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Do not project your values onto other people
This letter is in response to Timothy L. Eshelman’s recent letter to the editor about Greater Media Newspapers’ columnist Greg Bean having his facts and logic wrong about Gov. Chris Christie being on the wrong side of marijuana legalization and the same sex marriage issue. Sorry to say, but Timothy, you have your facts wrong…
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Phys. ed. crucial for combating obesity in kids
The obesity rate has skyrocketed among adults and children in New Jersey and across the country. Today, about one in three American children and teens is overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate in 1963. Physical education class is an important part of a student’s education. It provides an opportunity to be active during the…
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County to move on capital projects in U.F.
Fixes for Sharon Station Rd., blazing of Union Transportation Trail, in the works BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — County Engineer Joseph Ettore and other county officials provided a review of the Sharon Station Road/Union Transportation Trail (UTT) capital program at the Aug. 28 Planning Board meeting. Back in May, county representatives told the…
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September will be busy at horse park
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — September at the Horse Park of New Jersey is always a busy month, and this year is no exception. A barrel-racing clinic is scheduled for Sept. 4 and the last clinic of the season is scheduled for Sept. 18. The National Standardbred Show will be held Sept. 9.…
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Employees get counseling after shooting
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene of a shooting at a supermarket on Route 9 north, Old Bridge, on Aug. 31. Two employees working the overnight shift were killed by a gunman who then committed suicide, authorities said. JEFF GRANIT staff During an overnight shift at the Pathmark supermarket on…
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Experts: Motive hard to ascribe immediately after shooting
BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Experts in workplace violence and criminal justice reacted to the Aug. 31 shooting in an Old Bridge Pathmark supermarket by analyzing what the alleged shooter’s motivations may have been. A Pathmark employee allegedly shot and killed two fellow employees before turning the gun on himself during the 4 a.m. shooting,…
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Gunman worked, then returned on deadly day
Tragedy in Old Bridge According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan: The alleged gunman and both victims in the Pathmark shooting had been working an overnight shift Aug. 30-31. Suspected gunman Terence S. Tyler, 23, left the store at about 3:30 a.m. and drove away. He returned about 20 minutes later, dressed in desert camouflage…
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Old Bridge in shock after shooting deaths
Neighbor: ‘You’re not safe anywhere. You just never know.’ BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan can be seen through the shattered windows of a Pathmark supermarket on Route 9 north, Old Bridge, on Aug. 31, shortly after a store employee gunned down two coworkers. JEFF GRANIT staff OLD BRIDGE — In…
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