Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Women’s club raises funds to help battle breast cancer

    On a beautiful sun-filled autumn morning, Sept. 21, 120 dedicated residents walked 2 miles within our own community to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The following Sunday, 150 residents gathered in the Four Seasons at South Knolls clubhouse for a breakfast and silent auction to further our support for breast cancer research. Thanks…

  • Oh, no! Not another petition in Jackson

    Who is the most dangerous man in Jackson? It might be anyone holding a petition and asking you — the average Jackson resident — to sign it. You, the average Jackson resident, signed petitions a few years ago because some people claimed Jackson needed to change its form of government. In November 2005 you voted…

  • For the Record

    A spokesperson for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said that Gail Lionetti is not associated or affiliated with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Lionetti was the subject of a recent article in the Tri-Town News.

  • Challenging times, but we look ahead

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN You may have read recent reports about the struggles the newspaper business is facing these days. Going back to the time before the present recession hit the United States, newspapers were facing a changing climate — one in which advertisers and readers were migrating to other types of media…

  • Beverly A. Zebrowski Elitchko

    Mrs. Elitchko, 61, of Laurence Harbor, died at J.F.K. Haven Hospice, Edison. Born in New Brunswick, she had resided in Sayreville before moving to Laurence Harbor 15 years ago. She was predeceased by her parents, Eugene and Isabelle Zebrowski. Surviving are her husband of 43 years, Robert Elitchko; two sons, Robert Elitchko Jr. and Todd…

  • Dorothy A. Van Woeart

    Mrs. Van Woeart, 78, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 19, 2008, at Summer Hill Nursing Home, Old Bridge. Born in South Amboy, she lived in Sebastian, Fla., before moving back to Old Bridge five years ago. Mrs. Van Woeart was a waitress for the Colonial Diner in East Brunswick for 18 years. Her husband, John…

  • Thanks for the $65 check; your diploma is in the mail

    Coda • GREG BEAN You know, one of the great disappointments of my life was that I never received my Doctor of Divinity degree. There was that whole problem with bouncing from one church to another like a crazed pinball, and then of course there was all that studying you had to do, and in…

  • Wind power and solar power need to be promoted in the right places

    There is something reassuring about the farms we have worked so hard to preserve here in the nation’s most densely populated state. Not only are the Garden State’s farms beautiful to look at, but they also produce fresh food and help fight global warming. As food prices rise and concerns about climate change deepen, preserved…

  • More steps are needed to curb students’ binge drinking

    Some college traditions are ageless, like eating pizza at midnight and pulling allnighters before a big test. But recent national reports about other “traditions” — guzzling cold beer with friends or getting so drunk you can barely find your dorm room — are being seriously examined for the longterm damage they cause to drinkers and…