Developers are pulling strings in Trenton
      If anyone doubts the inordinate influence the building and related industries have on our state legislators, consider their continuous and blatant efforts to weaken and even erase our environmental protection laws.
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Be the change that America needs with open homes
      If you're like me and listen to what our politicians are telling us then you already know that you can make a difference in the world today. Together with families like yours, changes are taking place. Change the life of an international student wanting to come to the United States and become a member of your family, go to school and live as part of the community.
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Horse racing industry must ban whips altogether
      Jockey Jeremy Rose was recently suspended from racing for six months after whipping a horse so severely that her eye hemorrhaged. Anyone who watched the Kentucky Derby could see Eight Belles being whipped down the home stretch before she collapsed with two broken ankles.
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Cruise into summer learning
      School's out for the summer, to the joy of kids everywhere. But learning doesn't have to stop with classes, and a summer eco-cruise is a fun way to discover nature while keeping cool. Eco-cruises blend the pleasure of a boat trip around New Jersey's rivers, bays and lakes with knowledge about the natural world. And summer is the perfect time to take advantage.
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AARP grateful for passage of health care reform bill
      With the passage of S1557, the New Jersey Legislature took a big first step toward health care reform in New Jersey. S1557 mandates that New Jersey's children have health insurance, and sets forth market reforms that will bring younger people into the individual insurance market. The bill will expand the N.J.
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SRF's golf tourney was a hole-in-one
      On July 1, nearly 125 lovers of trotters, pacers and putters turned out at the beautiful Knob Hill Country Club in Manalapan to play in the Standardbred Retirement Foundation's (SRF) annual charity golf tournament. Despite rescheduling due to inclement weather, the tournament enjoyed strong support, as always, from the horsemen and the harness racing community.
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For the Record
      An article titled "Scout looks out for the little ones" in the July 17 Examiner incorrectly stated that Hope Fire Company contributed funding to Andrew Pfefferkorn's Eagle Scout project of building a deck on the CCD building at St. Joseph's Church in Millstone. The Millstone Township Fire Company made the contribution. We regret the error.
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