Reader: New Jersey should not prosecute citizens for cannabis
I recently retired after a higher education career in the Garden State, where soon it will be legal to get high from cannabis. I...
Letter to the Editor: HABcore pleased with opening of warming centers
The HABcore Board of Trustees is pleased to see that options for the homeless in the Red Bank area have increased with the opening...
Moonshining in the Holler
The attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, not only involved our country and military into a war, but it also caused a...
Retiree upset with letter seeking documents
I am writing to voice my disappointment and frustration with the New Jersey Department of Pension and Benefits. In December 2018, I received a...
Eat better, avoid cancer, reduce climate change impacts
By Michele S. Byers
What does organic farming have to do with climate change, cancer, nutrition and food security?
Plenty, according to Stephanie Harris, president of...
Learn about new state law pertaining to sick days
New Jersey Citizen Action, the New Jersey Main Street Alliance and the Rutgers Center for Women and Work have announced a new community education...
Bright lights of Christmas during the darkest days
The first Saturday in December was the beginning of the holiday shopping season in the small town where I lived as a little boy. In...
NJDEP is letting us down with proposed power plant in the Meadowlands
In July, the Diamond Generating Corp. proposed a $1.5 billion project to build a gas power plant in the heart of the New Jersey...
Resident concerned about health insurance for elderly
The Murphy Administration’s recent agreement with public sector unions – specifically the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) – to convert retirees in the School...
Support needed for the Civic Info Bill
The vast majority of Americans are most concerned with receiving information that directly impacts their lives. Unfortunately in New Jersey, this has not always...
Unions have contributed to a growing middle class in America
By Marilyn Weich
Susan Fischer’s recent letter to the editor, "Teacher Supports Court's Union Dues Ruling," referred to her 30-year teaching career and her ongoing...
Reader urges legalized marijuana for adults 18 and over
For many years, I worked at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft and proudly served as a National Education Association/New Jersey Education Association union officer....
Beautiful October
October is a relaxing month. The summer heat is passing and cooler mornings and evenings start to prevail. Crops have been picked and the...
The beauty, resolve of September mornings
“September Morn” is a painting by Paul Emile Chabas, completed in September of 1911. The painting depicts a nude young woman standing ankle deep...
Check out the ‘fun’ in fungi
By Michele S. Byers
How many times have you bent down to check out a mushroom, only to be told, “Stop! It may be poisonous!”
New...
Monmouth senator explains votes on bills
We have just wrapped up our budget season, the first for me as a state senator. We
were committed to passing a responsible budget by...
The Atomic Bomb
On Aug. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber, took off from Tinian Island and dropped a nuclear bomb over the Japanese city...
Happy birthday America
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a place called America. It was a vast wilderness between two great oceans. Some...
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