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Democratic Senatorial Candidate Responds In Letter to Editor Second Amendment Debate
May 16, 2013For the second time in as many letters, the Republicans have tried to muddy the waters of the gun debate. In a recent Letter to the Ed...
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Former Executive Director of Sussex GOP Responds to Democratic Senatorial Candidate's Comments About Alison Littell McHose's Second Amendment Views
May 14, 2013Dear Editor: In candidate for political office Richard Tomko’s recent letter published in your newspaper, he again shows his...
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Democratic Candidate for State Senate Responds to State Assemblywoman
May 9, 2013Assemblywoman Alison McHose had the audacity to call me a liar in response to a letter to the editor I wrote on April 26th, ...
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Assemblywoman Sponsors Legislation Asking Entertainers and Entertainment Companies to Refrain from Depicting Violent Use of Firearms for Promotion or Profit
May 2, 2013Dear Editor: Richard Tomko, a Democrat candidate who is challenging Republican State Senator Steve...
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Sussex County Surrogate Thanks Legislative District 24 Assembly Members For Their Support of Law Enforcement
May 1, 2013Editor: On Monday, April 29, the NJ State Assembly by a vote of 76-0 passed bi-partisan legislation which I proposed wh...
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State Senator Candidate Speaks Out About Background Checks For Gun Purchase
April 22, 2013In the time since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school took the lives of 20 small children, and the 6 adults who died defendin...
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Qarmout Announces Withdrawal From Republican State Committee Race
April 22, 2013Letter to the Editor: Let me thank my supporters for all the love and support that they have shown me and my family. Mo...
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Vernon Officials Embarrass Electorate
March 2, 2013When changes were made in the Fire Prevention Department, many of us were astonished by the audacity of the mayor firing two, long tim...
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Response to Bader George Qarmout's Letter
February 26, 2013As a teacher with over 25 years of experience, I can no longer remain silent about the massive hijacking of public education that is i...
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Can We Talk About Education?
February 23, 2013Out of the educational systems of 50 countries, The U.S. was ranked 17th in the most recent international studies. Asian a...
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Cake is Not the Issue
February 12, 2013This letter to the editor is a follow-up comment to a letter that appeared in the February 7th issue of the Herald titled- ...
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VernonsOwn - Welcomes TAP to Vernon
February 12, 2013The VernonsOwn foundation would like to welcome TheAlternativePress (TAP) to Vernon, NJ and its immediate surround...
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Conservative Advocate Supports 2nd Amendment (With Video Footage Included)
February 12, 2013Editor, Please consider printing the transcript below as letter to the editor as to why I support the 2nd Amendment. I had the hon...
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Vernon Officials Violate O.P.R.A.
February 4, 2013Government is of the people, by the people, and for the people- but not in Vernon. The State of New Jersey has recognized that the pub...
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Why we need mandatory E-Verify in New Jersey
January 31, 2013E-Verify is an Internet-based, voluntary, and free program run by the federal government that compares information from an ...
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Diversion- The Word of the Day
January 7, 2013On January 6, 2013, the Herald published an article on the opinion page titled, “Resolutions we’d like to see.” (Cl...
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Where is Rodney?
January 4, 2013On Tuesday night, Washington gave itself a collective pat on the back for doing just enough to avoid plunging this nation into recessi...
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United Way Mentor Center Director: Mentors Matter
January 3, 2013As we enter 2013 on economically shaky ground, we reflect on the past five years of recession which resulted in many of us getting an ...
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The Majority of the Majority is a Minority
December 31, 2012To the Editor: There isn’t much question regarding the source of Washington “gridlock”. As the...
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Did Stillwater Lose $3,000,000 in Revenue?
December 21, 2012Did Stillwater just lose $3,000,000 in revenue ? YES, I’m disappointed with the recent decision in the...
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Petition For Utility Company Change Not Connected With VTA
November 26, 2012On November 18, 2012, the Herald published an editorial piece addressing a petition effort underway, in Vernon, to change t...
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Vernon Resident Comments On Vote Not In Favor Of Township Salary Increases
November 10, 2012The numbers of Vernon voters that said NO to the exorbitant salary increases, in the worst economic times in decades, spoke...
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Voting Rights Advocates Applaud State's Election Efforts
November 5, 2012Letter to the Editor November 4, 2012 As voting rights advocates, we would like to applaud Lt. Gove...
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Why I Am Voting For Scott Garrett
November 2, 2012Editor, As most of New Jersey is still coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, we are only days away from the mos...
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Vernon Township Resident Thanks Sussex County Freeholder Candidate, Susan Williams
October 26, 2012Editor, It was a pleasure to learn more about Susan Williams when she spoke recently in Vernon Township. Susan Williams...