Vigilance of voters has increased since sting
      Feb. 22 marked the second anniversary of the Oper-ation Bid Rig sting that saw the roundup of 11 Monmouth County-area officials on federal corruption charges. Since that day, parallel and related investigations by the FBI have spread to Ocean and Middlesex counties, leading to indictments against dozens of government officials and businessmen.
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Council can't act fast enough
      The Marlboro Township Council acted with lightning speed in approving a zoning change that will permit the ATA Black Belt Academy to move from its present home on Route 79 near Ryan Road to the Bear Brook Commons shopping center at Route 79 and Route 520.
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Your Turn
All must work together to improve our nation
Rev. Evelyn Hines Guest Column
      The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of integrity, wisdom, vision, passion, hope, truth, peace and courage. He was a loving husband and father, a minister, a humanitarian, a scholar and a world leader. Among his list of degrees were a BA in sociology from Morehouse College, Georgia, a BD from Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa.
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Coda
New state budget has a few small omissions
Greg Bean
      My grandfather, who once worked as the administrator of a state government institution, told me about a technique used at budget time called "shooting the cocker spaniel." "Here's how it works," he said. "No voter wants to hear about tax increases, and no politician who wants to survive likes to propose them.
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In the News
Affidavit tells terrible tale of college excess
Mark Rosman
      I have just finished reading one of the saddest documents I have ever seen. It is the affidavit that sought the arrest of the 18-year-old Long Island, N.Y., boy who is accused of driving the vehicle that struck Carlee Wines, of Manalapan, on the University of Connec-ticut campus in Storrs, Conn., on Jan. 20.
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