Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Wasser says prospects not likely for 7th h.s.
ENGLISHTOWN – Although he is still waiting on a demographer’s report, Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools James Wasser said at the Board of Education’s Oct. 9 meeting that building a seventh high school does not seem to be in the district’s future. “Based upon what’s going on with the state budget, I…
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Howell students enjoy hands-on science project
(Clockwise from top) Bobby Speers and Gianelos prepare a rocket for lift-off. Students in Danielle Gianelos’ fifth-grade class at the Land O’ Pines School, Howell, completed a project about rockets by launching their own handmade rockets into flight, powered by water and Alka-Seltzer. Samantha Guerrero charts her observations of the rockets as they blast off.…
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Bad ideas often take on a life of their own Greg Bean Sometimes, a bad idea infects a segment of society and travels through it like an epidemic of Hong Kong flu. Take the current hysteria about trains fats, for example. One politician, somewhere, gets the idea that he can get some exposure proposing legislation…
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Are We There Yet?
She holds the title of world’s worst back-seat driver Lori Clinch Last Saturday started out nicely enough. My hair did just what I wanted it to, my fat clothes still fit, and the morning sun was breathtaking as it filtered through my dirty windows. I found my keys, grabbed my purse and prepared to head…
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Writer thanks community for support of Howell Food Pantry
The Howell Women’s Club would like to thank the Howell community for its generous donations to the Howell Food Pantry. On Sept. 10, members of the club collected over $500 and 160 bags of food. The collection sites were located at Manhattan Bagel in the Aldrich Plaza and Stop & Shop at Lanes Mills Marketplace,…
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Team Go To gets pupils involved at Griebling
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – When teachers and administrators at the Griebling School need somewhere to turn, the Howell School District’s student assistance professional Holli Toline hopes they find Team Go To. Just as the name implies, Toline has created a program for pupils from three fifth…
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Fuel spill at school contained
JACKSON – No students or staff members had any contact with spilled diesel fuel during an incident that occurred at the Carl W. Goetz Middle School, Patterson Road, on Oct. 4. The fuel spill occurred during what school officials said was a routine delivery at the building at about 11 a.m. “We were able to…
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Are We There Yet?
She would just love to sell her cell phone Lori Clinch From the moment I saw a woman on TV using a cell phone to call in a pizza, I wanted a cell phone so bad I couldn’t stand it. A cloud of desire came over me as I imagined all of the freedom that…
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Coda
This year, old-fashioned is the height of fashion Greg Bean Like many men of my acquaintance, I have a simple philosophy when it comes to fashion: Pick a look you like and stay with it forever. For me, that means my work wardrobe consists almost entirely of khaki or colored-denim trousers, oxford shirts with buttoned…
