt in our county parks. Most…
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Increased turnout leads to budget OK
It is a “stop the presses” kind of day when voters in Howell pass a school budget, and that is exactly the type of day it was on April 15. For whatever the reason, Howell is a town where residents rarely approve the tax levy that is proposed by the Board of Education to fund…
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Red State/Blue State
Guns and Bibles sure aren’t exclusive to flyover country DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: Every now and then, folks out here in the…
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Coda
Finally, a matter upon which we seem to agree GREG BEAN Iget letters. Man, do I get letters. And nothing I’ve written in recent memory got as many letters in the form of e-mail messages as my recent column on Comcast and my misery over losing the History Channel when the company went all digital…
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Are We There Yet?
If the shoe fits, then go right ahead and wear it LORI CLINCH As I sat in the kitchen chair the other night, I said in reference to the article that I was reading, "Well, if that isn’t straight from the horse’s mouth." Lori Clinch is the mother of four sons and the author of…
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FRHSD budget gains approval from voters
Goon, Caiazza, Placitella elected to 3-year terms on high school board BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Voters in the Freehold Regional High School District have given their approval to raise a general fund local tax levy of $110.9 million to support a $174.6 million budget for the 2008-09 school year. The annual school election was…
