Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Let school officials hear opinions on phone plan

    L et the debate begin — and we say that in a way that is meant to foster public discourse on an issue that must be dealt with: cell phones in schools. On July 28, the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education introduced a policy that will prohibit students from keeping cell phones…

  • Hot summer dreams keep rolling through my mind

    GREG BEAN Coda I’m sitting out on the deck looking over my backyard in the dark of a hot summer night. The air is thick and close, and if I close my eyes, I can almost imagine I’ve been transported to an earlier, almost antediluvian time. The canopy of leaves on the big trees in…

  • Director: Upgrades at airport will be a boost to Lakewood

    Your Turn BERT ALBERT Guest Column The Lakewood Airport Authority is pleased to announce that Lakewood Airport has received approval to proceed with projects for fiscal year 2008 amounting to $800,000. Improving the facilities at the local airport has many benefits both to the fliers and the community. For the pilot/owners of the aircraft based…

  • She’s giving it her awl for a pair of shutters

    LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? My husband is a building contractor. With construction as his name and fortitude as his game, he can build a home that mere mortals only dream of. His tools are shiny, his speed square is superb, and with enough knowledge to rival Bob Vila, his walls are to die…

  • John F. Spinosa

    Mr. Spinosa, 91, of Manalapan, died Aug. 2, 2008, at The Chelsea at Manalapan. He lived in Jackson and then in Florida for 30 years before moving to Manalapan a year ago. Mr. Spinosa served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and was a salesman for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in Brooklyn, N.Y., before retiring.…

  • Eugene (Gee) B. Randolph

    Mr. Randolph, 42, who lived most of his life in Freehold, died June 13, 2008, at Kent General Hospital, Dover, Del. A 1984 graduate of Freehold Regional High School, he was employed as a chef and was involved with harness racing throughout the United States and Canada. Mr. Randolph was predeceased by his father, Eugene,…

  • Anne (Danehy) D’Amico

    Anne D’Amico, 90, of Lakewood, died July 15, 2008, at Regency Park Nursing Center in Hazlet. She was an account clerk for the Daily News in New York City for many years. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Joanne and Thomas Cataneo of Middletown; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral services, under the direction…

  • Patricia A. McGuire

    Miss McGuire, 70, of Lakewood, died July 17, 2008. She was a retired space planner at AT&T, where she was employed for 42 years. Prior to that, she was employed at Western Electric. She was predeceased by a brother, John “Jack” J. McGuire. She is survived by a sister, Bernadette “Bunny” McGuire of Middletown; a…

  • Joseph “Benny” Castronova Jr.

    Mr. Castronova, 72, of Freehold Township, died July 24, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was the manager of the garden center at Brock Farms in Freehold Township for the past 46 years. Mr. Castronova is survived by two brothers, Dominic and George, both of Freehold Township; two sisters, Mary Surgent of Freehold…