Enjoy trips to the library during 'staycations'
Guest Column • Norma E. Blake
      Faced with a very weak economy, high unemployment, furloughs and pay cuts, many New Jersey families are planning to vacation in-state this year, traveling no farther than our famous beaches and boardwalks. Even then, a recent poll by Monmouth University/Gannett shows some residents are eliminating visits to the shore altogether and others will be staying fewer days.
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Mom pulled to curb by fashion police
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH
      My mother-in-law was a sharp dresser. Her shoes matched her slacks, which went well with her blouse, and the entire ensemble was properly changed up by her stylish jewels, which complemented her functional and yet fashionable pocketbook.
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In Jackson, anyone can be the mayor
In the News • MARK ROSMAN
      So you say you would like to be the mayor of Jackson? Well, the time for you to make that happen is right now. In what would otherwise be an off-year for local Jackson politics, there will be two contests to be determined in the November general election.
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