Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Schiazza gains support in bid for board

    I am writing in regard to the school board election this April. Theresa Schiazza has announced her candidacy for a position on the Jackson Board of Education and I feel this is a great opportunity for our parental community. I have personal experience working with Theresa, who currently holds the position of PTO president at…

  • Helen McNamara Dart

    87, of Jackson, was a staff sergeant in the Women’s Army Air Corps during World War II and an editorial copy editor Helen McNamara Dart Mrs. Dart was born and raised on Shelter Island, NY, and had lived in Maplewood, NJ, Seaford, VA, and Howell Twp., NJ, before moving to Jackson in 2007. CLUBS &…

  • Official says coverage will help residents

    Thank you for your excellent coverage of the Jackson Township Council-sponsored seminar on foreclosure. We decided to host this event due to the very difficult economic circumstances so many of our residents find themselves in, and we received very positive feedback as a result. Tri-Town News staff writer Dave Benjamin’s keen focus on what people…

  • Pinelands land reclassification would have ripple effect

    Is anyone aware that in the middle of the worst economic depression we have seen in a century, the New Jersey Pinelands Commission is in the midst of formulating a plan to effectively reclassify the land use designation of tens of thousands of acres of land owned by thousands of individuals and companies? The effect…

  • Borden case is over, but it should never have begun

    Coda • GREG BEAN Well, the Marcus Borden school prayer saga is finally over (at least in the courts), bringing to an end one of the saddest chapters in New Jersey education. I’ve had mixed feelings about this business from the start. I understood the stance taken by the East Brunswick school district, which had…

  • N.J. should appreciate role of pharmaceutical industry

    Guest Column • Mike Hennessey Just as the plight of the nation’s automakers threatens the underpinnings of Michigan’s economy, a slower but equally disastrous erosion has begun in New Jersey with its largest manufacturing sector: the pharmaceutical industry. While Michigan lawmakers are working to avert catastrophe, New Jersey’s government pushes policies that may actually hasten…

  • Hurricane Lori hits her dad’s neat office

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH My dad is a neat-nick with a passion for organization. His work bench looks like a surgical suite, his office is pristine, and the man can pull a lint roller out of a holster faster than you can say, “Put ’em up!” He likes his corners tidy and…

  • Edward W. Kowalczyk

    Mr. Kowalczyk, 36, of New Egypt and formerly of Jackson, died Feb. 11, 2009, at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly. A graduate of the New York Military Academy in Cornwallon Hudson, N.Y., he served in the U.S. Navy and was vice president for Integrity Roofing Service in Rahway. Mr. Kowalczyk was an avid drag…

  • William E. Layton

    Mr. Layton, 71, of Howell, died Feb. 13, 2009, at home. He was a resident of Howell for the past 13 years. Mr. Layton was the owner of Bill’s Fork Lift Service. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of American Legion Post No. 1000 in Trenton. Surviving are his wife, Cathy Layton;…