Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Student achievement is what local high school district is really about

    Irecently attended a Freehold Regional High School District School Board of Education meeting. The meeting was a combination of extraordinary achievement and disappointing conduct. The extraordinary achievement included a student presentation on a project about driver safety for teenagers. The maturity and dedication these young adults displayed was something to behold. It represented two years…

  • She’s not feeling holiday spirit yet

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH My day was running smoothly until I rose up out of the office chair and to the tune of “The old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be,” I pulled a muscle in my back. Unable to walk in an upright position, I shuffled into the…

  • Teens must tell their friends to end bad driving behavior

    Amid rising concerns about dangerous teen driving behaviors sits a common threat rarely considered outside of popular depictions in such movies as “Rebel Without a Cause,” “Grease” and “The Fast and the Furious” — street racing. Perhaps surprisingly, teens themselves rank street racing as one of the most risky in a slate of driving practices…

  • This season, blow up the TV and read a newspaper

    Coda • GREG BEAN This is going to be a strange holiday season indeed. I knew it was off to a weird start when I stopped by the neighborhood liquor store the day before Thanksgiving to buy my annual bottle of Boggs Cranberry Liqueur. I buy one bottle of the stuff every year, and I…

  • Braves once again

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN The evening of Nov. 14 was a step back in time for me when I attended the 30-year reunion of the Manalapan High School class of 1978. A good number of people showed up at the American Legion hall in Freehold Borough for an evening of friendship and memories.…

  • Put bailout money in the hands of registered voters

    It is painfully obvious that the $700 billion “bailout” is not working. The politicians and financial “wizards” who got us into this situation are salivating over the expected monies coming their way, yet have failed to grasp the import of this process. Credit has not been loosened, people are still facing foreclosures, bankruptcy and other…

  • A Red/Blue imbroglio: one cheats, the other freaks

    Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: Not far up the interstate from where I live, in a little town you’ve driven through hundreds of times, gasoline was selling for $1.39 a gallon last weekend. Pretty cool, huh? When I heard that, I thought about Peggy Joseph, the woman who…

  • State should protect people’s health in the workplace

    During this season of thanksgiving, I am grateful I live and work in a state that protects my health in the workplace. But surprisingly, this is not the case for all New Jersey workers. Atlantic City’s City Council recently revoked their decision to restrict smoking in casinos, forcing casino workers to continue to risk their…

  • Walter D. Miller Jr.

    56, of Jackson, and formerly of Hazlet and Freehold   Mr. Miller was born in Perth Amboy and had lived in Hazlet and Freehold before moving to Jackson 5 years ago. Mr. Miller was a U.S. Army Reserve veteran serving during Vietnam. He was a loving and devoted husband, father & “Poppy.” Mr. Miller was…