Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Save money by cutting back on state workers’ paid holidays
A simple trim to the state calendar means more bang for the taxpayer’s buck. For too long, state agencies have closed their doors on days when the rest of the Fcountry is still very much at work – and it’s contributing to wasted tax dollars. We all want to see wasteful overruns eliminated, and in…
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Your Turn
Parents must be partners in battling teen drinking ROBIN WITKOWSKI Guest Column April showers bring May flowers, school board elections, and income tax deadlines. April is also Alcohol Awareness Month. According to the surgeon general’s 2007 report there are nearly 11 million underage drinkers. According to the Surgeon General, Kenneth Moritsugu, M.D., “Alcohol remains the…
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Your Turn
Teaching leadership skills is part of Girl Scouts’ task SUSAN H. MCCLURE Guest Column Afew weeks ago I heard a knock at my front door. Like many of you in the same situation, I opened it a crack and peered outside. Standing on my doorstep was my next-door neighbor’s young daughter. She wanted to sell…
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Red State/Blue State
These guys don’t need no stinkin’ tax relief 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 GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: Don’t get me wrong, partner,…
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Coda
The best local politicians do it for love of their towns GREG BEAN I’ve often wondered since I moved to New Jersey why any sane individual would run for most elected offices here. Gregory Bean is executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. You can reach him at [email protected]. Most of the offices are not full-time…
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Are We There Yet?
And taps was played over a clean bedroom LORI CLINCH Icleaned Little Charlie’s room last week. You show me someone who doesn’t think that’s noteworthy and I’ll show you someone who has never seen Little Charlie’s room. Charlie likes Army men. He likes Jeeps, tanks, trucks, and his mantra is “The more the merrier!” Charlie…
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Esther DiGregorio
Mrs. DiGregorio, 88, of Farmingdale, and formerly of Colts Neck and Englishtown, died April 11, 2008, at Jersey Shore UniversityMedical Center, Neptune. She and her husband, Giacinto, operated Twin Pond Farms, Farmingdale, until her retirement. Mrs. Di- Gregorio was predeceased by her husband; two brothers, Dominick and Frank Luccarelli; and a sister, Lillian Gentile. She…
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Ronald J. Calicchio
Mr. Calicchio, 59, of Hazlet, died April 12, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was a retired train conductor at NJ Transit, Long Branch, and Pennsylvania Station, New York City, where he was employed 32 years. He is survived by his wife, Theresa Kepich Calicchio; a daughter,Melissa of Jackson; his mother, Dorothy Harris Calicchio…
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Virginia Lee Wang
Mrs.Wang, 83, died March 31, 2008, at Van Dyke Hospice, Toms River. She had resided in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge for 47 years before moving to Lakewood seven years ago. A self-employed bookkeeper and then a real estate agent, she was past president of the Women’s Club of Laurence Harbor and started…
