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Tag Archives: United Way
Change is easy: Just do it
It was an old dusty lot along River Styx Road in Hopatcong. Weed filled, marked by an old wall and the angular concrete slab of a forgotten bar, another sign of stagnation in a Lake Hopatcong town where, some said, … Continue reading
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Tagged change, community, Lake Hopatcong, Morristown, Phillipsburg, United Way
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ALICE in the real world
While writing “The Swamps of Jersey,” my political novel, I included a scene when the protagonist, Frank Nagler and his then-third-grade girlfriend (and later his wife) Martha Shannon, are walking home from school: “They stopped and spoke with everyone on … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Swamps of New Jersey", ALICE, United Way, working poor
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New Jersey: Walking into the future, looking backward
Nearly 40 years ago, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that municipalities could not use their zoning powers to exclude certain residents from moving in. The suit was based on a complaint filed by a South Jersey chapter of the … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, Morristown, New Jersey, Newark, suburbs, United Way
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From blight to hope in 25 years
These are the places we drive an extra block to avoid, the dark places with plywood for windows, broken siding for walls, knee-high grass. The blocks of hollow storefronts, locked gated doors, “For Sale” signs angled on brickface. The places … Continue reading →
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