Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • More examination needed for numbers at intersection

    The accident statistics for the intersection of County Line Road and Route 9 in Lakewood (“Accident Numbers Help Tell Story of Intersection,” Tri-Town News, July 24, 2008) are important but hard to interpret in the absence of other comparable statistics. We need the same details on other intersections along Route 9 that may or may…

  • A $50 donation can buy a lot of pet kibble

    GREG BEAN Coda There are a lot of responsibilities that come with having a pet, but one of the most difficult is fulfilling the part of the implied contract that says you will make difficult decisions for the animal that the animal can’t make for itself. In our family’s case, that has meant deciding when…

  • This sure isn’t a ‘Brady Bunch’ kind of moment

    LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? Ah July, the heart of the summer. As we bask in the sun, sipping lemonade and anticipating whether or not the grasshoppers will get full before they finish off the butterfly bush, one thing lingers on the forefront of everyone’s mind — the family vacation. When I think of…

  • Rayshaun Tyrone Morgan

    Rayshaun Tyrone Morgan Rayshaun Tyrone Morgan Rayshaun Tyrone Morgan, 28, son of Angel Marie Morgan and Eric Green was born on Nov. 12, 1979 in Lakewood, N.J. and departed this world on Thursday, July 17, 2008. Rayshaun was raised in Lakewood and attended the Lakewood Township School System and furthered his education at Edison Job…

  • One thing’s for sure: these liberals are easily offended

    DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson — a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist — and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: I have an admission to make, Old Pal. This may get me drummed out of…

  • Illegals are responsibility of their governments

    Illegals are exactly that, lawbreakers. What is all of the nitpicking about? If they want to live and work here, they have to abide by our laws. They have to be documented and proceed with the process of becoming legal. This means paying taxes and obeying the laws of the United States. Paying sales tax…

  • A call for fair play in this political back and forth

    DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: We’ve been writing these Red/Blue columns for months now, and there’s a housekeeping issue we…

  • State Legislature must act now to stay in the open space race

    New Jersey voters have repeatedly raised their own taxes to preserve the state’s dwindling open spaces and natural lands. But New Jersey is now in danger of running out of preservation funding for the first time in decades. The Legislature must act before mid-August to place an open space ballot question before voters this November.…

  • Speaker praised for taking RCA issue out of the courts

    Over the past week we have heard many predictions of destruction and doom with calls for resistance from towns vowing to fight the recent legislative action to ban Regional Contribution Agreements (RCA) – the loophole in our fair housing law that for two decades allowed New Jersey’s wealthiest towns to pay poor communities to take…