School budgets take hit in four districts
"The inequity that once existed among New Jersey's school districts has been turned on its ear. In some cases Abbott districts now outspend more affluent districts..."
      The vagaries that make up New Jersey's school budget voting experience were on full display in the April 17 school election. There really is no logical way to account for school budget votes from year to year. This year, for example, all four school districts covered by the Tri-Town News saw their proposed budget for the 2007-08 school year go down to defeat.
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Girl Talk
Heartbreak can allow our hearts to grow
Clare Marie Celano
      There's a great dialogue exchange between John Cusack and Diane Lane in the movie "Must Love Dogs." Cusack, newly divorced, is on an Internet date with Lane, also divorced. Instead of small talk on this first date, Cusack opts to spill his guts telling Lane that the woman he deeply loved broke his heart. Then he comes up with a statement that is as profound as it corny.
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Coda
Even the old news dogs are learning new tricks
Greg Bean
      My first month in the news business, I fell into the middle of a technical revolution that was making the old news hounds miserable.
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Are We There Yet?
'I'll have a little whiskey to wash down my crow'
Lori Clinch
      Last week I wrote about how our boys are growing up. I even bragged a little about how I could take them into public again. That I could smile at others as they struggled with their toddlers, and even found myself patting a frustrated mother on the back as I gave her the age-old line, "Enjoy it; these are the best years of your life.
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