Are We There Yet?
Her mother's intuition has skipped a generation
Lori Clinch
      My mother has always had a knack for knowing when things weren't right with her loved ones. She can be totally engaged in a project, engrossed in a TV show or at lunch with friends and suddenly she'll get a look as if the "forces that be" had just tapped her on the shoulder.
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Twp. should permit, but monitor alcohol
      The Middletown Township Committee approved an ordinance last week that will allow alcohol at select fundraisers at the new arts center. Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger says that consumption would be limited to a very few, rather tame functions, like wine and cheese parties, to raise money for its...
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Coda
With opposable thumbs, they would rule the world
Greg Bean
      I once made friends with a government trapper out West whose job was to catch predators that attack livestock and put them out of business. In the CIA, what he does is called "terminating with extreme prejudice.
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