Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • on campus •••

    Daniel Kulakowski, son of Nora and Michael Kulakowski of Jackson, was selected to receive a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Daniel is a student at the City University of New York Graduate School, where he is pursing a doctorate and majoring in ethnobotany.

  • From another angle, things aren’t as bad as they looked

    CODA GREG BEAN I’ve recently agreed to do some volunteer work for Sylvia’s Children, a charitable organization that provides financial and other support for 1,000 impoverished youngsters (200 of them orphans who live on-site) at the Mbiriizi School in Uganda. Run by Sylvia Allen, who’s well known in this area as the founder and owner…

  • Former Howell principal returns to public service

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Barbara McMorrow FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Newly appointed Township Committeewoman Barbara McMorrow made history on July 27. As she took her seat on the dais, Mc- Morrow, who retired as Howell High School’s principal in 2003, became the first person to have served as a member of the Borough Council…

  • Mother’s Market was a successful event

    The Jackson Women of Today hosted a very successful Mother’s Market on July 18. The Mother’s Market is a flea market type of event featuring gently used children’s clothing, toys and furnishings. The proceeds benefit the Jackson Women of Today and the Jackson Women of Today Food Pantry. The Jackson Women of Today would like…

  • AMVETS post asks for help with car raffle

    In February, AMVETS Post No. 2 of Jackson organized a fundraiser car raffle that would have been awarded at the Jackson Day celebration this year. Jackson Day, along with several other town events, were some of our bigger venues where we would have been able to sell tickets to those wishing to purchase them. With…

  • First lady Michelle Obama should have considered vacation in USA

    Iwas very disappointed to read that Michelle Obama took her younger daughter on a vacation to Spain’s Costa Del Sol while her older daughter is at sleep-away camp. While Mrs. Obama is a private citizen and has the right to travel where she wants, as First Lady of this nation, I would think that she…

  • No, seriously, we take your complaint verrrry seriously

    CODA GREG BEAN Regular readers might remember the fun we had with Sears a while back because it was impossible to discover what hours their service center on Route 1 in East Brunswick was open without actually driving there to find out. I wanted to drop my lawnmower off for a tune-up, but I found…

  • The real inside scoop on the big celebrity wedding

    CODA GREG BEAN I’ve decided to start my own celebrity gossip blog, but while there was plenty of flesh bared around here during the recent heat wave, I don’t have any photos of A-list stars in compromising positions for my maiden effort. I did crash the wedding of Marc Mezvinsky and Chelsea Clinton in Rhinebeck,…