Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Adrian James Giglio

    Mr. Giglio, 72, of Jackson, formerly of Manalapan, died Feb. 26, 2010, at Memorial Sloan- Kettering Hospital, New York City. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he joined the Air Force National Guard and was stationed at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field. After graduating from college, he worked as a construction engineer for the City of New York,…

  • Mandated diversity is not the answer for NJ

    Judging by the Rev. Bruce Davidson’s March 18 letter to the editor (“New Jersey Must Preserve Fair and Just Housing Policy,”) in which he supports state laws mandating that every municipality has its share of affordable housing, he does not understand the saying “birds of a feather flock together” and he has not noticed that…

  • FRHSD adopts $177M budget for 2010-11

    Residents will vote on $119.3 tax levy in April 20 election BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Positions now held by assistant principals, supervisors and teachers will not be accounted for in the Freehold Regional High School District’s 2010-11 budget. As many as 81 people may be cut from the district’s payroll by the start of…

  • Harvey Isaacs

    Mr. Isaacs, 73, of Jackson, formerly of North Brunswick, died March 25, 2010, at Bartley Healthcare, Jackson. Prior to retiring, he was an executive in the men’s clothing industry for 35 years. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1959 to 1963. Mr. Isaacs is survived by his wife, Joyce Isaacs; a son, Jeffrey…

  • Blame state’s current financial mess on elected officials in Trenton

    Today it seems that many would like to place blame for New Jersey’s budget disaster on the shoulders of the municipalities, public employees, teachers and police officers. This budget disaster has its roots under the Gold Dome on State Street in Trenton. It was not singularly caused by the municipalities or these other groups. For…

  • McAuley Institute course at GCU examines life in the Gilded Age

    LAKEWOOD — Shameful marriage woes, shocking business scandals, and excessive celebrity lifestyles are not just the makings of modern-day reality TV shows or grocery store tabloids. It is also 20th century history — the stuff of real life for the heirs of railroad tycoon Jay Gould and the wealthy class that thrived during the Gilded…

  • Dora Tulino

    Mrs. Tulino, 79, of Freehold Township, formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., died April 5, 2010, at home. Mrs. Tulino was born in Naples, Italy, and came to the United States in 1945. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank, in 2003, and her sister, Maddelena. Surviving are two sons, Carmine Tulino and his fiancée, Diana Urgo,…

  • Writer supports Knutson, Brennan, Smith for board

    And, the winning numbers are 4, 8 and 9 with the jackpot being shared by all Howell residents. No, this is not a Mega Millions jackpot announcement. It’s better. These winning numbers belong to your next three Howell K-8 School District Board of Education members, whom I endorse fully, and they are: No. 4, Lawrence…