Resident believes new direction needed in Marlboro mayor's office
      The old adage is "a new broom sweeps clean," and as a resident of Marlboro for over 20 years that is what I hoped for when Mayor Robert Kleinberg took office. However, things have not gotten better, and I would like to share my concerns with you.
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Vote pro-eminent domain legislators out of office
      Now that Assembly bill ACR 138 has been tabled, I am calling for a statewide strategy meeting to dis - cuss our next step. Pressure needs to be applied to those legislators who stood in the way of eminent do main reform.
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Bill may change makeup of Fish and Game Council
      My town of residence, Plumsted Township in Ocean County, has thou sands of woodland acres with hun dreds of streams, ponds and lakes that have provided generations of families fishing and hunting oppor - tunities for recreation and food supply. However, pending state legislation could change what we have all been accustomed to and enjoyed.
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Immigrants are willing to do an honest day's work
      Iwould like to applaud Tom Baldwin for the humanity and sanity expressed in his letter to the editor printed in the Aug. 8 News Transcript ("People Come to the United States Seeking Opportunities"), and add my own voice to his.
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Commuter applauds Beck's work on Academy bus issue
      As a commuter who has suffered the torture of riding Academy buses from Route 9 to Wall Street for the past seven years, I applaud Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck for taking the lead on finding a solution to this very difficult problem.
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Time for committee to focus on real business in town
      Kudos on your recent editorial "Committee Caught Up in a Political Pickle" (News Transcript, Aug. 15). I have lived here for 36- plus years, and I think it's about time for this idiocy to stop. Surely, there must have been a time when good local government transcended the concept of acquiring and retaining political power at any price.
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