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Tha Real Street adds voice to New Jersey music scene
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer Tha Real Street HOWELL — Gregory Baker, a Georgia native turned Howell resident, is bringing his own interesting brand of hip-hop music to New Jersey in more ways than one. Baker, 35, who goes by the pseudonym Tha Real Street, moved to New Jersey from Savannah, Ga., in 2010 with…
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Pleasure Trail Pace slated for April 13 at Assunpink
MILLSTONE — The Horseman’s Association of Millstone Township (HAMT) is gearing up to host the 2014 Pleasure Trail Pace at the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area, Upper Freehold Township, on April 13. Registration is set for 9 a.m. The entry fee is $25 for HAMT members and $30 for nonmembers. Teams consisting of two to four…
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Allentown municipal budget checks in at $2.08M
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — A public hearing has been scheduled for 7 p.m. April 29 on the $2.08 million 2014 municipal budget the Borough Council has introduced. Residents may comment on or ask questions about the budget at that time. Following the public hearing, the council members may vote to adopt the…
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Rising values hindering affordability
Good news and bad news often comes in pairs, and such is life in real estate. Take a couple recent reports from the National Association of Realtors. The good: The bulk of the nation’s metropolitan areas showed year-over-year price growth, according to the NAR’s latest quarterly report, comparing Q4 2012 and Q4 2013. The bad:…
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The Manasquan Reservoir, Howell, is a serene setting on an early spring day. MEREDITH RECCOPPA
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Guidelines needed for overdose drug policy
With news outlets reporting daily about New Jersey’s escalating heroin epidemic and resulting increase in overdose deaths, we commend Gov. Chris Christie for signing the waiver to allow emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to administer Narcan to help reverse the potentially fatal effects of opioid intoxication. If not fatal, an opioid overdose can cause devastating brain…
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Criminals don’t count bullets in a magazine
While other crimes are on the decrease in New Jersey, shootings are on the increase every day. When a shooting is recorded, it says nothing about the shooter going for a background check or a firearms identification card, or magazines that hold only 15 rounds, so all the gun control laws are only going to…
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Criminals never agree to play by the rules
I write in response to Kevin O’Brien’s recent letter to the editor. Mr. O’Brien applauded the proposed law to reduce magazine capacity from 15 rounds to 10. This viewpoint is well-intentioned but not openly, thoroughly considered. On the surface, magazine reduction may seem beneficial, but in fact these laws only limit the capacity of law-abiding…
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Allentown issues need county’s attention
I am appalled that five years after Monmouth County began work on a new bridge, the work is still not complete and Allentown citizens — who sacrificed their own comfort during that time to permit the county to use their property in an effort to build the bridge without cutting the town off from itself…
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