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| | MY WORD - 11/30/2008
12/02/2008
Black Friday turns darker
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| | MY WORD - 11/26/2008
11/26/2008
Caution: Bear stuffing
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| | MY WORD - 11/19/2008
11/19/2008
ICE and the hot button
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| | MY WORD - 11/12/2008
11/12/2008
Turn and face the strain
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| | MY WORD - 10/29/2008
10/29/2008
Rockaway bedtime stories
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| | MY WORD - 10/22/2008
10/22/2008
No business like knowing business
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| | MY WORD - 10/15/2008
10/15/2008
The joke is definitely over
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| | MY WORD - 10/08/2008
10/08/2008
In praise of the tree chicken
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| | MY WORD - 10/01/2008
10/02/2008
How’d I ever manage without it?
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| | MY WORD - 09/24/2008
09/24/2008
Happy trails in the Wyanokies
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| | MY WORD - 09/17/2008
09/17/2008
Caught in a net of incivility
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| | MY WORD - 09/10/2008
09/10/2008
Jailhouse flak
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| | MY WORD - 09/03/2008
09/03/2008
Another weekend, another mountain
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| | MY WORD - 08/27/2008
08/27/2008
The game need not be perfect
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| | MY WORD - 08/20/2008
08/26/2008
Tale of the curtailed tailgater
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| | MY WORD - 08/06/2008
08/06/2008
Turfing USA
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| | MY WORD - 07/30/2008
07/30/2008
Odd men out
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| | MY WORD - 07/23/2008
07/23/2008
Summer’s simple pleasures
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| | MY WORD - 07/16/2008
07/16/2008
Wilderness within walking distance
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| | MY WORD - 07/09/2008
07/08/2008
The art of staycation
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| | MY WORD - 07/02/2008
07/01/2008
Last Thursday was quite a day for guns in America.
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| | MY WORD - 06/25/08
06/25/2008
Not long before Memorial Day, I was enjoying a sunny Saturday afternoon on my deck when a familiar chirping sound erupted a few yards from where I was sitting.
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| | MY WORD - 6/18/2008
06/18/2008
Even among the green hills of home, silent, faceless killers are lurking. Two area neighborhoods are again in the news this week over concerns that industrial pollution may continue to threaten the health of local residents.
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| | MY WORD - 6/11/2008
06/18/2008
On a scorching hot summer’s day last year, my sister and I went to the Brooklyn Museum. We were there to see an exhibit of artists from the Hudson River School featuring Asher Durand and Thomas Cole. This artistic...
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| | MY WORD - 6/4/2008
06/04/2008
There’s nothing quite as satisfying as keeping a promise you’ve made to yourself. Since March I’ve been spending as much active time outdoors as I possibly can. I have woken up at the tender age of 42 to find myself...
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| | MY WORD - 5/28/2008
05/29/2008
No column this week.
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| | MY WORD - 5/21/2008
05/21/2008
Last week, the New Jersey State Legislature presented a plan to increase both revenue and recycling efforts in one shot. Dubbed the “Smart Container Act,” this bill will impose a 10-cent deposit on every plastic, glass and...
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| | MY WORD - 5/14/2008
05/15/2008
The wait is over, and all the New Jersey outdoors is once again resplendent in every shade of green imaginable. Few times of year are as beautiful here as May, and no other is as eagerly awaited by the local population...
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| | MY WORD - 5/7/2008
05/07/2008
Here it comes, the first great standoff of the year between the pro-hunting crowd and the animal-rights activists: Bears have been sighted, and they are up to some mischief in our neighborhoods...
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| | MY WORD - 4/30/2008
05/07/2008
Someone is setting Upper Greenwood Lake on fire. Since late February, four unoccupied dwellings in the western section of Hewitt have been torched in the early morning hours by a person or persons unknown...
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| | MY WORD - 4/23/2008
04/22/2008
Commuting to work down Macopin Road one morning last summer, I noticed a new sign on the right just before High Crest Lake. It had a graphic of two hikers on it with the words “Apshawa Preserve” and an arrow...
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| | MY WORD - 4/16/2008
04/16/2008
And the hits just keep on coming. It seemed like an April Fool’s Day gag at first: New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson announced last Tuesday that the Corzine...
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| | MY WORD - 4/9/2008
04/08/2008
“Hey son,” says the father. “Why don’t you go hang out with your friends on your skateboards in front of the pharmacy and smoke while yelling insults at little old ladies?”
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| | MY WORD - 4/2/2008
04/02/2008
At long last, winter’s cruel grip on North Jersey is easing up. Winds are blowing fairer. Snows and ice have melted. The sun is beginning to actually feel warm. Nature has finally poked her head up out of the cold earth...
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| | MY WORD - 3/26/2008
03/26/2008
Harold Brandes was my neighbor for the last eight years, and I daresay he is the best one I will ever have.
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| | MY WORD - 3/19/2008
03/26/2008
Not all anniversaries are happy ones. The United States military and its allies invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003. In a matter of weeks, the entire country was under siege. Saddam Hussein went into hiding.
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| | MY WORD - 3/12/2008
03/12/2008
Frustration and annoyance are common themes in New Jersey lately. Everyone's feeling the pinch of the non-recession we're enjoying, and our pesky governor has chosen this inopportune moment in history...
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| | MY WORD - 3/5/2008
03/12/2008
I told my sister what I'd read about Gov. Corzine's latest plan to rescue New Jersey from the depths of the nightmarish deficit he inherited, which is expected to approach $3 billion by the time the next budget is due in July.
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| | MY WORD - 2/27/2008
03/06/2008
I've spent the better part of the past month recovering from the flu and another cold that manifested itself in the form of extreme bronchial distress. I found myself coughing so much and so hard...
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| | MY WORD - 2/20/2008
03/05/2008
My brother-in-law from Texas came to visit last month, and he came bearing a surprise.
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| | MY WORD - 2/13/2008
02/20/2008
Up to this point, I have purposefully avoided tackling the subject of the Highlands Master Plan in this column, although not for lack of interest. On the contrary, I have made every attempt to follow the Highlands Council's progress...
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| | MY WORD - 2/6/2008
02/07/2008
Many people don't pay much attention to the wild birds and other small animals that live in the trees and the woods between our suburban houses.
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| | MY WORD - 1/30/2008
01/31/2008
The first month of winter can be engaging and beautiful. The initial snowfall blankets our normally bustling landscape with an air of calm quiet.
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| | MY WORD - 1/23/2008
01/23/2008
Last week's photo essay of beaver dam activity sent in by a Suburban Trends reader drew my attention.
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| | MY WORD - 1/16/2008
01/23/2008
Last week we learned that New Jersey is number one in something besides population density per square mile: We have more millionaires than any other state in the union.
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