School budgets take hit in local districts       The vagaries that make up New Jersey's school budget voting experience were on full display in the April 17 school election. There really is no logical way to account for school budget votes from year to year. This year, for example, both school districts covered by the Suburban saw the... More ... Your Turn Old Bridge voter apathy is response to 'tax and spend' cycle Jeffrey Kress Guest Column       This is an open letter to Mayor Jim Phillips and the Board of Education: Do not interpret the low voter turnout as some sort of justification for saddling the citizens of Old Bridge with yet another property tax. Do not tell yourselves that if more people voted, you would have gotte... More ... Coda Even the old news dogs are learning new tricks Greg Bean       My first month in the news business, I fell into the middle of a technical revolution that was making the old news hounds miserable. More ...