Day of reckoning is on the horizon for budget
GREG BEAN Coda
      If you liked the lethiferous machinations our lawmakers employed to get a state budget passed in 2006 and 2007, I have a feeling you'll absolutely love what's gonna happen in 2008. Those of you who have been paying attention know that in this state we've been looking at budget deficits of between $2.5 billion and $4.5 billion every year for the past several years.
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A community can help state's newest drivers realize that they are not invincible
SHEIRY MARSAY Guest Column
      Never has the now-overused quote, "It takes a village" been more appropriate regarding the subject of new teen drivers. Perhaps the psyche of these drivers needs review to discover why they keep blowing off the new rules and regulations adopted for their own safety. It is hard to appeal to individuals who have such great belief in their own invincibility.
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Therapy for body & spirit
LINDA DENICOLA My Take
      There is an alternate world taking place most weekday mornings within the walls of the YMCAin Red Bank. It is a warm moist place that smells strongly of chlorine, and is filled with older folks who are having fun exercising, some in the warm therapeutic pool and others in the colder Olympic-size pool.
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If you like the post office, you'll love universal care
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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