Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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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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Obituaries
Stanley Dancer Mr. Dancer, 78, of Pompano Beach, Fla., died Sept. 8. Born in New Jersey, he had been a resident of the New Egypt section of Plumsted. A legend in the horse racing industry, Mr. Dancer was the only horseman, trotting or thoroughbred, to have won three Triple Crowns — one in pacing and…
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Letters
Group will continue to push for safer roads Joyce Blay’s article “Group’s Goal Is to Make Jackson’s Streets Safer” (Tri-Town News, Aug. 25) was a fair report of our group’s mission and the actions we are taking to accomplish it. I would like to emphasize several points in the article. Ms. Blay pointed out that…
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It’s safe to smoke but only in your dreams
Greg Bean Coda After many years as an ex-smoker, I took the habit up again this week, and I’m enjoying it immensely. The news that I’m smoking again initially horrified my wife, and it will probably horrify my friends as well. I lost both of my parents to lung cancer, and I’d been a two-pack-a-day…
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It is time to step up for Jackson’s schools
Your Turn Linda Lackay Guest Column Linda Lackay Guest Column On Sept. 27, the Jackson Board of Education will ask the people of Jackson to cast their vote to 1) build a new elementary school and 2) restore and improve sections of Jackson Memorial High School and the McAuliffe Middle School. The urgent need for…
