• Teacher’s fight with MS inspires student to help

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The most important lessons learned in school don’t always involve reading, writing and arithmetic or standardized tests and budgets. Those that involve compassion and helping others in real-life situations can be lessons that last a lifetime and impact society in a positive way for years to come. Sometimes the students…

  • Teaching profession not questioned; salary expectations an issue

    Chrissy Anderson should be commended for her dedication and the positive influence she has on our children in her teaching profession (“Teaching Is a Great but Misunderstood Profession,” News Transcript, Letters to the Editor, May 19). But hard work and dedication are expected from teachers, just as properly fixing your car is expected from a…

  • Unemployment is biggest concern, not housing

    Gov. Chris Christie and the New Jersey state Legislature have made the responsible decision to cut spending and stop listening to special interest groups that previous administrations bowed to. Unemployment is the state’s most pressing concern, not affordable housing. In an ideal world we would all be living in our dream homes, working in dream…

  • Readers weigh in on column on teachers’ union issues

    CODA GREG BEAN When I wrote a column critical of the state’s teachers’ unions a few weeks ago, I girded my loins for what I expected would be the usual backlash to columns like that — notes from readers angry that I was bashing noble teachers and programs “for the kids.” My readers got the…

  • DEP issues action plan on Oyster Creek tritium leak

    New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin has issued an action plan requiring the owner of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Township to take a series of steps to further investigate the 2009 leak of radioactive tritium into aquifers below the plant and ensure the radioactive substance does not endanger…

  • Municipal taxes expected to remain stable in 2010

    PLUMSTED PLUMSTED — The municipal tax rate will remain unchanged at 11 cents per $100 of assessed valuation in 2010, according to a $3.1 million municipal budget that was the subject of a public hearing on June 2. Mayor Ron Dancer said Plumsted’s total municipal budget has been reduced from $3.7 million in 2009 to…

  • Advisory boards seek members

    JACKSON — Opportunities are available for residents who would like to serve on a variety of advisory boards and committees in Jackson. Any resident who would like to offer his or her services to Jackson may contact the mayor’s office at 732-928-1200, ext 211, or email [email protected], indicating their area of interest, background and reasons…

  • MMA event coming to Six Flags

    JACKSON — A mixed martial arts (MMA) event will be hosted by Six Flags Great Adventure, Route 537, Jackson, on June 19. The event will be sponsored by the Jackson Policemen’s Benevolent Association No. 168 and Elite Wrestling. “During these difficult economic times, Detective Mike Kelly, Detective Mitch Cowit and I were trying to think…

  • Honoring America’s armed forces

    Members of Girl Scout Troop 1017 from Howell participated in the 2010 Farmingdale Memorial Day parade. The girls spent more than three weeks planning and building their prairie wagon float. The Scouts used all of their experiences and badge work over the past year to bring their float together, including safety planning, sewing, small hand…

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