Savings from school closing have already disappeared
Guest Column • Amy Fankhauser
      The Howell Township K-8 School District Board of Education and administration have begun next year's (2010- 11) school budget process, and guess what it will mean to the taxpayers of Howell? Once again the administration is warning that the budget will cost us more than the 4 percent increase the state allows.
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Safe banking at the Shore
Guest Column • Mike Moran
      With all the hubbub in the news over our nation's financial institutions, is it any surprise that a level of mistrust exists in our country? Indeed, many citizens feel betrayed — not only by some of our political leaders and our longstanding insurance and banking institutions — a number of folks feel abandoned by their personal financial advisers.
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Seeing an old flame stirs up unanswered questions
Girl Talk • CLARE MARIE CELANO
      Ever wonder what an "ex" thinks when he accidentally runs into you? And do women react differently than men to this sometimes-harrowing experience? There's a great country tune by George Strait titled "All My Ex's Live in Texas," and lucky is the woman for whom this is true.
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That other Lori Clinch is stuck up
      I, for one, am never bored. Generally speaking, I like to fill my spare time by taking care of the laundry that piles up in the corners, the dust that builds up on the tables and the ever-loving paperwork that looms daily on my horizon.
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