Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Jackson school board makes final adjustments to budget
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – A recent refinancing of district bonds and a smaller increase in the anticipated rising cost of health benefits will save the Jackson School District $1.1 million. The refinancing of debt and cost-saving measures in the area of health benefits will allow the Board of…
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Lori Clinch
Are We There Yet? The Clinch clan sure livens up a campsite As a family, we thought it would be a ton of fun to head out on a camping trip. Turns out that thinking about it was as fun as it got. It wasn’t so much the fact that the campsites were cramped with…
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Greg Bean
Coda It’s much more fun when you’re playing for keeps When I was a kid of a certain age, we didn’t measure wealth by money, or social status by family lineage – we measured both by marbles. In our small town, there were no private schools and very few home-schoolers. Everyone from every segment of…
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Group begins ‘Power to End Stroke’ effort
This year, at least 700,000 Americans will suffer a new or recurrent stroke, but no communities are at greater risk for stroke than the African American communities. Stroke is New Jersey’s No. 3 killer and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability, but stroke is preventable. On May 18, during American Stroke Month, we had…
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Ask teachers why so many leave profession
I am writing in response to the (too) brief item in Greg Bean’s column, “With John Merla, It’s One Goofy Thing After Another,” (Tri-Town News, May 18) about the new study from the National Education Association (NEA) showing that “half of new teachers in the U.S. are likely to quit within the first five years…
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Numbers show Seda doesn’t have a mandate
The day after he was elected, the Republican new mayor of Jackson claimed that he and his slate of committee members had received a mandate. According to statistics provided by local officials, he received 3,678 votes out of a total of 9,042 for all three candidates for mayor. That comes to 40.7 percent of the…
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Howell principal asks for support for ‘bomb scare’ legislation
Now is the time to show your support for the much needed “bomb scare” legislation proposed by state Assemblywoman Amy Handlin. As the principal of a large middle school in Howell, I have experienced firsthand the disruption and anxiety that are the result of these inane pranks. Mandatory sentencing of those convicted to community service,…
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School bus driver makes one little boy feel very special
I want to acknowledge one bus driver, Robin Sanchez, of the Freehold Regional High School District’s van 60. She does not drive my son to school, but she did do something extraordinary for my family. Every morning, my 3-year-old son waits for his bus at our house on Stillwells Corner Road. While we wait, he…
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H.S. senior wins award for thinking about retirement
FREEHOLD – What kind of response do you get when you ask a teenager about retirement? High school senior John P. Rod II of Howell is already thinking about it – so much so that he has earned a $2,500 scholarship to help pay for his college tuition. “It was great to win and I…
