Lessons learned on community's soccer field
      Recently, I heard of an incident that occurred at the Jackson Justice Complex soccer fields that I found disturbing. A soccer coach, whose name isn't important, had reserved a particular field for his team for every day except Saturday.
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Surviving cyclist offers sage advice to everyone who is on the road
      My name is Jim Balogh. I was born in South River and I have lived in various New Jersey shore communities in the years following my graduation. Then, after I began my part-time night and weekend job as a DJ, I started to work nights at a slew of Jersey Shore clubs. I was known as DJ Jimmy B and I owned my own mobile DJ company called Justin James Music.
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Board should tap into resources senior citizens can offer
      Upon reading recent letters by Marvin Krakower and Nicolas Antonoff, it seems like we are creating a great divide by using extreme and unproductive analogies. While each side is passionate and makes valid points, I think we are all missing the bigger picture. We as a society need to educate our children to the fullest extent.
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Ocean Ride is serving the people of Ocean County well
      It seems that almost every day the press reports that another fatal motor vehicle crash has taken place or we are reminded that Ocean County has the highest number of fatal motor vehicle crashes in New Jersey. However, in the gloom of such news there are some good things that take place in Ocean County, one such being the Ocean County Transportation System (Ocean Ride).
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Mobile home residents can have a voice in Jackson
      This is an open letter to all mobile home residents of Jackson. Did you know there is a Mobile Home Advisory Board in Jackson? Did you know that this board works to improve the ordinances that govern the parks and your quality of living conditions? Did you also know that this board is manned by the residents of mobile home parks in Jackson?
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