Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Resident says park’s new sign is out of place

    While driving south on county Route 547, which traverses Lower Squankum in southeast Howell, I suddenly became aware of what could only be a newly installed traffic light whose red beacon was telling me to stop. Then it came into view, a large flashing neon monster advertising Soldier Memorial Park here in the wilds of…

  • This tax cap law looks like a good deal, but …

    CODA GREG BEAN Before we start popping the champagne corks over the fact that the New Jersey Senate passed a bill last week limiting property tax increases to 2 percent a year — with certain exceptions — we ought to remember that old Latin admonition Caveat emptor (Let the buyer beware). On first blush, the…

  • Protecting farmland remains an N.J. priority

    The last few weeks have brought the fresh taste of high quality, locally grown fruits and vegetables to many New Jerseyans. The Garden State still produces some of the best tomatoes and corn in the world. We should all take note, however, of a new inventory of our disappearing farmland nationwide. Since 1982, the National…

  • Everyone has the ability to do something to help the environment

    Tom Friedman, in his column in The New York Times, discussed this letter from the Beaufort Gazette (South Carolina), which I thought should also be shared with your readers: “I’d like to join the blame game that has come to define our national approach to the ongoing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. This…

  • Sandra Mae Cruickshanks Mason

    Mrs. Mason, 71, of Holly, Mich., formerly of Monroe, died June 30, 2010, in McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, Mich. Prior to her retirement in 1998, she was employed as an administrative assistant with Johnson and Johnson Corp., New Brunswick. She was predeceased by a daughter, Ginger Booth. Surviving are her husband, Charles A. Mason;…

  • John Joseph Balog

    Mr. Balog, 80, of East Brunswick, formerly of Lakewood, died June 27, 2010, at home. His wife, Margaret, died in 2005. Surviving are two sons, John, and his wife, Angela, of East Brunswick, and James Balog; two brothers, Stephen Balog of Florida and Edward Balog the Leonardo section of Middletown; and two grandchildren. Arrangements were…

  • Holly Sue McDermott

    Mrs. McDermott, 49, of Jackson, died July 9, 2010. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved to Jackson 20 years ago. Mrs. McDermott was a hairdresser in her shop, Holly’s Hairworks, in Jackson. Surviving are her parents, Irving and Sandra Schwartz of Vero Beach, Fla.; two daughters, Brooke and Chelsea, both of Jackson; her…

  • Isabel Louise Lemcheck

    Isabel Louise Lemcheck, 90, of Howell, died June 21, 2010, at Care One at Wall. Surviving are four grandchildren, Louise Meserve, Raymond Curtin Jr., Joh’ni Kimberlin and Joseph Curtin; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great- grandchildren. A funeral service was held at the First Presbyterian Church, Freehold, followed by interment at Old Tennent Cemetery, Tennent section…