Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Cap’n Tightwad puts a lid on family spending
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch Sometimes I think my beloved spouse would have fared better if he’d chosen to live out a meager existence as a lonely old miser. He could have spent his golden years staring at his stacks of coins and rooms full of money. When the harsh winter winds blew, he…
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For the Record
In an article headlined “Pinelands Commission Issues Economic Report” that appeared in the Dec. 29, 2005 Tri-Town News, the following paragraph should have read: “The average inflation-adjusted residential property tax bill for municipalities in the Pinelands is $700 (not $7,000) lower than in municipalities in the non-Pinelands region of South Jersey and $2,085 lower than…
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A somber toast for the coming year
Coda Greg Bean When the United States entered World War II in 1941, my maternal grandfather — who was born in a homesteader’s sod hut in 1907 — was 34 years old. He had grown up a cowboy, ridden rodeo as a young man and taught in a one-room schoolhouse before he married my grandmother,…
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Letters
Residents of Tylertown appreciate support Our world here in Mississippi and Louis-iana is forever changed by the devastation that Hurri-cane Katrina left in her wake. Some of us have been displaced, or have family or friends displaced, possibly still living with us. We are still at a point where when we talk about all the…
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FRHSD administrators begin working on budget
Process starts with wish lists submitted by six H.S. principals BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer It’s never too early to look ahead and start planning for the next Freehold Regional High School District budget. That’s just what administrators are doing as they begin to formulate a budget for the 2006-07 school…
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How Lori scared the burglar away
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch When the doorbell rang last Tuesday I wasn’t too alarmed. Then I saw a stranger through the glass and the rational voice that I often hear inside my head told me, “DON’T OPEN THAT DOOR!” Naturally, this is the same voice that also tells me that I should NOT…
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School board stands pat on ’06 attendance areas
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer With the Marlboro High School media center filled with parents and other residents, mostly from Howell, the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education voted not to review the issue of student movement again. “I urge you to reconsider this redistricting,” said Brad Birnbaum, of…
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Jackson board signs off on deal with teachers
BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Jackson JACKSON — Members of the Board of Education voted unanimously at their Dec. 20 meeting to approve a three-year contract that had been ratified a day earlier by the rank and file of the Jackson Education Association (JEA). The JEA represents teachers, school-based secretaries, media…
