Category: opinion/windsor_hights_herald

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Candidates should start looking for real problems

    To the editor:  Hightstown Council candidates Doug Mair and Lynne Woods seem to have walked into the middle of a movie and now demand changes to the screenplay (letter Sept. 11). They want resolution 2005-66 to be repealed and replaced with some meaningless language of their choosing. They obviously don’t realize that the resolution…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We’ll do it and we’ll do it for less

    Editor’s note: An earlier version of this letter mentioned that Township Committee members receive full medical benefits. According to township officials, that is incorrect. We regret the error. To the editor:  Several months ago, back in March, my running mates and I announced our intent to run in the Republican primary for town council. At…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Councilman Tom Gibbons acted correctly

    To the editor:  As Americans recently honored and celebrated the Labor Day holiday, marking the unofficial end of summer, many will begin to notice campaign signs, and political literature and advertisements. Just as quickly as the summer sets, campaign season commences leading up to Election Day on Nov. 3. In the borough of Jamesburg,…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: New pump project latest threat

    By Michele Byers Nearly three years after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the New Jersey shore, the state is in the final phase of a massive project to rebuild Route 35, the main artery on the barrier island in northern Ocean County. As part of the project — which was actually in the planning stages prior to…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hightstown is not a sanctuary city

    To the editor:  At the July 20 council meeting, Councilman Seth Kurs addressed recent press about the labeling of Hightstown Borough as a sanctuary city and noted that “the police department is bound by Attorney Gener´ al Law Enforcement Directive 2007-3, which mandates that law en´ forcement must notify federal agents of immigration status.“…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: September is library card sign-up month

    To the editor:  As students head back to school this September The Twin Rivers Library wants to make sure that children have the most important school supply of all — a library card. Owning a library card provides students with the resources they need to compete academically. The library provides free access to data´…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We can’t fight all the time

    To the editor:  New Jersey’s energy future is at risk and the impacts of climate change are already threatening our state. Currently, we are at a cross´ roads, as the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) prepares the state’s energy master plan (EMP). It is up to the BPU to listen to the…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Your brain on nature

    By Michele Byers Want to do something nice for your brain? You could eat fish, the reputed “brain food,” or try problem-solving, mend-bending exercises and puzzles. Or you could step into a quiet green space and give your mind a mini-break. A growing body of evidence suggests one of the things you can do for…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Put brakes on damage to Pine Barrens forest

    By Michele Byers At 125,000 acres, Wharton State Forest in the Pine Barrens is by far the largest state-owned forest in New Jersey. In fact, it’s bigger than the land area of Essex and Hudson counties combined! This sprawling forest in the heart of the Pine Barrens is notable for its diversity of wildlife, including…