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School staff saluted for years of service
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Several individuals who are concluding their careers were honored at the Upper Freehold Regional School District’s recent recognition reception held at Allentown High School. Patricia Hogan, president of the UFRSD Board of Education, addressed those in attendance and said, “I am here to recognize all that you have achieved. You helped…
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CASA seeking volunteers to help represent youths
The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program of Monmouth County is seeking adults, 21 years and older, to act as advocates for children who have been removed from their homes because they have been abused and neglected. A CASA volunteer is a trained citizen who is appointed by a judge to represent the best interests…
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Q&A
Sun block with Sharon Peters Q: Our 9-month-old granddaughter will be living with us for nearly two years. We live in the desert, and her dad’s family has a history of skin cancer. We have to keep her exposure to the sun minimal and we think we should get a vehicle with rear sunshades to…
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Weichert Corporate Housing earns high marks in nationwide survey
Weichert Corporate Housing, a leading provider of temporary accommodations and furnished apartments, earned high service marks from corporate buyers of relocation services according to the results of a prominent workforce mobility survey. In the 2014 Relocation Managers’ Survey on Relocation Mortgage, Spouse/Partner/ Family Services and Corporate Housing Service Industries, conducted by Trippel Survey & Research,…
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America is rooted in belief in God’s word
The recent letter to the editor “Our Founders Advocated a Natural Religion” by Borden Applegate missed one thing: proof. A letter extolling the opinions of the forefathers of this nation as devoid of religious mooring possesses no founding. Ignorance is promoted when one talks about history without reading the original documents. The Pilgrims suffered extensive…
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Reader heralds Sweeney, faults Republicans
Republicans in the Legislature really have sunk to a new low. Back in March, almost all of them voted to pass the “Sandy Victims’ Bill of Rights,” legislation sponsored by state Senate President Steve Sweeney that mandated transparency in the Sandy recovery process and accountability from the Christie administration. The bill passed unanimously in the…
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Landline phones are a ‘lifeline’ for seniors
How few does a group of people have to be to not matter? How many must they have in order to be recognized and respected by state officials? A substantial minority of people in New Jersey still depends exclusively on landline phone service. Most have depended on their landline phones for many years and keep…
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Public education, private sector needs differ
I am writing in response to the recent decision by the California courts stating that teacher tenure laws are unconstitutional. That being said, having worked in public education for 29 years, I do agree that there is a need to reform the tenure laws. Yes, there are incompetent and lazy teachers, and often administrators are…
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