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Plan to deal with debt should not be tough to figure out
I f our federal government was a family that ran up a huge credit card debt and the family went to a financial adviser, what would the adviser do? First, the adviser would do a thorough examination of the family’s current spending patterns, then establish a new curtailed budget, and finally establish a payment plan…
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Rebuild the Shore sustainably
GUEST COLUMN MICHELE S. BYERS For an area with little good news since superstorm Sandy, it was a symbolic victory on Jan. 9 when the Monmouth County beach town of Belmar drove in the first piling to reconstruct its boardwalk. Gov. Chris Christie was on-site, along with TV network news cameras. It’s the start of…
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Use of children for propaganda is quite depressing
How depressing recently to see the president again using children as propaganda props, then the next day, releasing a video of children reading letters, supposedly written by themselves, begging for gun control. It reminded me of Jimmy Carter, claiming he asked his daughter Amy about what she thought was the most important issue facing the…
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With ban lifted, will women need to register for the draft?
CODA GREG BEAN The news last week that the Pentagon had lifted its ban on women in front-line combat roles was largely greeted as a positive step toward gender equality in our military. Over the course of our conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, women in our country’s uniform have demonstrated remarkable courage, skill and patriotism.…
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A male American goldfinch is seen in his winter plumage at Duke Farms, Hillsborough, Somerset County. This species of goldfinch molts twice a year and takes on a different look every six months. In that respect, the bird reminds many people of Madonna. BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com
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Secret Sandy Santa comes to the rescue
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Secret Santa’s sleigh traveled far beyond the walls of the Lafayette Mills School, Manalapan, in 2012 when staff members of the K-5 school decided to forgo exchanging presents with each other and instead reach out to a school that was struggling as a result of superstorm Sandy. They set out…
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datebook
“Six Million and One,” a documentary film produced in 2011, will be shown at 3 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Jewish Heritage Museum, 310 Mount’s Corner Drive, Freehold Township. “Six Million and One” follows filmmaker David Fisher and his two brothers and sister as they journey to Austria and the United States in the…
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Poll results show support of farming and agriculture
A ccording to a recent statewide poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind, co-sponsored by the New Jersey Farm Bureau, more than eight in 10 (83 percent) New Jersey residents support the continuation of public funding for the preservation of open space and farmland. Those in the northwest region of the state (88 percent) are more…
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Residents appointed to boards
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — The Colts Neck Township Committee appointed a number of residents to sit on municipal boards, committees and commissions during the Jan. 5 reorganization meeting. Residents who will heed the call to serve the township are as follows. Planning Board: Mayor Michael Fitzgerald, one year; Committeeman Thomas…
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