• Help remedy unfair fees for businessmen and women

    Have you even wondered why some of your favorite small stores ask you not to use your credit card for low-dollar purchases? It has to do with a huge, hidden credit card fee that costs Americans $48 billion a year — more than annual fees, late fees and over-the-limit fees combined. Unless you’re a retailer,…

  • Conservation Trailblazer: Larry Keller

    For over 23 years I was fortunate to work with, and come to know as a friend, an extraordinary human being. He was Larry Keller, a builder of office parks, birdhouses and lifelong relationships. Larry was absolutely the most passionate advocate for land conservation I have ever met. He was a force of positive thinking,…

  • August is Children’s Vision and Learning Month

    I’m writing to commend Gov. Jon Corzine for recently declaring August Children’s Vision and Learning Month in New Jersey. The goal of this observance is to help educate parents and teachers about the critical link between vision and learning. As parents prepare students for the coming school year with new clothes and supplies — as…

  • Corzine continues to fiddle while N.J. burns

    Jon Corzine has rammed a budget through the state Legislature that raises taxes, cuts spending for important programs and employs a host of gimmicks that just push the financial reckoning into the future. But instead of paying attention to the crisis facing our state, the Wall Street Wizard devoted a day to orchestrating a partisan…

  • Jersey-bred Well Said captures $1 million Meadowlands Pace

    Driver Ron Pierce of Millstone Township looked back on the turn for home and saw lengths of empty track between his colt, Well Said, and the pack, a margin that would grow as they scored a six-length victory in the $1 million Meadowlands Pace on Saturday, July 18, at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford. Millstone…

  • Target practice

    Al Soden of Howell aims his arrow toward the target on the practice course at the Black Knight Bowbenders archery club on Perrineville Road in Jackson on July 9. The club hosted the Bigfoot Open on July 11-12. For more information about the archery club, visit the Internet website at www.blackknightbowbenders.com.

  • Oh yes, it’s ladies night, and the feeling is right

    Coda • GREG BEAN This presentation of the Greg Bean Common Sense Award goes to New Jersey Senate Republican leader Tom Kean, who has struck a blow against stupid bureaucratic intervention in the private sector. Specifically, Kean — who represents Essex, Union, Somerset and Morris counties — called on state Democrats last week to support…

  • But it looked so great on the website!

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH The family vacation. Just the mere mention of the word conjures up thoughts of a family sedan packed to the brim with fishing gear, floaties and Prozac. The planning of the trip is certainly no picnic for the parents. It’s a job for the diligent, the creative and…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    West Amwell and Lambertville    West Amwell Township police reported:    — On July 10 at 9: 17 a.m., police went with fire and rescue units to the ESC School on Route 179 in response to a fire alarm. Investigating Patrolman Edward Skillman determined, with help from the staff, that the alarm had been activated at a…

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