• Tot left on bus not acceptable
Last week, another pre-schooler was left on a bus in Gloucester County. For four hours on Tuesday, 4-year-old Sarah Oglesby sat alone in tears, locked in a seat belt on a parked school bus. Nobody missed her. Nobody knew she was missing. Nobody came to check.

• Cheers and Jeers
Every Saturday on its editorial page, the Gloucester County Times cheers those who make our area a better place in which to live and jeers those whose actions merit derision.

• Cut towns' bills from Ôfrat party'
Looking for your local mayor or your borough administrator? Chances are, they're both in Atlantic City with nearly every other elected official in the state and quite a few appointed officials, too attending the New Jersey League of Municipalities' annual conference, which ends today.

• Over the line on student speech?
It's always regrettable for taxpayers, at least when school districts get sued over students' freedom-of-speech issues.

• Seek reforms to COAH goals
Only one Gloucester County municipality out of 24 has an approved plan for the new phase of the state's affordable housing mandates.

• Police deserved this pat on back
Most people who utter the phrase "Thank a Cop" only have in mind a cheerful greeting if they see an officer on the street, or buying a Policeman's Benevolent Association sticker for their car window.

• Shore pulls through
Areas to the south fared worse than the Jersey Shore in the wake of winds and waves kicked up by Tropical Storm Ida.

• Give extra push to food drives
With Thanksgiving Day little more than a week away, it's time to be thinking about those who won't be spending the holiday in the time-honored American fashion. This year, more than any other year since the bread lines and soup kitchens of the Great Depression, too many Americans will greet Thanksgiving Day not with happy family gathered around a heavily laden table but with empty tables and empty stomachs.

• Reach for tough emergency tool
We all saw the photographs when outgoing Gov. Jon Corzine sat next to incoming Gov. Chris Christie at a Mass for law enforcement on Thursday.

• Reach for tough emergency tool
We all saw the photographs when outgoing Gov. Jon Corzine sat next to incoming Gov. Chris Christie at a Mass for law enforcement on Thursday.

• Cheers and Jeers
Every Saturday on its editorial page, the Gloucester County Times cheers those who make our area a better place in which to live and jeers those whose actions merit derision.

• Ready for age of enlightenment
The outcome of an age-discrimination case now before the New Jersey Supreme Court could have widespread implications for public employees statewide.

• Appeal overload can be reduced
Ever since the economic slowdown began to send local housing prices downward, we've been warned that residential tax appeals were coming by the boatload.

• Milgram lifted state AG post
Gov.-elect Chris Christie could do a lot worse than Anne Milgram when he picks New Jersey's next attorney general. His choice to replace her ought to be at least as good, and if possible, better.

• Fix tide gates before a crisis
The longtime dispute over which entity has ultimate responsibility for floodgates meant to keep the Delaware River and the Repauno Creek away from some Gloucester County neighborhoods hasn't been resolved.