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The Cassville 7-Buck Club is sponsoring a bus trip to the Showboat Atlantic City casino on Sept. 22. Tickets are $35 per person and include round-trip motor coach transportation and a $20 casino voucher. Small coolers will be allowed on the bus, which will leave from the club at 698 Miller Ave. (at Bowman…
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Resident says emails should be saved for significant time
A s part of our own investigation, on July 7, 2012, we received our Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requested response for email correspondence from the Jackson Recreation Department for the last three years. The reply we received was that emails in the recreation department are only kept for six to 12 months and then…
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License plate readers serve a useful purpose to police
I am writing in response to the Aug. 9 letter to the editor in the Tri-Town News from Owen Monaghan about the Jackson Police Department’s purchase of an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR). I do not know where Mr. Monaghan got all of his information from, but what it appears he is not aware of…
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No closure at Brookdale Community College until trustees change
The Brookdale Community College Board of Trustees would like us all to forget about their complicity in the Peter Burnham affair. Without their tacit approval or appalling lack of oversight, none of this would ever have happened. Their current public relations campaign would have us believe that all is well now, but nothing could be…
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Where are the next engineers, scientists?
I have just finished watching the Military Channel’s presentation on the history of our submarine development during the Cold War. We far outdid the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and made it think twice about armed conflict with us. It takes the thinking of many technical minds to complete projects like that. I wonder if…
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President Obama has not earned Jewish vote
Recently at a White House press conference, two senior White House correspondents, Connie Lawn and Les Kinsolving, asked President Barack Obama’s press secretary, Jay Carney, “Is the capital of Israel Jerusalem or Tel Aviv?” Mr. Carney’s response was, “I haven’t had that question in a while. Our position has not changed.” The reporters then proceeded…
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on campus
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, has named the following residents to the dean’s list for the spring semester: From Jackson, Sara Seich, Michael Sorensen, Jacquelyn Cassidy, Kathleen Lok, Justin Mancini, Sara Cook, Cassidy Bartolini, Erin Haughee, Elizabeth Lefkowich, Brandi Johnson, Emily Myhren, Susan DaQuila, Alison Sotolongo, Jaclyn Todaro, Jessica Oliveira, Gina Panarese, Alexis Mandato,…
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Bruce Springsteen symposium to be held at Monmouth U.
A symposium on academic research and thought based on the life and work of Bruce Springsteen will be held from Sept. 14-16 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. “Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium” is being organized by Dr. Mark Bernhard, associate provost at the University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Ind. The symposium, first…
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