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Arlene Raymond
Mrs. Raymond, 80, of Marlboro, died Nov. 22, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a retired school bus driver for the Matawan/Aberdeen Regional School District. Mrs. Raymond was predeceased by her husband, George F. Raymond Jr.; and a daughter, Cathleen D. Raymond. Surviving are two sons and daughters in-law, George F. III…
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Gladys Violet DuBois Soden
Mrs. Soden, 87, of Englishtown and Freehold, died Nov. 8, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring, Mrs. Soden worked at the Freehold Raceway. She was predeceased by her husband, Marvin Soden; two brothers, Arthur and Fred DuBois; and four sisters, Anna Vader, Luella Davison, Marie Shutzer Shiroky and Evelyn Hopkins. Surviving…
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Writer discusses the many faces of horse racing
Those of us in the horse racing industry in New Jersey are in a battle for survival in an economy that has not been kind to many financial sectors. The hardworking people of racing, more than 15,000 in New Jersey, love what they do despite dealing with the aches and pains of wrestling 1,000-pound horses…
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People should be permitted to know the truth in a free society
The domestic media coverage surrounding the recent release of classified United States diplomatic cables by whistleblower news organizationWikiLeaks has simply echoed the sentiments of disgruntled government officials who are clearly embarrassed at the fact their habitual disregard for the law and complete lack of transparency has been so acutely documented. The editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, Julian…
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Teachers should be rewarded based on merit
This is a letter I have sent to Gov. Chris Christie in reply to Paula Desch’s letter as published in the Tri-Town News of Nov. 25, 2010. Gov. Christie, I have been reading week in and week out the lamentations of the New Jersey public school teaching community. Ms. Desch, in her letter to you…
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Duck and cover, because Sarah’s locked and loaded
CODA GREG BEAN Although some of my critics won’t believe it, there is no political agenda at work when I make this bold statement: As a hunter, Sarah Palin is a greater menace in the field than Dick Cheney. And I have a feeling that real hunters among my readership will back me up on…
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Pinelands Commission taps Toms River woman for post
The New Jersey Pinelands Commission has appointed Nancy B. Wittenberg of Toms River as the agency’s new executive director. According to a press release from the commission, Wittenberg has served as the Assistant Commissioner of Climate and Environmental Compliance for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) since May 2006. She will officially begin…
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Groups praise firm’s decision to close Oyster Creek facility
Clean Water Action and its Garden State chapter, the New Jersey Environmental Federation, together with other local groups, applauded last week’s announcement that the Oyster Creek nuclear plant in Lacey Township will close in nine years. “Getting Exelon [the plant’s owner] to take Oyster Creek offline in nine years is validation that this plant should…
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Farmers may apply for aid in wake of heat and drought
United States Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack has designated 16 New Jersey counties as natural disaster areas to assist farmers who suffered losses due to excessive heat and drought during the 2010 growing season. Farmers in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Sussex and Warren counties…
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