Guest Column
Public should add voice to issue of teen drivers
ALEXA ROZZI
      Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teenagers between the ages of 17 and 20 in the United States. Fatality rates are also four times larger among teen drivers.
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Guest Column
Mayor, council have let problem overwhelm town
ANDREW DE FONZO
      Ihave reached my wits' end. I can't continue to sit back and read the utter nonsense that is being spewed from the political machine here in Freehold Borough. When one guest column by someone ("Mayor's Missteps Over Years Have Hurt Freehold Borough," News Transcript, Nov.
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Red State/Blue State
A case of entrapment: so close and yet so far
DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN
      A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson - a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist - and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Let us know what you think.
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Coda
Here's a gift idea that is wheely, wheely practical
GREG BEAN
      Idon't know about you, but I've reached the point in my life where I've got pretty much everything I need, and with a few exceptions, so does my wife. This is a pleasant circumstance for the two of us empty-nesters. We're content, we live very simply, and on the rare occasion when we need something - like new socks or a coffee pot - we go out and get it.
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Are We There Yet?
Mom is growing older, but not any wiser
LORI CLINCH
      When my eldest child was very small, he thought I was the smartest woman in the world. That cute little guy always assumed that his mother knew more than his teachers, could tally quicker than the Count on "Sesame Street," and never once did he suspect that I was making stuff up.
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