Empty seats are costing high school district taxpayers big bucks
     On Jan. 28 the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education, with the approval of Superintendent of Schools Jim Wasser, dismissed, with no more than a cursory review, the recommendations of its own Student Attendance Advisory Committee (on redistricting).
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Current Friends group is lacking in service efforts for park
     I was pleased to read the excellent article you printed about Dan Sivilich and the good work he is doing with the state of New Jersey and the group called BRAVO.
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Maybe it’s time for Manalapan, Marlboro to leave FRHSD
     I attended the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education meeting on Jan. 28 in order to learn more about the proposed redistricting. Statistics provided at the meeting disclosed the following information:
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Resident baffled over closing of medical center program
     I believe there is a health-care mistake in the making. The issue to which I refer is the Rehabilitation Cardiovascular Fitness Program at Freehold Township’s CentraState Medical Center in which seniors have been participating for years. Now we are told to go find another setting, to work out on our...
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Careless dog owners spoil neighborhoods for everyone
     With spring approaching, I think it’s a good time to remind people that along with owning a dog comes a sense of responsibility and respect for other people’s property.
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Officials should cut spending instead of raising taxes
     It’s mind-boggling to come across a taxpayer — not a politician — who: a) advocates a tax increase and expansion; 2) doesn’t fully understand how that increase will affect the general population; 3) perceives it as a way to reduce the state’s budget deficit.
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Those who serve the public good are truly appreciated
     On Jan. 10 we were leaving a friend’s apartment on Covered Bridge Boulevard in the Covered Bridge II senior condominium association in Manalapan.
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Early end to game is not fair for Manalapan youngsters
     At 5 p.m. on Jan. 26 with three minutes left on the clock at my son’s basketball game, Manalapan rec staff and Clark Mills School custodial staff shut down the game and asked everyone to leave the Clark Mills gym. It seems that they are only contracted to work until 5 p.m.
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