Damn the citizens, full speed ahead
     The mayor and members of the Howell Township Council spent the early part of this week jumping through hoops and trying to make last-minute decisions for one simple reason: they were deathly afraid that a citizens group would get a do-or-die change of government question on the ballot in Novem-ber.
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Numbers don’t add up to new Jackson school
Your Turn
Nicholas Antonoff
     Guest Column On June 6, the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education held a public meeting at Colts Neck High School and decided not to ask for voter approval to build a seventh high school (Tri-Town News, June 16).
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The wheels of justice keep creaking along
Coda
Greg Bean
     Well, it doesn’t look like they’re going to take my advice on former East Brunswick Councilman Richard Walling. Regular readers may remember that a while back, shortly after Walling was charged with stealing more than $40,000 from the nonprofit Friends of Monmouth Battlefield, I suggested it might b
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There’s no keeping up with Tommy’s mom
Are We There Yet?
Lori Clinch
     In the fall of 1997, my eldest child entered kindergarten. It was an event to end all events. Kings have been crowned, knights have been dubbed, and presidents have been inaugurated with less fuss.
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