Small step at toxic site needs big finish
      After a wait of more than two decades, it is gratifying to see that old tanks, barrels and structures are finally being removed from the Imperial Oil property in Marlboro. It has been a long hard road for dedicated Marlboro residents and officials who have tried to stay on top of the federal Environmental Protection Agency to get this toxic Superfund site cleaned up.
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Guns and Bibles sure aren't exclusive to flyover country
Red State/Blue State
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. Dear Greg: Every now and then, folks out here in the bucolic Flyover Country Red States get awhiff ofwhat you sophisticated Blue State dandies really think of us.
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Finally, a matter upon which we seem to agree
Coda
GREG BEAN
      I get letters. Man, do I get letters. And nothing I've written in recent memory got as many letters in the form of email messages as my recent column on Comcast and my misery over losing the History Channel when the company went all digital March 27.
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Teaching leadership skills is part of Girl Scouts' task
Guest Column
SUSAN H. MCCLURE
      Afew weeks ago I heard a knock at my front door. Like many of you in the same situation, I opened it a crack and peered outside. Standing on my doorstep was my next door neighbor's young daughter. She wanted to sell me Girl Scout cookies.
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If the shoe fits, then go right ahead and wear it
Are We There Yet?
LORI CLINCH
      As I sat in the kitchen chair the other night, I said in reference to the article that I was reading, "Well, if that isn't straight from the horse's mouth." Although I was speaking to no one in particular, when I looked up at my family, I was met with a variety of looks.
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