Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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State income tax should fund New Jersey’s educational system
Property taxes have become a growing problem, resulting in a great hardship for New Jersey residents. Poor planning is a major contributing factor. Housing construction has overridden its boundaries and, in turn, has created a multitude of children to overflow our schools. The homes which have been built are not affordable to the general public…
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Time for board to start taping
The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education wants $127 million to run the district’s six schools in 2002-03. The district offers students advanced technology, an honors curriculum and many extracur-ricular activities. Taxpayers have provided the money that has turned the six high schools into outstanding educational institutions. Despite the hundreds of millions of…
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Rust, Gross, Hanlon seek 2 seats on Jackson board
Rust, Gross, Hanlon seek 2 seats on Jackson board JERRY WOLKOWITZ Howell High School goalkeeper Bryanne Godfrey blocks a shot attempt by Freehold Township’s Brittany Scott during a lacrosse scrimmage on March 22 at Freehold Township High School. The spring season opens next week. JACKSON — The three candidates running for two seats on the…
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Howell school board cuts $1.2 million from local tax levy
Howell school board cuts $1.2 million from local tax levy HOWELL — The Board of Education has trimmed $1.2 million from the local tax levy it expected to collect from property owners to support the 2002-03 budget. On Monday, the board adopted a budget totaling $82 million for the 2002-03 school year. The budget will…
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Obituaries
Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. SARAH E. "SALLY" LEONARD, 76, of Freehold Township, died March 16 at Centra-State Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in Farmingdale and lived there until moving…
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Obituaries
Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. GERALD LEVINE, 69, of Howell, died March 12 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in The Bronx, N.Y., he lived in Long Branch before moving to…
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Some school budgets will be tough sells
Some school budgets will be tough sells Some area residents will be shocked when they read about tax increases associated with school budgets for the 2002-03 school year. Board of education members and school administrators have been working over the past few months to develop their spending plans for the upcoming academic year. A damaging…
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Guest Column John Artale JTMUA works to serve rate payers
Guest Column John Artale JTMUA works to serve rate payers My dedication to truthfulness and my own self-respect compels me to respond to last week’s Your Turn comments from Leslie Savage, the leader of Citizens Against Spending Hikes (CASH), in order to set the record straight regarding my service to the Jackson Township Municipal Utilities…
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Obituaries
Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. SANFORD "SANDY" DAVIS, 53, of Freehold, died March 11 in Freehold. Born in Neptune and raised in Howell, he had lived in Lakewood for 20 years before…
