Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Failure to provide info is a disservice to town
The people in the trenches of the Lakewood School District – the teachers and the students – are bearing the brunt of a central administration and Board of Education that seem to have adopted a bunker mentality. Lakewood is a school district that appears to be coming apart at the seams. This week the Ocean…
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Cops needed for national security, not classes
I am writing with a concern I feel the New Jersey taxpayers need to know about. During the past few months, I have written to our governor and legislators about an important issue affecting every taxpayer in New Jersey. Their response was very disappointing, to say the least. The New Jersey State Police Marine Bureau…
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Parents are urged to apply for children’s insurance
As parents, teachers and leaders in New Jersey, we do everything we can to provide for our children, but we know many still go without the health-care coverage they need. Being uninsured takes a staggering toll on children. Children without insurance are more likely to miss the regular checkups and preventive care that prepares them…
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Inspiring in-service day starts staff on right foot
Jackson teachers hear from speaker, attend workshops BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Jackson teachers (l) work together to free themselves from a rope during an exercise on their in-service day. Keynote speaker Tom Sparough (above) juggles to remind teachers they have a lot on their plates. Teachers in the Jackson School…
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U.S. Supreme Court muddies the water
Despite our obvious need for clean water, our nation’s primary protections for rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands are constantly under attack. Recent U.S. Supreme Court action shows there is no consensus at the federal level to keep our water clean. It seems like a no-brainer – after all, human beings are three-fourths water, so having…
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Attitude toward autistic child is frustrating
I never gave much thought to the teenagers who frequently congregate in front of the businesses in the Ramtown Plaza on Newtons Corner Road in Howell. Of course, stepping over bicycles and skateboards is annoying and dangerous. However, the incident that upset me most about these loitering teens happened on Aug. 29. At that time,…
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Keep young cancer patients in your thoughts during September
Throughout many towns, cities and states across our country, September has been declared Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. On Nov. 27, 2004, my then 8-year-old son Timmy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. Never in my life did I personally know a child with cancer. It is a world I never knew existed. Cancer is…
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Jackson educator honored
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – An administrator at the Switlik School has recently been recognized as one of the nation’s most innovative educators in the 2006 ING Unsung Heroes awards program. Elaine Simpson, the new assistant principal at Switlik, was one of 100 winners who received a $2,000 award…
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11,800 pupils set for classes in FRHSD
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer With the start of the 2006-07 academic year for the Freehold Regional High School District upon them, students who are returning to begin the new year should notice that the six high schools are not quite the way they left them in June. The…
