Remember voting records at election time
      As to the statement Mayor Nancy Grbelja made in the article "Tax bills spark need for damage control," I guess so, and the side of her face that the mayor is speaking out of this week is the one that says that the Township Committee does not control the 76 percent of the tax rate that goes to the ...
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Motorcycles displayed at annual show
      On Aug. 15, the Upper Freehold/Allentown Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse held its annual motorcycle show at Byron Johnson Recreation Area. The event was well attended with more than 90 motorcycles on display. This was our largest motorcycle show to date.
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Nitrate study is outstanding tool for land use planning
      For the past six years, the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC) has administered a grants program to help towns do land use planning that protects the environment.
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Increased taxes reduce state's revenues
      Atlantic City casino income is down 34 percent. Is it really competition or is New Jersey's high cost of living to blame? Reference an Associated Press news story that the Casino Control Commission reported casino revenues fell 34 percent due to slot parlor competition in New York and Pennsylvani...
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Clifton showed leadership on pay-to-play reform
      Iattended the Aug. 9 Monmouth County Board of Freeholders meeting where the freeholders passed the strongest pay-to-play and wheeling ban in New Jersey. I would like to applaud the efforts of Freeholder Rob Clifton who took heat from the press for "killing reform" a few weeks before.
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Mother of missing daughter wishes her a happy birthday
      My name is Terri Diel. I live in Illinois and I would like to wish a happy birthday to my daughter. My daughter will turn 30 on Aug. 25. I cannot send her a card nor can I call her on the phone. I have no way of letting her know that I love her and that I am thinking about her. My daughter, Margar...
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