Stop wasting public money on silly, expensive rail studies
     Last week, a number of people from central New Jersey were exposed to one of the most ludicrous examples of bureaucratic nonsense. Because a few people in Ocean County think they need a train line that wanders all over central New Jersey, NJ Transit and its consultants held what they called a "scoping meeting" to obtain comments from the public and its designated representatives.
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East Brunswick board, schools chief have acted irresponsibly
     Your article about the East Brunswick Board of Education surplus account being seriously low just shows once again how irresponsible the board and its superintendent are.
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Register over-rings don’t cause account shortages
     I am an employee at the East Brunswick High School cafeteria. I work with several hard-working, dedicated, honest people. As a team, along with our supervisors, we serve lunch to more than 1,000 students in under a three-hour period.
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Animals are living beings, not toys to give as gifts
     It is commonly said that Christmas is a bad time to receive a pet or to give one as a gift. Each year, pleading children and commercials that show a new puppy in a box under the tree encourage people to give pets as gifts.
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Crossing guards commend mayor, chief for support
     The South River Crossing Guard Association would like to publicly thank Mayor Robert Szegeti and Chief Wesley Bomba for their participation, professionalism and the genuine spirit of support and cooperation that they exhibited from the very beginning and throughout our contract negotiations.
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Pleased that volunteers rate retirement accounts
     I was so glad to read about the Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) that was put into a referendum in November 2001, and I thank the person or people who came up with this program.
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