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NJ Sharing Network Needs Your Help
May 23, 2012NJ Sharing Network’s dedicated team of staff and volunteers works year-round to raise awareness of the “gift of life&rdquo...
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Important FairTax Information for New Jersey Primary Voters
May 21, 2012The Primary Election will take place in New Jersey on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. We have valuable information for you about where the U.S....
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Thank you to Ed and Adelaide Vant
May 11, 2012To the Editor: This letter is to whomever it may concern and it should be noteworthy for us all. Edgar Vant, Jr. and his lov...
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Washington School to Celebrate 100 Years
April 20, 2012Washington Elementary School will celebrate its 100th Anniversary throughout the 2012-13 school year. This year-long celebration...
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Restoring the American Dream
April 12, 2012To the Editor: Rising gas prices, wasteful government spending, Obama Care, now combined with our President’s rhetoric aroun...
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Madden Announces Bid for Re-Election to Summit Common Council
March 16, 2012SUMMIT, NJ - Common Council member Rich Madden has announced his bid for re-election. Madden served as 2010 and 2011 Council Presi...
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Abandoned New Providence
February 24, 2012To the Editor: Someone once said “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Are you are aware of this abandoned greenhouse...
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Special Meeting in New Providence to Discuss Municipal Consolidation
February 16, 2012In a time where many municipalities are considering all options to reduce municipal property taxes, I would like to invite you to atte...
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Parent Asks For A Return To High Standards And Common Decency In Schools
February 15, 2012Some of you may be aware of a controversial book that has parents concerned in Westfield. This book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Pa...
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Thanks again, Walter!
February 11, 2012In the good ol’ days, things were better / larger / different. How often do we hear the good ol’ days remembered as though...
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Penny Drive : Are You Smarter Than a Second Grader?
January 27, 2012Thank you for taking such an interest in Saving the Summit Fire Truck. As of this morning our class has raised $3,570.21. Even t...
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Penny Drive Update
January 24, 2012Yesterday we received a check for $500! We also had almost $280 in other donations waiting for us. This means our new total is about $...
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Congress Should Pass the Budget Before Borrowing Act
January 23, 2012Dear Editor, One step Congress can take to at least slow our escalating debt burden would be the pass HR 3778 – The Budget B...
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Save Summit's 1927 Chemical Fire Truck
January 17, 2012We would like to update you on our fundraising efforts to save the 1927 Chemical Fire Truck. Since last week we have raised a to...
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Penny Drive To Save the Summit Fire Truck, January 9-20th
January 6, 2012The students in Miss Madden’s second grade class at Washington School need your help! We are having a penny drive to help save a...
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Washington School is Helping to Save the Summit Fire Truck!
January 5, 2012We are trying to save the old chemical fire truck in Summit, NJ. We are doing a penny drive at Washington School in Ms. Madden&r...
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Public Works an Invaluable Part of Summit
December 21, 2011I have heard people say that ..."Summit runs itself." No, it doesn't. It runs on the efforts of men most of us nev...
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Thank You for Celebrating with Summit
December 17, 2011On behalf of Summit Downtown, Inc. (SDI), we would like to thank everyone who has helped us “Celebrate the Season” in down...
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Thank You to BHPL Volunteers
November 21, 2011On behalf of the Board of Trustees and staff of Berkeley Heights Public Library, I would like to thank the volunteers who donated time...
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Summit Taxpayer Association Wants a Zero Increase Property Tax Levy by 2014
November 16, 2011The PURPOSE of the Summit Taxpayers Association (STA) is to advocate for fiscally responsible government and our MISSION is to reduce ...
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A View on City of Summit Goal Setting
November 11, 2011A quote from Albert Einstein “We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.&r...
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Thank You to the Voters of Summit
November 10, 2011A heartfelt thank you to the voters for electing me as Summit’s next Mayor. I promise to maintain a balanced, common sense appro...
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Thank You to All Who Made Annual Hilltopper Fundraiser a Success
November 9, 2011In spite of the difficult circumstances that resulted from the hard hitting Nor’Easter, parents, coaches, and fans of the ...
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Your Party Affiliation Shouldn't Matter in Freeholder Race
November 6, 2011For the past 15 years, the Union County Freeholder Board has consisted of nine Democrats and zero Republicans. The end resu...
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Why We are Endorsing Eileen Forman Ludden for Mayor
November 6, 2011We write this letter together, as your Mayor and At Large Councilman, to endorse Eileen Forman Ludden to be Summit's next mayor.&n...