Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Family is grateful for community’s support

    To all who contributed big or small to the “Crazy for Candace” benefit fundraiser on April 20 at the Howell Fire Department, thank you, thank you all. My name is Margaret Widner, the mother of little Candace. Both my husband, Andrew, and I want to thank everyone for making it a huge success. Without all…

  • Gas hike fails to prompt pols to push for rail

    Casually ask some mayors, council members or Senate and Assembly persons in Monmouth and Middlesex counties their opinion concerning constructing a New Jersey Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex passenger rail line and you’ll probably see them taking two careful steps backward. Frightened and crouching in a protective stance, they are obviously intimidated by the “not in my…

  • Housing rules penalize New Jersey companies for creating jobs

    New Jersey’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) recently adopted revised rules that went into effect on June 2. While providing for affordable housing is a good cause, these changes will have a devastating impact on economic development efforts in New Jersey and discourage employers from growing jobs. This comes at a time when New Jersey’s…

  • Teens gain knowledge of fragile nature of life

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Lakewood High School students have released 25 brook trout in the upper reaches of the Toms River at the Forest Resource Education Center in Jackson. The release of the brook trout was part of the Ocean County Soil Conservation District’s "Trout in the Classroom" program. Terry O’Leary of the Forest…

  • Red State/Blue State

    Where’s a good ray-zapper when you really need one? DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN 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: Honestly, Old Pal, I could eat this stuff up…

  • Coda

    Dealers were a testament to conspicuous consumption GREG BEAN Back in the days when I was a court reporter, I covered the trial of a Colombian drug importer who had made a fortune bringing South American cocaine to this country and selling it to more-than-willing clients. Gregory Bean is executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers.…

  • Are We There Yet?

    Quack, quack, I want my darned seat back! LORI CLINCH I’m beginning to wonder if I’m spending too much time with my children. I first became suspicious of this fact one evening as I attended a birthday party. The night was young, the moon was high, and laughter filled the air. Since seating was tight,…

  • Girl Talk

    Words that aren’t said may hurt more than those spoken CLARE MARIE CELANO While listening to my car radio, I caught the chorus of John Mayer’s new song, “Say,” which goes, “Say what you mean to say,” over and over and over. I flipped to another station, thinking, what’s up with this song, John? Clare…

  • GREEN SCENE

    June in the garden … a cultivated eye Gardening is an antidote to the rigors of daily life, and container gardening continues to be an excellent way to introduce “outdoor decorators” to the joys of growing plants. Budding green thumbs will have a terrific opportunity for creativity, beauty and great fun in the garden Novelty…