Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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A Cappella Festival coming to New Egypt High School
PLUMSTED – The Plumsted Township Council for the Arts will host an A Cappella Festival on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at New Egypt High School, Evergreen Road. The concert will feature five groups representing the wide range of a cappella music, including the tight harmonies of barbershop music, the cool and pop sounds of…
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Coda
More money than sense in 12th District Senate race GREG BEAN As I write this, the general election in New Jersey is six days away and the winner in the highly contentious 12th Legislative District Senate race between incumbent Democrat Ellen Karcher and Republican challenger and current Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck has not been decided. This…
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Red State/Blue State
When did the president become Daddy-in-Chief? DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN 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. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: Times…
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Are We There Yet?
That man just hates to get all gussied up LORI CLINCH Iam nothing if not a social person. I like gatherings, I like assemblages and doggonit, I love nothing more than to visit until the cows come home. Pat, my darling husband of many years, would be just as happy if we never left the…
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Parents are just seeking equal treatment
This is in response to the letter “Lessons Learned On the Community’s Soccer Field” (Tri-Town News, Oct. 25). First, I would like to say that the security guard who responded to the issue with the field should have just told the other team that the Challenger team had the permit for the field and that…
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Bills would tamper with fish, wildlife council
Legislative bills A-3275 and S-2041 exemplify the worst kind of bad legislation. These bills are designed to destroy the New Jersey Fish and Game Council. The bills would exclude knowledgeable fish and wildlife experts and sportspersons from the council and replace them with political appointees. Such maneuvering would deprive New Jersey citizens of the benefits…
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Jean C. Patrick
Mrs. Patrick, 72, of Jackson, died Oct. 14, 2007, at home. She was born in New Brunswick and had lived in Toms River, Edison and Milltown, as well as in Clearwater, Fla., before moving to Jackson two years ago. Prior to retiring in 2005, Mrs. Patrick was an administrative assistant at Georgian Court University, Lakewood,…
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Critical need exists in this area for donations to the FoodBank
The 2007 holiday hunger food drive is the current hunger relief effort by the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties being conducted now through Nov. 12. The organization is hoping to promote the food drive through most area schools, soliciting food donations and monetary contributions. The FoodBank wants to continue its mission to feed needy…
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Anne S. Johnson
Mrs. Johnson, 84, of Freehold Township, died Oct. 24, 2007, at her daughter’s home in Brick. Born in New Brunswick, she had resided in Bound Brook before moving to Freehold Township in 1939, and had spent the winter months in Lutz, Fla. Mrs. Johnson was a school bus driver for the Freehold Regional High School…
