Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Movie tickets: You’ll have to hock the family jewels

    Itry not to sound like one of those old geezers who bore the pants off younger folk by telling them over and over again how much better things were back in the Olden Days. But I will take a little skip down memory lane by noting that the first time I paid for my own…

  • Teachers’ $30,000 salary increase is shocking to Howell resident

    Irecently attended the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education budget hearing. The board’s total budget proposed for 2010-11 is $108.2 million and they want a 3.75 percent raise in the tax levy. The board proposed budget reductions on paper only of about $8 million and of course as usual, the board voted to pass…

  • Wasser will retire as supt. in June

    FRHSD superintendent has seen district grow to almost 12,000 students Aperson knows when his time has come, and Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of School James Wasser has announced that his time as the leader of the district is coming to an end. During the FRHSD Board of Education’sMarch 22 meeting at Manalapan High…

  • On Campus

    Maggie Villari, daughter of Mark and Cindy Villari of Howell, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pa., where she is a zoo science major. Villari is a 2009 graduate of Freehold Township High School. Frank Marino of Howell has been named to the dean’s list…

  • Scholarships offered to Plumsted students

    The Plumsted Township Council for the Arts is offering its annual scholarship awards to Plumsted high school seniors who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in visual arts, music, theater, dance and creative writing. Applicants may be students either attending New Egypt High School or participating in a home-schooling program and must be residents of Plumsted. Applications…

  • Jackson band shines in NYC

    JACKSON — The joint bands of Jackson Memorial and Jackson Liberty high schools put their musical skills on display in the 249th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City on March 17. “It was a beautiful day in Manhattan,” said Suzanne Rogalsky, vice president of the Jackson Memorial Band Parents Association. “The crowds…

  • Residents say private dog park lacks a permit

    At the March open condo meeting, the Board of Trustees of Surrey Downs, Howell, with a 4-1 majority, voted to install an off-leash dog park in the development. The following information has come to our attention: • The Board of Trustees was not even aware that a Howell Township permit was necessary in order to…

  • New Jersey’s gravy train has come to a halt

    Iam sitting in my home, one day after Gov. Chris Christie’s budget address, listening to the street sweeper go up and down my street. Now, as nice as a clean street may be, is it really a necessity? I doubt it, particularly because the drenching rains of the past couple of days probably washed away…