Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Joe the plumber

    Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: It’s hard to believe, old pal, but after a campaign that’s been going on for two years now, it finally took a plumber from Toledo to define the issues. After all the fundraising, and the speeches, and the flying around in planes with…

  • For the Record

    In the article “Residents Keep Rallying for Operation Sunscreen” which was published in the Oct. 23 Tri-Town News, an 11-year-old boy who helped 20 soldiers obtain sunscreen kits was incorrectly identified. The boy’s name is Sean Powers. His mother’s last name should have been Powers as well in a quote that mentioned how Sean is…

  • It may take decades, but we do reap what we sow

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH I’ll never forget the day that I rounded the corner and laid eyes on a pair of my mom’s scissors. I was about 7 years old at the time, and the urge to cut something could only have been compared to what pyromaniacs must feel when they put…

  • Olga Nicastro

    Mrs. Nicastro, 91, of Manalapan, died Oct. 15, 2008, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born to Eugene and Eugenia Zyrski on Oct. 23, 1916, in New York City, she lived there and in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Manalapan in 1997. Prior to her retirement in 1989, Mrs. Nicastro was employed as the executive…

  • Kareen E. Devine Anderson

    Mrs. Anderson, 76, of East Brunswick died Oct. 17, 2008, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a food manager for the East Brunswick Board of Education for 27 years, retiring in 1995. She was predeceased by a brother, Donald Devine; and three sisters, Eileen Nann, Joan Garrabrandt and Claire Crosson. She is…

  • Albert Pavero

    Mr. Pavero, 62, died Oct. 9, 2008, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Reserve, and was currently employed by Draper Associates, N.Y., where he worked as a printer for the past 35 years. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Jeannine Pavero;…

  • 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…

  • No joy in Mudville for Red State conservatives

    Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: There’s no joy in Mudville for Red Staters these days, old friend, as even ardent supporters of John McCain predict big trouble come Election Day. I heard James Carville say of McCain the other day, “Stick a fawk in ‘im. He’s done.” Try…