Act now to keep the state in open space race
      New Jersey voters have repeatedly raised their own taxes to preserve the state's dwindling open spaces and natural lands. But New Jersey is now in danger of running out of preservation funding for the first time in decades. The Legislature must act before mid- August to place an open space ballot ...
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Take advantage of summer reading programs in local libraries
      With summer recess, many parents are thinking of ways to keep their children's minds and bodies active after those first weeks of euphoric freedom erode to boredom. Let me suggest that before you become frazzled, your local library may offer a solution.
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Don't be fossil fooled New Jerseyans
      If you were to believe the oil industry and their congressional cronies, all we'd have to do to lower prices at the pump is to open up the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to drilling. It is a cruel hoax. The entire Atlantic Coast contains a total potential of several months of oil and about 112 years...
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Seniors should not surrender to surrender charges
      Senior citizens in New Jersey who have fallen through a loophole in a New Jersey law intended to protect their investments may be able to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars from insurance companies.
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Area salon continues its commitment to Locks of Love
      On Groundhog Day in 1999, Salon Cémone had its first "Hair- Raiser" for Locks of Love. Locks of Love is a nonprofit organization that collects human hair pony tails and makes them into wigs for children who suffer from long-term medical hair loss.
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