Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Jackson’s new master plan is the end product of a lot of work

    I am proud to announce that the Jackson Planning Board has passed the first comprehensive overhaul of the master plan in over 20 years. The vote was 9-0 in favor of the new master plan, which included a strengthening of environmental standards while increasing commercial zoning to balance the tax base. The workings of the…

  • Does a little sand void the warranty?

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH There are folks out there who would gaze upon my cell phone and think that it’s a technological marvel. Sadly enough, most of them have been connecting with their peeps via a desktop rotary dial for the past 10 years. Although I think that my cell phone is…

  • AARP seeks to dispel health care reform myths

    As health care continues to be one of the most talked about issues today, I hope that consumers are not being misled by some of the myths that have been circulating — like the myth that health care reform means a government takeover. Here are the facts: Health care reform means guaranteeing all Americans a…

  • Post office closings? Not with better marketing

    Coda • GREG BEAN Although the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t have an official motto, the one most people believe is the motto is inscribed on the façade of the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion…

  • Resident offers suggestion for U.S. health care situation

    Guest Column • Joseph Mercurio Cruel and unusual punishment is how someone once described employerbased health care. Citing the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution to protest our health care system might seem dramatic to some, but not to the millions who have lost their ability, and therefore their right, to be protected from a different…

  • Health care should be a right for every citizen

    This is in response to a letter to the editor from an insurance broker, Abe Weiss, (“Government-Run Health Option Will Not Serve the United States,” Tri-Town News, July 30) about health care, where he states that we have the greatest health care in the world. I truly have to disagree with Mr. Weiss. Just look…

  • Congregation Ahavat Olam gives the gifts of sight and hearing

    Members of the Howell and Lakewood campuses of Congregation Ahavat Olam collected almost 100 pairs of eyeglasses and three pairs of hearing aids as part of their social action program. By performing these mitzvot (good deeds), congregation members had the opportunity to assist in fulfilling the Hebrew faith obligation of tikkun olam (repairing the world).…

  • Investigate facts about health care reform and Medicare

    Fixing our broken health care system is far too important to be derailed by myths and scare tactics perpetuated by special interest groups trying to block progress on health care reform. You may have heard the outrageous claim that health care reform will get rid of Medicare. In fact, for people in Medicare, health care…

  • Frances G. Young

    Mrs. Young, 52, of Hazlet, died July 31, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She had resided in Jackson and Marlboro before relocating to Hazlet 20 years ago. Mrs. Young was a teacher for 18 years, and taught for the last seven years at Middle Road School, Hazlet. She was predeceased by…