Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Fashion show raises funds to help Jackson students

    JACKSON — The third annual fashion show and luncheon sponsored by the Jackson Educational Foundation raised more than $3,000 that will benefit the students of the Jackson School District. The event was held at La Bove Grande at Circle Landmark, Lakehurst, on Feb. 21. The foundation raises money to support programs in the school district…

  • Documents show truth about supt.’s salary

    This is in response to a letter to the editor from Denise Richardson that was published in the Tri-Town News on Feb. 5, 2009, and supported John Morvay, Matthew Genovese and Tracey Murnane for the Jackson Board of Education. Please don’t be deceived by the smoke screen our opponents are throwing at us. This election…

  • State senator says points made in her guest column were accurate

    Iwould like to briefly set the record straight in response to (New Jersey Department of Community Affairs) Commissioner Joseph Doria’s allegations related to my column about the new affordable housing law and regulations (“Senator Misses Key Points on Affordable Housing,” Tri-Town News, Feb. 26). All of the information I put forth in that piece was…

  • Geneva L. Randolph

    80, of Jackson Geneva L. Randolph Mrs. Randolpha was born in Jackson, NJ and was a life long resident. Mrs. Randolph was a homemaker. She is predeceased by her husband, Opal L. Randolph in 1996. She is survived by her 3 Sons and 1 Daughter-in-law: Robert & Debbie Randolph of Jackson, NJ., William Randolph of…

  • Auto industry column struck positive chord with readers I

    Coda • GREG BEAN Iget a lot of reader response to this column. Sometimes, I opine about something that rubs some people the wrong way, and I hear about it. Once in a while, though, I write something that strikes a positive chord with readers, and I hear about that, too. That was the case…

  • Habitat for Humanity is reaching out to find a veteran in need

    Western Monmouth Habitat for Humanity has been building homes for qualified families in our area since 1989. Currently, we are building a home designated for a disabled veteran with funds raised from the ninth annual Motorcycle Ride for Affordable Housing last October. We have been searching for a disabled veteran with at least a 30…

  • Drinking-age debate important to the future of young lives

    Guest Column • Stephen Wallace Behind the fusillade of faulty arguments proffered by the Amethyst Initiative in support of lowering the minimum legal drinking age to 18 lurks an inconvenient truth: doing so would only exacerbate the current epidemic of underage drinking, further jeopardizing young lives at a critical juncture in their physical, social, and…

  • Joseph Ruffin Brown

    Mr. Brown, of Howell, died Feb. 21, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was born and raised in Freehold, living there until moving to The Villages in 2002. He was a manager for Freehold Electric Co. until retirement in 1979. Mr. Brown was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War.…

  • No common grounds in this boiling pot

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Our coffee pot is on the fritz. Some would say that she still has some good months left in her. Some would contend that she still holds her own. Yet I’m here to declare that I don’t care what my husband says. The old gray mare just ain’t…