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Terminally ill should have the right to choose death
There is currently in the state Legislature an act called “Death with Dignity” that would allow doctors the right to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients. The main opposition to “Death with Dignity” is the church, seeing it as a grievous sin, and an interference with God’s plan. Many, however, think it…
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Local elections void of surprises
Residents in Millstone Township, Roosevelt and Allentown elected members of their governing bodies in the Nov. 6 election in a trio of races that were uncontested. In Millstone, Republican incumbents Nancy Grbelja and Gary Dorfman won new three-year terms on the Township Committee. Grbelja received 3,272 votes and Dorfman received 3,203 votes, according to unofficial…
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Share your cherished traditions
Do you remember the excitement of lighting the eighth menorah candle; listening for reindeer hooves on the roof; being allowed to stay up to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve; celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa; offering food and chanting the Buddha’s teachings? Does your family have a special holiday or festival tradition…
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Service members may have names inscribed on plaque
The Central New Jersey Committee to Honor Valor has taken over the Allentown, Millstone and Upper Freehold Plaque of Remembrance, which honors individuals who have served in the global War on Terror. The committee places the names of men and women who have actively served in the armed forces during that time on the plaque.…
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Alexander, Faber win new terms in Upper Freehold
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Incumbent Republicans Stephen Alexander and Robert Faber won three-year terms on the Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township on Election Day, Nov. 6. The new terms will begin in January. According to unofficial results posted on the Monmouth County website, Alexander received 2,264 votes and Faber received…
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Loads of Hope eases plight of those without power
Mobile programs provided free laundry service, device recharging to residents BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Maureen Bedard, of Eatontown, picks up a load of clean laundry on Nov. 4, which was washed by Tide Loads of Hope, a free mobile laundry service for residents affected by superstorm Sandy. PHOTOS BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Many residents left…
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Firefighters were kept busy during two storms
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Firefighters battle a van fire on Nurko Road, Millstone Township, on Oct. 29. The wicked weather delivered by Sandy on Oct. 29 and a nor’easter on Nov. 7 kept the Millstone Fire Company’s career and volunteer firefighters very busy during the past two weeks. DAVE MARKUNAS Post-Tropical Storm Sandy on Oct.…
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Hero did not have to walk alone after injury
BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Colin Pascik MONROE — U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Colin Pascik faced a long road to recovery after losing both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan, but it was one he did not have to walk alone. The Monroe native, who recently paid a visit to the Monroe Township Middle…
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