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Auto dealer’s staff charged with selling Sandy vehicles
A cting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that the operator of a used car dealership in Old Bridge was charged on Dec. 20 with using fraudulent vehicle titles to sell cars that were damaged in superstorm Sandy to unsuspecting customers. A state Motor Vehicle Commission technician and two employees of the car dealership previously…
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Education foundation halfway to goal in Connect Us! project
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Education Foundation is halfway to its goal of raising $250,000 that will be used to make each classroom in the Freehold Township K-8 School District interactive. Representatives of the foundation presented a check for $65,000 to the Board of Education on Dec. 17, bringing the total funds raised to…
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Gov. comes up short with his explanation
Gov. Chris Christie attempted to apologize for the reprehensible conduct of his core team. The fact is that he appointed all the people whose actions he now criticizes. He offered no information as to the names and messages redacted in documents provided to legislators. With a straight face the Governor denied being a bully, but…
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Plan to mandate pledge is waste of effort
There is a move currently underway by our state Legislature to make the Pledge of Allegiance mandatory at all public meetings. Ironically, most of the bill’s loquacious supporters are the same sycophant politicians who huff and puff about the need to get government out of people’s lives. I think this legislation has far more to…
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More info needed about Enroll America
This letter is in response to the recent Greater Media Newspapers article “Navigating Health Care Reform.” Enroll America, the organization about whom the article was written, is a 501(c)(3) entity whose mission is “to maximize the number of uninsured Americans who enroll in health coverage made available by the Affordable Healthcare Act,” Obamacare. Although this…
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GUEST COLUMN
350 years and still green? MICHELE S. BYERS New Jersey is a beautiful, green and fertile state — a great place to live, just as it has been since its founding 350 years ago. In fact, it’s still known as the Garden State. What will the next few 100 years bring? It’s clear that without…
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There are alternatives to cable television
I would like to comment on the recent letter to the editor from Ronald Birenkrant, “It is Time to Rein In Cable TV Costs.” One sure way to lower the cost is to stop using the service, and if enough users follow this, the message will be very clear that the cost is out of…
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Projections show growth of low-wage jobs
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Despite headlines that pit man against machine, the automation of the workplace might not pose the largest threat to the labor force, according to one expert. Of the five American occupations that are projected to grow the most by 2022, four generated annual median salaries of about $20,000 in 2012,…
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