Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Girl Talk
‘Bottling it’ lets you find the magic over and over Clare Marie Celano ‘Bottling it’ lets you find the magic over and over Clare Marie Celano Funny how certain things you remember from a love affair can make you feel as though you are there all over again. I can still hear it –…
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Student questions why art work was removed
My name is Alexi Fisk and I am a senior who attends Jackson Memor-ial High School. I am also the president of the National Art Honor Society. On June 15 I will be graduating from Jackson Memorial and heading off to attend an art school in Philadelphia to pursue my dreams in the field of…
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Laws having some effect controlling budgets
Your editorial, “School Budgets Take Hit in Four Districts” (Tri-Town News, April 26, 2007), raises the false hope that putting a new state school funding formula in place for the 2008-09 school year will result in meaningful and effective reform (relief) of the property tax burden on New Jersey municipalities and their school districts. The…
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Crawford-Rodriguez pupils learn good character traits
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Students at the Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School are learning the importance of character development and community involvement. During a May 1 Board of Education meeting, guidance counselor Beverly Foran presented a rundown of several programs that have been used during the 2006-07 school year to…
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On Campus
Matthew A. Weiss, son of Carol and Barry Weiss of Manalapan, has recently been awarded the Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award in the Department of Economics and Business at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. Weiss is a graduate of Howell High School. Kristen A. Lagoa of Howell has been named to the dean’s list for…
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Coda
No reason for neighbors to go to their beds hungry Greg Bean CodaNo reason for neighbors to go to their beds hungryGreg Bean Although I’m in a business where most people don’t get rich, my working wife and I have managed to raise three kids, put food on the table and keep a roof over…
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Around Town
Oh no! There’s a pack of teenagers coming your way! Amy Rosen Oh no! There’s a pack of teenagers coming your way!Amy Rosen Recently, my husband and I had the pleasure of escorting about 27 teenagers to Washington, D.C. When told we were chaperoning a bunch of high school band students on an overnight trip,…
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Are We There Yet?
Oh, joy! It’s summertime and no more fractions Lori Clinch Oh, joy! It’s summertime and no more fractions Lori Clinch Is it just me, or are you having a hard time believing that summer vacation is practically upon us? It seems like just yesterday that I armed my despondent children with crisp, new crayons, pencils…
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Stable tax rate is little consolation to resident
Excuse me for seeming ungrateful Mayor (Mark) Seda, but why should Jackson residents be happy with a stable tax rate for 2007 when they received a 32 percent increase in 2006? I don’t really think I’m missing anything other than an unapologetic and unsympathetic local government who gave us the largest tax increase in Jackson…
