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Volunteers wanted for beach sweeps
Clean Ocean Action (COA) invites residents and organizations to participate in the 26th annual Spring Beach Sweeps on April 30 at 69 sites along the New Jersey coast. The Beach Sweeps begin at 9 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m., rain or shine. Beach Sweeps is one of the longest-running cleanup programs in the nation,…
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Haircut-a-thon will benefit Autism Speaks
Salon Cémone will host a haircut-a-thon fundraising event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 17 that will benefit Autism Speaks, an organization whose goal is to change the future for all who struggle with autism and other autism spectrum disorders. Autism Speaks attempts to bring hope to families who deal with the hardships that…
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CentraState’s Baby Fair returns April 28
CentraState Medical Center will hold a baby fair for parents-to-be and those considering pregnancy, 6-8 p.m. April 28 at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus, 901 W. Main St., Freehold Township. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet CentraState’s board-certified obstetricians, pediatricians, family practice physicians and related hospital staff and attend lectures, see a…
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The clock watchers were in for a huge letdown
CODA GREG BEAN My favorite part of the government shutdown that wasn’t, was the clocks. Nearly every network and news organization had them, counting down the hours and seconds until midnight on April 9, when the government would run out of money unless a budget agreement was reached between Congress and the White House, and…
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It is time to cut spending, and not just leave it flat
GUEST COLUMN JOHN F. NEWMAN Each new budget year presents problems for each level of government as costs continue to rise while elected officials are tasked with maintaining core services to the public. This year, taxes for Freehold Borough residents will increase more than the county and both school budgets combined. No other taxing authority…
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Organ donors give hope and help make miracles happen
The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) was founded 25 years ago when residents of Bloomington, Ind., rallied around a little boy who needed a life-saving liver transplant. In less than eight weeks the community raised $100,000 to place the boy on the organ waiting list, but the child died before an organ became available. Those…
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Environmental issues require a common-sense approach
This letter is in response to a letter to the editor from Joellen Lundy, the president of the New Jersey Friends of Clearwater (“N.J. Promotes Profits, Pollution Over Citizens’ Health,” News Transcript, March 30). I applaud Gov. Chris Christie’s actions to apply some common sense to the overburdening regulations and red tape that has become…
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Hornik, LaRocca, Marder deserve re-election
This is an election year in Marlboro where we have the opportunity to re-elect Mayor Jonathan Hornik and Township Council members Frank LaRocca and Randi Marder. I have lived in Marlboro for almost 40 years and in that time I have been active in numerous government and community activities at the national, state and local…
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School bus drivers’ wages are not in line with real world
This is in reply to Steven Loehle’s letter to the editor regarding wages paid to the Marlboro K-8 School District bus drivers (“Writer: It is 2011 and School Bus Drivers DeserveALiving Wage,” News Transcript, March 30). I wonder what world he lives in. This is indeed 2011, not 1981, and the minimum wage for federal…
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