Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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She draws the line at sweeping the garage
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch As any woman with the sense that the Good Lord gave a goat will tell you, there is no reason to take on a man’s chores. Helping out my husband just one time is the reason I now have to mow the lawn, pump my own gas and sharpen…
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2 square off in a bid for Howell seat
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Regular Observers of the Freehold Regional High School District should recognize all of the names on the April 18 Board of Education election ballot. Patricia Horvath of Manalapan is seeking a ninth three-year term and Bunny Hammer of Freehold Borough is seeking a third…
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School budget lacks details on cost to property owners
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer LAKEWOOD – Although the Board of Education’s proposed $108 million budget for the 2006-07 school year will be placed before voters on April 18, there has been no confirmation as to how much in property taxes residents will pay to support the $62.6 million…
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Five in Jackson bid for 3 seats on school board
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Five residents are running for three three-year terms on the Board of Education in the April 18 election. Polls will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Incumbent board members John Morvay, Marvin Krakower and Martin Spielman are running as a team. They…
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Howell budget would hike school tax rate by 13 cents
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – The Board of Education will ask residents to approve a 13-cent increase in the K-8 school tax rate to support a $103 million budget for the 2006-07 school year. Residents will vote on a tax levy of $58.5 million to support the…
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Obituaries
Rosemary Ann Miller Lyle Mrs. Lyle, 82, of Jackson, died March 13 at Bartley Health Care Nursing & Rehabilitation, Jackson. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., she moved to Howell in 1957 and lived there until 2005, when she entered Bartley Health Care. She was a communicant of St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church, Howell, where she…
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Letters
Reader supports initiative to license illegals Your opinion expressed in the March 16 editorial “A Solid ‘No Go’ to Licenses for Illegals” is going the wrong way down the street. Our state representative and voters should support state Assembly-man Joseph Vas’ initiative to license resident aliens who are not documented. You begin your editorial with…
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Land O’ Pines pupils get lesson in healthy eating
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff As part of the Shape It Up program that visited the Land O’ Pines School, Howell, Tania Ahuja (l), a Rutgers graduate student, discusses healthy living. Aman Deep Kaur (c), another Rutgers graduate student, and Brian Jacobson from Horizon…
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Scandalmongers aren’t interested in the truth
Coda Greg Bean There was a lot of tension between the French and Italians at the recent European Union summit, and last week Italian Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi made a joke. According to Reuters, Burlusconi strolled into the conference room, walked up to seated French President Jacques Chirac and put his hands on the Frenchman’s…
