Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Howell Middle School North to perform ‘Aladdin Jr.’

    HOWELL – Seventh-grader Ethan Riepe and sixth-grader Alina Zimmerman will play the roles of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine in the Howell Middle School North Drama Club’s production of Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” The show will be presented May 15- 16 at 7 p.m. at Howell Middle School North, 501 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road. “Aladdin Jr.” is based on…

  • Gov. Corzine should not close Brendan Byrne State Forest

    The 36,000-acre Brendan Byrne State Forest in Ocean and Burlington counties is an outdoor enthusiast’s haven. This state park is also on the list of nine New Jersey parks to be closed by the governor on July 1 to save the state money. The park is the focal point for many outdoor activities and attracts…

  • Senior has made most of high school career

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD – In a search to escape what he said was the “monotonous, dull” scholastic life East Brunswick High School had to offer, Armand Rook Reyes, 17, transferred from that Middlesex County school to Lakewood High School as a freshman four years ago. In his discovery for diversity, Armand, who…

  • EMS volunteers are urgently needed throughout New Jersey

    The approach of national EMS Week (May 18-24) provides a timely opportunity to remind the public of the need for EMS volunteers. Every day illnesses, New Jersey’s aging population and congested roads tax our already-overstretched emergency health-care system, and the demand for frontline responders will only increase. Now consider the nationwide shortage of EMS responders…

  • Social Security benefits can help with cost of prescription drugs

    People all over the country are helping their moms save as much as $3,600 per year on the cost of prescription drugs. You can, too. We all know the high cost of medicine can be a burden on mothers who have limited income and resources. But there is extra help – available through Social Security…

  • Your mom is calling – Mother Nature, that is

    Spring is in the air. If you haven’t gotten outdoors already, are you at least thinking about it? Getting a little exercise, starting your yard work, or releasing the pressure valve on your kids’ cabin fever? This spring, the New Jersey Audubon Society (NJAS) is making it easier than ever to enjoy the great outdoors.…

  • Red State/Blue State

    For some, it’s down to the lesser of two weasels 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 GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: I hate to…

  • Coda

    Throng of readers responds to Sears service challenge GREG BEAN Some days I come to work, click on my computer, and I can actually feel The Force flowing into me from my keyboard. Gregory Bean is executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. You can reach him at [email protected]. That’s the way it’s been for more…

  • Are We There Yet?

    Dad says: Where did all the stinking money go? LORI CLINCH Now and then there comes a time when the bills pile up, the funds run low, and it seems as if our empty bank accounts ring with a hollow, cavernous echo. Lori Clinch is the mother of four sons and the author of the…