New school board shot the messenger
      Former interim Superintendent Melindo A. Persi had a warning for the newly elected Board of Education members. And it was a warning they will have to heed, now that the glow following last month's school board elections has worn off, replaced with financial reality.
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Your Turn
Don't pit affordable housing against the environment
MICHELE S. BYERS Guest Column
      Everyone knows it's expensive to live in New Jersey and that housing costs are "through the roof." For more than 20 years, our state has been trying to provide affordable housing. It's an important public goal, one that we ought to be able to figure out.
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Throng of readers responds to Sears service challenge
GREG BEAN Coda
      Some days I come to work, click on my computer, and I can actually feel The Force flowing into me from my keyboard. That's the way it's been for more than a week, as readers responded to my Sears challenge.
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For some, it's down to the lesser of two weasels
DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State
      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 GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think.
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