Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Falling property values threaten fairness of tax system
It is not surprising that struggling New Jersey homeowners are looking for any shelter they can find as an economic storm batters the state. A savvy few have found some relief by exercising their rights to go before local boards of taxation and have property values reduced to reflect the prices of today’s depressed real…
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Herbert Greenberg
Mr. Greenberg, 81, of Lakewood, died March 6, 2009, at Leisure Park Health Center in Lakewood. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he had resided in Manasquan and Manalapan before moving to Lakewood. A World War II Navy veteran, Mr. Greenberg was an executive vice president of ShopRite and owned the Clean-Rite Dry Cleaning stores in…
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Elizabeth P. Magnussen
Mrs. Magnussen, 84, a resident of Lakewood for the past 14 years, died March 12, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was employed as a legal secretary with Bethlehem Steel in New York City and Pennsylvania for 25 years before retiring. Her husband, Harold Magnussen, died in 1999. Mrs. Magnussen is survived by her…
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Development fee providing money for affordable homes
We agree with state Sen. Jennifer Beck’s recent comments that New Jersey needs more housing people can afford. However, Sen. Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) does not propose to do anything new or different that will help build these homes or create jobs. Instead, she proposes that New Jersey return to failed and unfair policies of…
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Robert J. Raba Sr.
Mr. Raba, 79, of Jackson, died March 23, 2009, at home. He was a chemical technician for more than 40 years. Mr. Raba was predeceased by his wife, Eileen, in 2006; a brother, Elliott, and a sister, Caroline. Surviving are his children, Robert J. Raba Jr. of Jackson; Linda M. Malley of Venus, Texas; James…
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Nuclear power a safe, dependable energy source
Itake issue with your cartoonist’s slant on nuclear energy in New Jersey (Tri-Town News, April 9). We have an administration that is openly allied with the liberal green parties that refuse to consider building new reactors. Oyster Creek has shown that nuclear energy is a safe technology and would solve our need for a dependable…
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Joseph James Marcello Sr.
Mr. Marcello, 85, of Eatontown, died April 5, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was a retired machinist at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, where he was employed 34 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Antoinette Marie Marcello, in 2002; four brothers, Frank, Anthony, Charles and Nicholas; and three sisters, Julia, Theresa and Margaret.…
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Howell voters asked to OK school tax levy
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — The Howell Board of Education has adopted a budget totaling $112.7 million for the 2009-10 school year. In the April 21 school election, residents will be asked to approve a local tax levy of $64.8 million to support the budget. Polls will be open from 3 to 9…
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Howell hopefuls want to serve school children
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — Five residents are running for three three-year terms on the Howell Board of Education in the April 21 school election. The candidates are Joseph Moscato, Patrick Dowling, Amy Fankhauser, Matthew Giachetti and Timothy O’Brien. Dowling, 45, has been an educator for 20 years. He is the special-education department…
