School choice is not a guarantee of success
      The letter from the president of the New Jersey Taxpayers association ("Support School Choice and Keep Tax Dollars," News Transcript, July 9, 2008), which attacks the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) for opposing the "scholarship" (voucher) program being considered in New Jersey requires a response.
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Government's limiting of rights is offensive to all Americans
      Recently the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Washington, D.C., gun ban unconstitutional and in the process made it clear that the rights identified in the Second Amendment were rights of the individual, just like the rights identified in the First Amendment.
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Council members' taxes covered by raise they voted for
      Not everyone gets to vote themselves a raise. A 3-percent raise seems like a modest cost of living increase totaling a mere (approximately) $200 per year, or $16.67 per month for our hard-working Borough Council members. I wonder which council member truly hungers for additional $16.67 per month.
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Residents may make use of town's recycling center
      The Manalapan Environmental Commission would like to introduce you to the best-kept secret in Manalapan: the recycling center in the public works yard on Route 522 (Freehold Englishtown Road).
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Local store supports Woman's Club teddy bear project
      Making teddy bears at the Build- A-Bear Workshop has become a tradition of the Freehold Township Woman's Club in recent years, and we look for places to give them to children who need something to cuddle. This year we donated some of the bears to the pediatric department of Beth Israel Hospital in Newark and also to Ronald McDonald House in Long Branch.
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