Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Barbara Ann Lynott

    Mrs. Lynott, 70, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Sept. 24, 2008. She was a travel agent and owned and operated Avenue U Travel, Brooklyn, N.Y. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, John Lynott; four children, Terry De- Novellis of Jackson, Laura Esemplare of Old Bridge, John Lynott of Jackson, and…

  • Official has fond memories of Jackson resident

    With the recent death of Edith Kirkland at age 87, Jackson has lost a very good friend. Age was just a number to Edith and she kept on going as long as she was able. I remember seeing her dance at the senior center’s St. Paddy’s party and she looked wonderful. I know I speak…

  • U.S. should treat veterans with respect

    My nephew, U.S. Army Sgt. Coleman Bean, died earlier this month. He was 25 and he took his own life. Coleman signed up for the Army on Sept. 5, 2001. He was with the 173rd Airborne and parachuted into Iraq at the start of the invasion. He served his country honorably and was discharged in…

  • Only female in house blitzed again by the football season

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH At long last and without further adieu, the football season is upon us, and as the only female in a houseful of football nuts, I’m handling it about as well as a quarterback who just got blitzed. Whatever the heck that means. At the risk of being shunned…

  • Westlake adult community makes certain Sept. 11 is special

    For many (people) the date Sept. 11 brings tears, anxiety and a mixture of emotions too powerful to completely understand. I, like many of the Sept. 11 family members, endure these feelings daily as pictures, conversations and news clips constantly remind us of our losses. But throughout the rush of emotions and the anxiety of…

  • Stop this automated madness!

    Around Town • AMY ROSEN Some people may think I am a fairly normal person, but if they only knew that I harbor feelings of contempt based on one’s voice alone, a hatred for a life form I have never met in person, they might change their mind. This atypical feeling of hostility that occurs…

  • Howell Planning Board member clarifies his recent statement

    In my recent letter (“Housing for Seniors Should Be Approved,” Tri-Town News, Aug. 28) I had stated, “We do not need more stores on Route 9.” This was an error on my part. As a member of the Planning Board, this was not a proper statement. I meant that we do not need retail stores…

  • Sadie A. Coleman

    Mrs. Coleman, 85, of Hazlet, died Sept. 4, 2008, at Care One in Jackson. Before her retirement, she was a phone operator for AT&T and a cook at the Red Roof Tavern, Holmdel. She was predeceased by her husband, James, in 1991; two brothers, Sam and Joseph Trombino; and a daughter-in-law, Joyce Coleman. She is…

  • Drinking age debate important to future of young lives

    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 emotional development. What we know…