Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Resident offers support for Chris Christie for governor

    Having worked in law enforcement during the past 20 years and being a licensed attorney in New Jersey, I have all too often encountered those in power who would stick their heads in the sand and avoid getting their hands dirty rather than solve the systemic problems that we have had in New Jersey relating…

  • May – Diligence is the word!

    “Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.” Geoffrey Charlesworth Have you lately seen your resident woodchuck? The rapacious varmints have made their spring debut, and their banquet table is laden with tender apple-green shoots of hosta and tall foliage…

  • Gov. Corzine urged to leave EMT training fund alone

    The volunteer Emergency Medical Services community understands that this difficult economy requires serious belt-tightening. Gov. Jon Corzine’s plan to redirect $4 million from the emergency medical technician training fund to the general fund, however, would only make things worse, especially on the local level. The New Jersey Legislature established the fund in 1995 to cover…

  • Just shut the door and walk away

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH When our oldest son, Vernon, left for college last August, it was apparent that neatness wasn’t on his mind. With little or no regard for tidy piles or vacuuming, he left his room looking as if his brothers had just torn it apart in an attempt to locate…

  • Plumsted board was wrong to kill solar project for schools

    At the May 13 workshop meeting of the Plumsted Board of Education, the board voted 5-2 to suspend the prior authorization of the board to go ahead with the solar panel project. This project had the support of the past two school boards, the recent community task force charged with looking into facilities upgrades, and…

  • Lawmakers finally show a bit of common sense

    Coda • GREG BEAN My father died a hard death from lung cancer in 1983. From the first diagnosis, about six months before he passed, there was never any real hope, since his type of cancer is nearly always fatal. Still, he tried to beat it with ever-more aggressive chemotherapy treatments that took his hair…

  • Wilhelmina Fernandini Weckley

    Mrs. Weckley, 83, of New Brunswick, died April 14, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a foreign correspondent at McGraw-Hill Company, Hightstown, for more than 20 years, retiring in 1990. She is survived by her husband, Charles D. Weckley; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Roberto and Wendy Fernandini of Jackson, and…

  • Vincent Passarelli

    Mr. Passarelli, 82, of Freehold Township and formerly of Old Bridge, died April 18, 2009, at Bartley Health Care, Jackson, He was the owner and operator of Deli Delite in Old Bridge from 1964 to 1990. Mr. Passarelli was predeceased by three sisters, Rose, Anne and Florence. Surviving are his wife of 59 years, Dolores…

  • RCAs did not effectively address housing need

    There is a critical shortage of housing throughout New Jersey, making it impossible for hundreds of thousands of working families to live within reasonable distances of their jobs. This predicament leads directly to increased congestion, pollution and time spent on the roads for all of us, and a decrease in everyone’s quality of life. The…