Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Student’s recipe wins award
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Amanda Feldman FREEHOLD — For one student at Freehold High School, chocolate is the main ingredient in her education. “I won an award for a recipe I created that was based on chocolate,” said senior Amanda Feldman, of Howell. “It’s called a Chocolate Cheesecake Bomb, and…
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So long, tranquillity; hello to summer
Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? If I’m to believe the scuttlebutt about the abode, the school year is coming to an end. I’d like to sit and scowl. But what’s a mother to do when the kids have been marking off days on the calendar, celebrating with laughter and, on more than one occasion,…
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Letters
Writer questions value of economic consultant In the last four years, the Jackson municipal budget has ballooned, increasing $7 million to a whopping $32.5 million this year. Why? Because Mayor Michael Broderick, Deputy Mayor Mike Kafton and the rest of the Democrat liberal majority don’t care that they are ripping off the taxpayers. The latest…
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Letters
Teachers go above and beyond for students As a lifelong resident of Jackson, a taxpayer, and a Jackson school district educator, I agree that we are once again challenged to preserve the high standards of education to which we have grown accustomed while facing the burden of devising a workable school budget. It is unfortunate…
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No time to worry about skin tone
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch My skin care consultant called me the other day and said it was time to rethink my skin. “With summer quickly approaching, we’re going to have to work fast if we plan to revive your appearance. Your wrinkle patches need rejuvenated, your skin is dry, and if you don’t…
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Board will talk about budget cuts
Jackson school officials will meet on May 31 to pare spending plan BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — The Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. May 31 in the Fine Arts Center at Jackson Memorial High School and is expected to take action on the $2.9 million cut…
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A new entry in the book of lame excuses
Coda Greg Bean I remember the time my cousin, Danny, ate three cans of pork and beans warmed Boy Scout-style over an open fire. The afternoon was a lot of fun, but when we came back to grandma’s farmhouse that evening, Danny was — not to put too fine a point on it — starting…
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School board waiting for council’s action on budget
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Valerie Rosenberg, who is in the final year of her third three-year year term on the Howell K-8 Board of Education, was elected president of the board when the panel held its annual reorganization meeting. Mark Bonjavanni, who is in his seventh year on…
