Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Pupils will learn about Holocaust

    JACKSON — St. Aloysius School has announced a partnership with Target in recognition of the company’s efforts to fund programs that bring the arts to schools. “Through a local Target grant awarded to St. Aloysius School, students will have the opportunity to participate in an Artist in Residence program sponsored by Target,” said the school’s…

  • Leona Lee Neve

    Mrs. Neve, 77, of Lakewood, died Sept. 21, 2009. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and resided there before moving to Lakewood in 1994. Mrs. Neve held various administrative positions as a federal employee; prior to retirement, she was energy officer at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn. Surviving are a son, Donald Neve of Tennessee, and…

  • Start walking for a longer, healthier life on Oct. 4 in Pt. Pleasant Beach

    There is a movement afoot. It is taking place across the country to address the crisis of rising health care costs, physical inactivity and adult obesity facing our nation. The American Heart Association’s Start! campaign is a bold movement to get America walking again. The focus of Start! is simple: Walk more. Eat well. Live…

  • On Campus

    Theresa Geiger, daughter of Howell residents Howard and Dolores Geiger, received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Ithaca College School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, Ithaca, N.Y.

  • Emma Singer Wojciechowicz

    Mrs. Wojciechowicz, 89, of Sayreville, died Sept. 9, 2009, in Pine Brook Care and Rehabilitation Center, Englishtown. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as head housekeeper at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison, where she worked for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Stanley Wojciechowicz; three children, Wendy McCrone, and…

  • Residents should understand need for health care reform

    It is normal human behavior not to act until a full-blown crisis is upon us. That is why many people in the United States would prefer not to tackle comprehensive health care reform at the present time. They are not willing to support across-the-board reform such as the bills currently being proposed in Congress. These…

  • JMHS band to host showcase

    JACKSON — The Jackson Memorial High School Jaguar Marching Band will host a Showcase of Champions beginning at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 3. The event will take place at the high school football field, Don Connor Boulevard. “There will be 19 high school marching bands participating in this year’s competition,” said Jackson Memorial Band Parents Association…

  • Joseph L. Menville

    Mr. Menville, 88, of Union Beach, died Sept. 6, 2009, at Bayshore Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Holmdel. He served with the Army Signal Corps in World War II. Mr. Menville retired from Williamsburg Savings Bank, Brooklyn, N.Y., as a mortgage supervisor in 1981. He was a fourth degree knight in the Knights of Columbus, St.…

  • Chris Christie’s plan will punish criminal office-holders

    Now that dozens of elected Democratic officials and operatives have been arrested and charged with corruption in a sweeping investigation begun under Chris Christie’s watch as U.S. attorney, Gov. Jon Corzine has suddenly found the gumption to demand that the accused politicians resign from office and the entrenched interests in Trenton adopt sweeping ethics reforms.…