Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Letters
Property owner explains plan for development We are aware of the misconceptions that are floating around in re-gard to the rezoning of the Cutler-Rubenstein Poultry Farm. It is our attempt here to set the record straight. The property is currently split zoned. The back half is zoned for 2-acre lots and the front half is…
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For the Record
Crossing guards for the Lucy N. Holman Elementary School in Jackson are also posted at Manhattan Street and Castle Avenue, and Manhattan Street and Georgian Boulevard. In a letter to the editor that appeared in the Sept. 22 Tri-Town News, those locations were inadvertently left off a list of crossing guard locations. In a previous…
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Qualifying for the Mother of the Year Award
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch It hit me just last week that I may never qualify for the Mother of the Year Award. I’m also out of the running for Cook of the Century and A Wife to Die For. Since those nice folks at “Desperate Housewives” haven’t called and requested my presence for…
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FRHSD board adjusts H.S. attendance areas
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has readjusted the district’s attendance areas with changes that will take effect in September 2006. The board’s action will affect 254 eighth-graders who will be high school freshmen next fall. Students who presently attend one of the…
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Students to get a look at FRHSD special programs
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer It’s never too early to look ahead at your educational plans. Eighth-graders who plan to attend one of the six high schools in the Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) beginning in September 2006 can now have the opportunity to attend a student orientation, a learning…
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Obituaries
The Rev. Samuel C. LaPenta Sr. The Rev. LaPenta, 84, of Old Bridge, formerly of Colts Neck, died Aug. 21 in the Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. Ordained in 1961, he served the Colts Neck Reformed Church until his retirement in 1985. A son, Samuel Chris LaPenta Jr., died in 1984. Surviving are his wife,…
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Schools will implement random tests for drugs
Law targets athletes and others involved in extracurricular activities BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Students in grades nine through 12 who participate in athletics and other extracurricular activities, or who park their cars at school, may soon be subject to random drug testing in New Jersey schools. According to S-500, a…
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Letters
Jackson children should follow instructions of crossing guards With the new school year having started on Sept. 6, we would like to remind parents and students that there will be school crossing guards posted near the following elementary schools: Lucy N. Holman Elementary School will have guards on South Cooks Bridge Road and Castle Avenue,…
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Outpouring of support a tribute to community
They need it more than we do. That’s been the sentiment of many area residents, business owners and organizations who, like most Americans, have watched the fall-out of Hurricane Katrina in disbelief over the past few weeks. The response to the devastation along the Gulf Coast can only be described as heartwarming, as countless citizens…
