Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Vincent John Radosti
Mr. Radosti, 83, of Manalapan, died March 30, 2010, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Prior to retiring, he owned the Model Shop in Englishtown. Mr. Radosti was predeceased by his wife, Rita, in 2009. Surviving are two daughters, RoseAnn Weeden, of Belmar, and Anita Reeves and her husband Richard, of Englishtown;…
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FRHSD towns will review budget after defeat at polls
Seven of eight towns said no to 2010-11 spending plan BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer It was a disappointing defeat for Freehold Regional High School District officials when voters rejected the proposed 2010-11 school year budget in the April 20 school election. Superintendent of Schools James Wasser said it was frustrating to see the budget…
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Additional perspective on softball fields
Iread the Your Turn guest column (“Jackson Residents Deserve Better”) by Anthony Beja in the April 22 Tri-Town News. I feel it is important to correct some errors in his commentary about rest rooms for the Bartley Road, Jackson, softball fields. The girls softball program has about 300 participants, as I am aware. It is…
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Dey, Lackay re-elected to Jackson school board
Defeated budget goes to town council for review BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — In a field of six candidates seeking two three-year terms on the Jackson School District Board of Education, voters reelected Sharon Dey and Linda Lackay to the seven-member panel on April 20. According to the unofficial vote total, Dey received…
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Pair’s support for softball field improvements was wrong
Arrogance is a powerful destructive force that has taken down many politicians. Case in point, Jackson Mayor Michael Reina and Jackson Township Council President Michael Kafton supported building a palatial girls room on the Bartley Road softball field. Mr. Kafton originally voiced opposition; however, all it took was a small group of supporters to carry…
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Cerritani, Brennan, Smith win seats on board
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Two newcomers and one incumbent were elected to seats on the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education on April 20. The terms are for three years. Suzanne M. Brennan was the top votegetter, with 3,016 votes, Jeanette Smith was second with 2,492 votes and incumbent Mary…
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Writer says Mayor Reina acts with honesty and integrity
This is in response to the letter to the editor from the gentleman who wrote regarding the March 24 meeting of the Jackson Regular Republican Club (“Writer Questions Mayor’s Response at Republican Club Meeting,” Tri-Town News, Letters to the Editor, April 8). He was attempting to belittle our mayor and was totally off the mark.…
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on campus
Amanda Waldron, daughter of Tom and Sue Waldron of Howell, was recently accepted into Phi Eta Sigma, the national freshman honor society at Salisbury University, Salisbury, Md. She is a 2009 graduate of Howell High School. Nicole M. Ingrassia of Howell, a zoology major in her junior year, has been named to the scholastic honor…
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Legislators have raided funds to detriment of the state
In another spectacular example of the lack of fitness of our legislators to exhibit any sort of trustworthiness to properly handle the state’s fiscal affairs, we now hear that unless additional revenue is found, New Jersey could lose $1.6 billion in federal funds to be used for replacing bridges, aging roads and transit facilities. What…
