Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Thank you for the gift, whatever it was
Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Thank you for the gift, whatever it was Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Thank you cards. I get sick just thinking about them. Although my saying so may make me look bad in the eyes of the etiquette police (and I’m sure it’s enough to make Ms.…
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Youthful folly is fleeting, but the Internet is forever
Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda Every now and then, I get a call from someone who has gotten caught doing something illegal and doesn’t want his or her name in the paper. Usually, the caller is a normally upright citizen who has gotten stopped for driving under the influence or another similar infraction. They’re not…
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Elms school leads way in support for research
JACKSON – Nearly $24,000 has been collected by The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Foundation following the recent “Quarters for the Cure” campaign, which had students collect pocket change to support cancer research, patient care, education and community outreach at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick. The effort – which concluded just prior…
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Legislative effort protects rights of seniors
June 11 was a very important day for the Organi-zation of Residents Associ-ations of New Jersey (ORANJ), a group representing over 10,000 seniors residing in Con-tinuing Care Retirement Com-munities (CCRCs) in New Jersey. With the successful floor vote in the Assembly on bill A-3989 the sound of applause was heard from the gallery in the…
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Jackson mayor reacted very late in the game
Once again, Mark Seda and his band of merry men (and women) “fiddled while Jackson burned.” They were warned that this season was to be one of the worst for gypsy moth infestation, and still they opted out of the spraying program and the federal reimbursement initiative. Citing budgetary constraints, Mayor Seda ignored professional advice…
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Resident deems current Jackson government the worst he has seen
Nearly three years ago I wrote a letter to the editor of this newspaper concerning the proposed change in the Jackson government. Here is the last paragraph of that letter: “The criteria that should underline whether changes need to occur are simple and straightforward: will the interests of the community be better served, will government…
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When letter writing was a genteel, reasoned art
Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda When I was a young political reporter out West, I drew the unrestrained ire of a perennial candidate for governor named Al Hamburg. As it often goes with these things, Al took offense at something I’d written about him (I think it was the article about a lawsuit he filed…
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Voters have to wait to vent frustration
If Jackson residents who have been seriously impacted by an infestation of gypsy moth caterpillars and gypsy moths this year want to express their frustration with local officials in a meaningful way, they will have to wait until May 2008 to do so. That is the next time there will be a municipal election held…
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Jackson resident did not like attitude from municipal officials
I read a recent letter to the editor from Jackson Council-woman Ann Updegrave (“Councilwoman Says Former Official Had Reasons for Stirring Crowd,” Tri-Town News, June 28) and I was so incensed by it that it prompted me to write a letter myself. In Ms. Updegrave’s letter, she had the nerve to attack former mayor Mike…
