Tag: Your Turn guest column
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People must take action so students can be guaranteed to learn in safety
By Margo Greenbaum On May 18, I presented a video that chronicled a Never Again rally I helped to organize at my school. As I completed my presentation, I informed my classmates of a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. That night I celebrated my graduation from my Hebrew high school. As I…
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Killing Upper Freehold environmental panel disturbing to former chairman
By Marc Covitz In a gutless move on April 12, the Township Committee in Upper Freehold Township abolished the Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC). This was done without prior notice to any of the members of the EAC. Not a courtesy phone call, text or email was sent to any of the members. The agenda for…
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A real possibility: Re-emergence of teacher militancy in New Jersey
By Dr. Marc Gaswirth Will the wave of well-publicized teachers’ strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky make its way to the Garden State? Will the conditions prompting teacher protests elsewhere in the country play out here in New Jersey, where 50 years ago public displays of teacher discontent were commonplace? Finally, will a Democrat…
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Leaders need to show commitment in efforts to eradicate tuberculosis
By Phyllis AlRoy Tuberculosis is the world’s biggest infectious killer even though it is a treatable, curable and preventable disease. Every day, TB kills more than 4,000 people. Why? Because world leaders have not made ending TB a priority. Right now we have the knowledge, but we have not solved the problem identifying all of…
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Teen calls on leaders to allow America to remain a safe haven
In 2003, my name was Margarita Velichkova Kamenova. I was a 4-year-old girl living in a Bulgarian orphanage. When I think of that 4-year-old girl, tears form. Tears form because she had little opportunity for an education. She would likely never be a senior in high school with a love of learning and a dream…
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Article proves an inspiration in search for family’s history
In November 2017, I received an email from a retired attorney, Stephen Falk, who was residing in a small town, Point Roberts, Wash. He said he had just read a guest column I wrote that appeared in the News Transcript on March 17, 2010. The title of the column was “The 2 Anita Landsbergers.” Stephen…
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Extreme hurricanes highlight concerns about climate change
By Michele S. Byers With two months to go, the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has made history as one of the most active and destructive on record. Four major hurricanes – Harvey, Irma, Jose and Maria – caused catastrophic impacts to the U.S. mainland and Caribbean islands, and there could be more. The warm ocean…
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Sandy Millspaugh was a conservation trailblazer
By Michele S. Byers The year was 2002, and New Jersey Conservation Foundation’s board of trustees faced a tough decision. The owner of a nearly 10,000-acre cranberry farm in the Pine Barrens was getting out of the business. He wanted to know if NJ Conservation would buy his property for $12.5 million and turn it…
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Your local newspaper: The real deal
By Jim Zachary While no one should ever say “I know it’s real because I saw it on the internet,” everyone should be able to say, “I know it’s real. I read it in the newspaper.” Real newspapers reporting real news have never been more important or more valuable to readers and communities. This week,…