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New Year’s resolution: Discipline, starting with the federal government
Somdatta Sengupta, Editor
What happens when you have a recession as bad as the Great Depression and add to that a stimulus package in the range of $800 billion to $1 trillion? Debt. The current national debt is $10.6 t...

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Panetta to lead C.I.A.
Somdatta Sengupta, Editor
The New York Times reports that Leon E. Panetta , a former congressman and White House chief of staff, is the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency. The choice to nominate a candidate with...

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Murder of 1968: Deceased killer's trust to pay $13 million
The Courier
Jane Durrua, a 13-year-old from the East Keansburg section of Middletown, was beaten, strangled and raped before her partially clothed body was discovered near abandoned railroad tracks in the Baysh...

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Obama’s stimulus package will create three million jobs by 2011
By SOMDATTA SENGUPTA, Editor
But how long will he take to deliver? As the Obamas make the move from Chicago to Washington D.C., the world is watching closely. Early this morning the BBC reported that the president-elec...

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Holt to begin his sixth term
The Courier
Rep. Rush Holt , D-NJ, will be sworn into the 111th Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 11 a.m. Rep. John Lewis, a Democrat from Georgia and a civil rights leader, will ceremonially swear in Holt for...

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Do you care? We do
The Courier
We Care Adult Care, Inc., will host a Community Open House on Wednesday, Jan. 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. There will be opportunities to obtain senior resource in...

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Top 10 stories of 2008
The Courier
As another year begins to see its final hours, The Courier looks back on what made the news during 2008. We begin with Bayshore's most striking news at the beginning of 2008. 1. John Merla sente...

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1. A walk to remember: John Merla offers apologies, explanations and perspective
ALYSSA PASSEGGIO, Senior Staff Writer
Published: The Courier, Jan. 31, 2008 Almost three years after his arrest during the Operation Bid Rig sweep, former Keyport Mayor John Merla left a message for his hometown before he departed fo...

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2. Appolonia slammed with five-year sentence
MELISSA L. GAFFNEY, Staff Writer
Published: The Courier, Dec. 11 , 2008 State sets precedent for animal cruelty conviction His name will forever be synonymous with the phrase cat killer, particularly in Monmouth County. ...

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3. Bayshore skips Obama, selects McCain
ALYSSA PASSEGGIO and MELISSA GAFFNEY, Staff Writers
Published: The Courier, Nov. 13, 2008 It was an O victory nationwide on Tuesday, Nov. 4, when the country turned out to vote in one of the most anticipated elections in American history. W...

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Middletown newspaper celebrates historic partnership
Somdatta Sengupta, Editor
Dr. John Pavlik , chair of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University and the director of the Journalism Resources Institute at Rutgers, New Brunswick, has embarked on a h...

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Banquet Hall opens in Keansburg
MELISSA L. GAFFNEY, Staff Writer
Need a place to party? The Bayshore Banquet Hall recently opened in the borough of Keansburg, at 100 Main St. The hall is affiliated with the Bayshore Senior Health, Education and Recreation Cen...

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State finds M’town resident to have probable cause
MELISSA L. GAFFNEY, Staff Writer
Middletown resident Carolyn Schwebel filed a complaint with the state Attorney General this past February. In a report dated Dec. 1, the state Division on Civil Rights announced that Schwebel did...

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Opinion
Protecting Israel from Iran's misiles
Senator Joseph Azzolina
The effort to defend against Iran s missiles took a new turn in September when Washington delivered an X-band radar manned by 120 U.S. personnel to the first permanent U.S. military base in Israel. ...

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Steve Breen's Pulitzer winning cartoon
Gordon Bishop
Steve Breen and I have worked in the newspaper business all of our lives. Steve as a brilliant cartoonist at the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey and later as a popular syndicated cartoonist creating...

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Know your rights
John Callinan
When a family member requires long-term care, their family is typically thrown into an emotional turmoil. Imagine if your parent or spouse required long-term care. How would you feel? Long-term ca...

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Letter: Support local food banks
The Courier
To the Editor: The current economic crisis has caused a national recession that has greatly impacted our country in many ways. While the most salient issues in the media focus on the fragile sta...

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Letter: The new Courier
The Courier
To The Editor: The Courier is trying something new with this online business that it will be attempting. I don t know if it will work for them, because I am from a generation where the Intern...

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