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Frances G. Young
Mrs. Young, 52, of Hazlet, died July 31, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She had resided in Jackson and Marlboro before relocating to Hazlet 20 years ago. Mrs. Young was a teacher for 18 years, and taught for the last seven years at Middle Road School, Hazlet. She was predeceased by…
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Manasquan held its annual Mako Shark Tournament on June 26-28. Team Mako Marons competed with 236 boats and landed a 368-pound mako on the first day of the tournament. It is the biggest fish that has been seen at the scales during the tournament in 15 years. When the tournament ended, the 368-pound guppy held…
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Gillon is a girl on the go for Jackson track team
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Tylia Gillon, who is coming off a sensational junior year as a sprinter for the Jackson Memorial High School girls track and field team, is looking for an even bigger year as a senior after qualifying for the NJSIAA Meet of Champions during her first three years in high school.…
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Catcher coming back with a bang
New Egypt’s Mike Fassl, returning from knee injury, wins home run derby BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Staff Writer Mike Fassl, who is about to start his senior year at New Egypt High School, Plumsted, snapped out of his quiet, injury-marred junior year with a bang last month when he won the Eastern League All-Star Game Home…
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Investigate facts about health care reform and Medicare
Fixing our broken health care system is far too important to be derailed by myths and scare tactics perpetuated by special interest groups trying to block progress on health care reform. You may have heard the outrageous claim that health care reform will get rid of Medicare. In fact, for people in Medicare, health care…
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Congregation Ahavat Olam gives the gifts of sight and hearing
Members of the Howell and Lakewood campuses of Congregation Ahavat Olam collected almost 100 pairs of eyeglasses and three pairs of hearing aids as part of their social action program. By performing these mitzvot (good deeds), congregation members had the opportunity to assist in fulfilling the Hebrew faith obligation of tikkun olam (repairing the world).…
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Health care should be a right for every citizen
This is in response to a letter to the editor from an insurance broker, Abe Weiss, (“Government-Run Health Option Will Not Serve the United States,” Tri-Town News, July 30) about health care, where he states that we have the greatest health care in the world. I truly have to disagree with Mr. Weiss. Just look…
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Resident offers suggestion for U.S. health care situation
Guest Column • Joseph Mercurio Cruel and unusual punishment is how someone once described employerbased health care. Citing the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution to protest our health care system might seem dramatic to some, but not to the millions who have lost their ability, and therefore their right, to be protected from a different…
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Post office closings? Not with better marketing
Coda • GREG BEAN Although the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t have an official motto, the one most people believe is the motto is inscribed on the façade of the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion…
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