Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Sadie A. Heuschkel

    Mrs. Heuschkel, 95, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died Aug. 19, 2009, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. She was predeceased by her husband of 52 years, Raymond Heuschkel, in 1985; and a daughter, Joyce Buchwald, in 1997. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and Hugh Dickie of Port Monmouth;…

  • Corzine and Christie: a couple of characters

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN At this point in the election season, I am stumped. I cannot tell you at this moment if I am going to vote for Democrat Jon Corzine, Republican Chris Christie or independent candidate Chris Daggett to lead New Jersey’s ship of state for the next four years. Right now…

  • Senior Advisory Board will try to help Jackson residents

    Jackson’s senior residents will now have a significant and major opportunity to express their needs and dependencies for a better quality of life through the newly formed Senior Advisory Board of Jackson, reformulated and brought to the forefront by Mayor Mike Reina. Mayor Reina has appointed several Jackson residents to be members of the new…

  • Edward A. Waake

    Mr. Waake, 46, of Howell, died Sept. 3, 2009, at Ocean Medical Center, Brick. He was born in Manalapan and was a truck driver for Freehold Cartage Inc., Freehold Township. Surviving are two sons, Casey and Kyle Waake; his parents, Herbert V. and Satu S. Brannlund Waake; two brothers, Peter and Chris; two sisters and…

  • Taking my maiden voyage on Facebook

    Are We There Yet? Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH I got the strangest invitation a couple of weeks ago. Not to a shower or a wedding or anything like that. No sir, this invitation was via an email and asked me to be Trixie Mattery’s friend — on Facebook.   The trouble is…

  • Former reporter is new info officer

    James Quirk joins staff at FRHSD BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer There is a new yet familiar face on Pine Street in Englishtown at the administrative offices of the Freehold Regional High School District. James Quirk has started work as the public information coordinator for the FRHSD, which operates high schools in Colts Neck, Freehold…

  • Plumsted students report for new year

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer PLUMSTED — It will be back to business — school business, that is — on Sept. 8 for 1,830 students in the Plumsted K-12 School District. The school day at the New Egypt Primary School will run from 8:35 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The school day at the Dr. Gerald…

  • Drug testing could have unintended results

    Board of Education members and the administration of the Freehold Regional High School District have much to consider before moving forward regarding randomly drug and alcohol testing “privileged students” — those who choose to participate in extracurricular activities and/or have parking permits. For the safety and well-being of students, it is crucial to develop programs…

  • Anonymous cretins, beware: George is coming after you

    Coda • GREG BEAN T he righteous jihad against the anonymous cockroaches who hide in the darkness — slavering and mumbling to themselves like Gollum in a Tolkien pageturner — to post libelous and defamatory comments about their fellow human beings on the Internet is moving more rapidly than I could have predicted. Last week,…