Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Dog Days of Summer, and the time’s a-wastin’ Greg Bean A new survey by Salary.com and America Online finds that the average American worker wastes about 1.86 hours every day, not counting lunch. According to a story about the survey in the Chicago Sun Times last week, that is a minor improvement over last year,…
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Are We There Yet?
Nephew Ralphie makes unwanted sales pitch Lori Clinch Some people have a fear of confined spaces, some have a fear of heights, and some fear that a small insect will set up shop on their eardrum and slowly drive them mad. Do you know what I fear? A door-to-door salesman. Take the other day for…
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Obituaries
Walter D. Nychay Mr. Nychay, 43, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died July 30 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Long Branch, he resided in Port Monmouth most of his life. Mr. Nychay was a draftsman at Blasland, Bouck & Lee Inc., Cranbury. He was predeceased by his father, Michael Nychay.…
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Letters
Writer believes 6-acre zoning is right course On July 19, I asked the Ocean County Board of Freeholders, at the public portion of their meeting, to acknowledge that with increasing road congestion and overdevelopment, it is time to declare taxpayer acquisition of open space and farmland for millions and millions of tax dollars as a…
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Schools debut literacy program
Plumsted PLUMSTED – A new literacy program was piloted this past school year in the Plumsted Township School District. This pilot reading program was geared toward students in kindergarten through fifth grade and was used in the New Egypt Primary School as well as in the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School. According to a…
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Summer program keeps pupils in learning groove
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Clockwise from top – Sonja Preston accompanied her son, Kevin, 5, to the Adelphia School, Howell, on Aug. 2 for Special Persons Day. Teacher Lauren Cheney leads her pupils (l-r) Alex Vasquez, 8, Amanda O’Neil, 7, Troy Kline, 8, Courtney Mazzella, 8, and Piero…
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Residents likely to feel sting of local spending
Nobody can blame Jackson taxpayers if they are feeling a little nervous these days. The financial news coming out of the municipal building does not sound so good. In saying that a person who is no longer employed by the township left significant financial problems to be cleaned up, the members of the Township Council…
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Eminent domain battle now on national stage Greg Bean Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider and the members of his “Schneider Team” should be so proud – they’ve gone from being villains on a local and regional level to villains of national renown. If you read a daily newspaper, chances are that last Sunday you noticed…
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Are We There Yet?
Some sage advice for the mommy-to-be Lori Clinch When a gal who was pregnant for the first time asked me what to expect when it came to parenting, I was suddenly overwhelmed with thoughts. “Well,” I responded, “first of all you should know that it can be irritating, and children are oftentimes as predictable as…
