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12/02/2008
No real solution
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| | COMMON GROUND - 11/26/2008
11/26/2008
Giving thanks even in the worst of times
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| | COMMON GROUND - 11/16/2008
11/19/2008
The power of the people
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| | COMMON GROUND - 11/12/2008
11/12/2008
Who will buy a new car?
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| | COMMON GROUND - 11/02/2008
11/05/2008
Education loses ground
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| | COMMON GROUND - 10/29/2008
10/29/2008
Feeling the crunch
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| | COMMON GROUND - 10/22/2008
10/22/2008
De facto Condemnation
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| | COMMON GROUND - 10/15/2008
10/15/2008
Amidst the beauty, economic pressures still reign
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| | COMMON GROUND - 10/01/2008
10/02/2008
Asking the right questions
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| | COMMON GROUND - 09/24/2008
09/24/2008
Let the buyer beware
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| | COMMON GROUND - 09/17/2008
09/17/2008
No one listens
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| | COMMON GROUND - 09/10/2008
09/10/2008
Leaving the paper trail
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| | COMMON GROUND - 09/03/2008
09/03/2008
Talking heads again
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| | COMMON GROUND - 08/27/2008
08/27/2008
The county connection
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| | COMMON GROUND - 08/20/2008
08/20/2008
Save the park
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| | COMMON GROUND - 08/13/2008
08/13/2008
The Silver Bullet
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| | COMMON GROUND - 08/06/2008
08/06/2008
The covenant of communication
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| | COMMON GROUND - 07/30/2008
07/30/2008
The budget and other concerns
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| | COMMON GROUND - 07/23/2008
07/23/2008
Save Us from Ourselves
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| | COMMON GROUND - 07/16/2008
07/16/2008
Loonie gains, greenback loses
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| | COMMON GROUND - 07/09/2008
07/08/2008
Roots
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| | COMMON GROUND - 07/02/2008
07/01/2008
This day, which commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Colonies’ formal separation from England and the beginning of the Revolutionary War, is the most patriotic holiday that we celebrate as a nation.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 06/25/2008
06/25/2008
Lately the Ringwood borough council meetings have been over quickly with very little commentary from the public and most of the council business swept through in the consent agenda without opposition or discussion in front of the public. Last night, June
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| | COMMON GROUND - 6/18/2008
06/18/2008
The Borough will have a public hearing on the revisions to its tree ordinance at the Thursday, June 19 Council meeting. I am a little confused based on the information we have received about the revised ordinance...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 6/11/2008
06/18/2008
CAG stands for Community Advisory Group. CAG was put together by the EPA in response to complaints to the Office of the Investigating General that the Community Action Plan mandated by the EPA for any site...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 6/4/2008
06/04/2008
My New York and New Jersey “Krewe” got together this weekend in the hills of Sussex County, to celebrate the Crawfish Fest. A three-day music festival for folks of all ages included camping and featured music...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 5/28/2008
05/29/2008
When I went to the last Ringwood council meeting, I was hoping to hear that the 2008 municipal budget had been adopted. In fact it was on the original proposed agenda for adoption that night under old business.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 5/21/2008
05/21/2008
If you had a chance to watch the last Ringwood borough council meeting, it was full of contrasts. The Borough Hall was packed to overflowing to witness the swearing in of our new Police Lieutenant Joe Walker...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 5/14/2008
05/15/2008
In order to meet the deadline my column has to be submitted my Monday morning. I am writing it today, which is “Mother’s Day,” and even though it will appear on Wednesday this week, the thoughts I would like to share with you...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 5/7/2008
05/07/2008
I have just returned from The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Jazzfest), which commences the last week in April and goes through the first weekend in May. It has gone on every year for...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 4/30/2008
05/07/2008
I was living at home with a family that loved me. I had my own sofa I could stretch out on. My mom and dad would scratch my belly and tell me I was cute and that they loved me. Life was good. Then things changed...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 4/23/2008
04/22/2008
On April 17, the municipal budget was explained to a handful of residents present at Borough Hall. Despite the fact that there is an increase in the tax levy, the only explanation that was offered was the reduction in...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 4/16/2008
04/16/2008
As a member of the Community Advisory Group on Upper Ringwood, but more importantly as a fellow resident of Ringwood, I was taken aback by the lack of clear communication between the Borough and...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 4/9/2008
04/08/2008
When I first read all the articles about the cuts in the New Jersey State Budget budget proposing the closure of nine state parks and the reduction of operations at three others, I was outraged.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 4/2/2008
04/02/2008
I have been away for the last week. Returning always makes me very thoughtful about the differences, both positive and negative between the US and the culture of a small island primarily dependent upon tourism.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 3/26/2008
03/26/2008
It’s March, it's blustery and cold and it's officially "spring." I guess we should be grateful we don’t have Michigan's or Missouri's weather right now.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 3/19/2008
03/26/2008
After a walkthrough of the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund site, the environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was interviewed by "Nightline," where he emphatically explained the Catch-22 of the Superfund program.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 3/12/2008
03/12/2008
Our politicians ask us to be hopeful. Our religious leaders ask us to have faith. But the truth is in the details of our daily lives. So this is a good time for each of us to sit down and take stock of our own economic indicators.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 3/5/2008
03/12/2008
The Ringwood Municipal Budget will be introduced at the next Council meeting on Thursday, March 6. There have been a number of positive changes introduced...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 2/27/2008
03/06/2008
Those of you who follow this column know that lately I have been focused on writing about water. Clean water, drinking water, the abundance or lack of water and over it all, preserving water.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 2/20/2008
03/05/2008
I wasn't able to attend the last Borough Council meeting, but when I saw the agenda and then read the article by Jan Barry in The Record, I was surprised.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 2/13/2008
02/20/2008
A dozen long-stemmed red roses - $80. Dinner for two in a nice restaurant, with wine, and of course some yummy chocolate dessert - $80 to $100. Jewelry, perfume or sexy lingerie - $80 to $200 and up. Going out to the movies - $20...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 2/6/2008
02/07/2008
Let me ask you this. Do you conserve water? When there are summer water restrictions, do you limit watering your yard to every other day?...
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| | COMMON GROUND - 1/30/2008
01/31/2008
With the New Jersey Presidential Primary looming just weeks away, I have been thinking a lot about the Iraq War.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 1/23/2008
01/23/2008
The Borough of Ringwood held a Martin Luther King Commemoration on Jan. 21 and no one came.
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| | COMMON GROUND - 1/16/2008
01/23/2008
Thursday night I was driving down Alta Vista on my way to the public library for a meeting. I had to pull around a truck parked on the right side of the road in order to pass it.
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