Lunch Break benefits from culinary event
      As a grassroots nonprofit focused on poverty in Monmouth County, Lunch Break rarely has the opportunity to cross paths with premier culinary institutions. Recently, that all changed, thanks to the incredible generosity of David Burke's Fromagerie and the James Beard Foundation.
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Sept. 11 not the cause of Iraq war
      Ihave just finished reading Lillian McCoy's letter of Oct. 4 concerning the Iraq war. She evidentially believes that Iraq had something to do with 9/11 and that is the reason we are involved in an unnecessary and draining war.
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Realtors oppose home sales tax
      The Monmouth County Association of Realtors opposes the bills (A-3190/S-2643, A- 3341, A-3387 and S-2080) before the state Legislature that would increase the New Jersey Home Sales Tax or Realty Transfer Fee. These proposed bills would allow local municipalities to charge a tax in addition to the ...
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Bush veto debunks conservative image
      President George W. Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which provides health insurance to underprivileged children, proves once and for all that "compassionate conservatism" is nothing but an empty campaign slogan and an oxymoron.
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