Be careful what you seek to improve upon
In the News • MARK ROSMAN
      Iwonder what the mavens at the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) who came up with the latest round of affordable housing numbers are thinking today. Perhaps it is something on the order of, "We could not have come up with a more awful plan at this time in America's history if we tried.
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Nonprofit organizations will face a year of challenge in 2009
Guest Column • James Abruzzo
      The financial crisis of 2008 will have a serious negative effect on the nonprofit sector in New Jersey in 2009.
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Hard to muster up much sympathy for the college man
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH
      Our oldest son is now well into his fourth semester at college. It's had an impact on our lives to be sure. For us, there was the adaptation to his absence. We had to learn to fix our own VCRs, program our own remotes, and since no one was around to run the weed whip, we've had to learn to live in a jungle.
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