Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Helen D. Mason

    Ms. Mason, 71, a resident of Hazlet for 48 years, died Jan. 26, 2010, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a legal secretary for more than 30 years with the law offices of Drazin and Warshaw, Hazlet. Surviving are her children, Helen Tripp and her husband, Jeff, of Jackson, Thomas Mason and his…

  • Writer recalls Sen.’s role in Social Security tax

    Arecent letter to your newspaper from Ocean County Freeholder Joseph Vicari (“Freeholder Says It Is Time to Rethink Tax on Social Security Payments,” Tri-Town News, Letters to the Editor, Jan. 28) talked about the tax on Social Security. Keeping in mind that tax had already been paid on those Social Security funds, I thought I…

  • Raymond L. Parr

    Raymond L. Parr Mr. Parr, 65, of North Brunswick, died Dec. 17, 2009, in Hoboken. He was a foreman at the New Jersey Transit bus garage, Fairview. Mr. Parr is survived by his wife of 34 years, Mary Lee Olsian Parr; two sons and daughters-in-law, Raymond and Sheryl Parr III of Monroe, and Christopher and…

  • Resident sees downside of moving Jackson election to November

    Once again, under the guise that government knows better, we are being told to change the date when Jackson residents cast their votes for mayor and Township Council. Jackson residents overwhelmingly passed a referendum in November 2005 to change the date of their municipal election to May in order to avoid the coattail effect which…

  • St. Aloysius pupils get taste of acting

    After-school program is taught by Howell High School students BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Students in the third through seventh grades at St. Aloysius School, Bennetts Mills Road, are being given the opportunity to learn some of the techniques of theater and acting in an eight-week after-school program. Youngsters who are participating in the “Acting…

  • James Alan Van Deursen

    Mr. Van Deursen, 76, of North Brunswick, died Dec. 17, 2009, at home. He was a salesman for the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., North Brunswick, for more than 30 years, retiring in 1988. He also owned racehorses. Mr. Van Deursen is survived by his wife, Roseanne Norcia Van Deursen; a daughter and son-in-law, Louise and William…

  • Looks like we survived the ‘storm of the decade’

    Coda • GREG BEAN By the time this column sees print, the Great Blizzard of 2010, nicknamed “Snowpocalypse” by some creative member of the national press, will just be a memory. You know, before we moved to the East Coast, I used to believe that folks out here were scared of only one thing, and…

  • FRHSD releases details of violence, vandalism

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Incidents of violence and vandalism increased in some areas, while other types of incidents showed a decrease during the 2008-09 school year in the Freehold Regional High School District. The district’s annual violence and vandalism report was presented during the Board of Education’s Jan. 11 meeting in Freehold Township. With…

  • Toby Shapiro Newmark

    Mrs. Newmark, 71, of Oceanport, died Jan. 23, 2010. Born in Lakewood, she had resided in Long Branch prior to relocating to Oceanport in 1962. She was a 36-year member of the Monmouth County Board of Elections. She is survived by her husband, Gerald Newmark; a son and daughter-in-law, Mitchell and Marnie Newmark of Metuchen;…