Rebuking the public will set wrong tone for local gov't
      I have been around Upper Freehold Township government and politics since the 1950s. In those 50-plus years, I've seen a lot. However, what I never thought I would see is what happened at this year's Upper Freehold Township Committee reorganization meeting.
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Attack on former school board president was a distraction
      Mr. [Gerald] Nathanson's attack on former school board president Jeanette Bressi is simply a distraction from the root causes of the current situation surrounding the construction of the new middle school. To assert that Ms. Bressi, who has not been president of the board for more than nine m...
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Resident distressed to find dogs were taken
      I was very much distressed to find that Mr. [Kris] Taglianetti's dogs were taken away for killing another dog that invaded their territory. I owned two German Shepherds, one of which did not like other dogs and would have killed any dog that was smaller than her if she ever had the oppo...
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Roosevelt's water system remains a looming crisis
      Imagine turning your faucet on, expecting water to flow, and all you get is air. Now imagine you can only use water for a few hours in the morning, a few hours in the evening at times determined by whether your house number is odd or even. Stop imagining, because this will soon become a reali...
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