Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Wanda Bernice Janczewska

    Mrs. Janczewska, 94, of Howell, died April 13, 2008, at the Freehold home of her son and daughter-in-law, Stosh and Deanie Janczewski. She was born in Chicago and lived in Poland until moving back to the United States and settling in Howell in 1947.Mrs. Janczewska was a seamstress in Freehold and Howell until her retirement…

  • Help feral cats through public education and Trap-Neuter-Return

    Arguably, the greatest hurdle to managing the cat overpopulation crisis in New Jersey is the public’s noncompliance in spaying and neutering companion cats and allowing them (especially unaltered ones) to roam free. It is these actions, or lack thereof, that provides a constant “supply” of cats, which adds to and increases the outdoor cat population.…

  • Howard J. Ketcham

    Mr. Ketcham, 85, a 60-year resident of Farmingdale, died April 17, 2008, at Jersey Shore UniversityMedical Center, Neptune. Before his retirement in 1988, he was a truck driver and crane operator for New Jersey Gravel and Sand Co., Wall, and a part-time worker for Ed Brown at Allaire Airport inWall. Mr. Ketcham was predeceased by…

  • Local teams producing positive early-season results on the field

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer Abbey Houston was nothing short of brilliant as the New Egypt High School softball team rolled to a 3-0 shutout victory over Manchester Monday afternoon in an Ocean County Tournament first-round game. Houston overpowered the Manchester lineup, striking out 12 batters and allowing just one hit as the Lady Warriors,…

  • Jackson resident supporting Porter for town council

    Election time has come around again in Jackson and, more than usual, politics as practiced here is the name of the game. I have lived in Jackson for 30 years and have voted in every election held in this town since then. Nothing much has changed that I can see except that it keeps getting…

  • Sports Shorts

    Parade Magazine officially released its 32nd All-America team on Sunday in newspapers across the country. Rutgers women’s basketball saw its five incoming freshmen land on the first three squads. April Sykes (Crawford, Miss.) was named to the first team after averaging 25.5 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists for East Oktibbeha High School this past…

  • Resident wants accounting of open space tax money

    The Ocean County open space tax is said to generate $12 million to $13 million a year. This tax has been collected from the taxpayers of New Jersey since 2000. More than $100,000,000 has been collected in the past eight years. How is this money being spent? According to recent records, Jackson (the largest township…

  • Lakewood baseball still trying to find its way

    Piners have a 1-6 record BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer While the Lakewood High School baseball team has struggled through the first quarter of the season, there have been a couple of players who have provided bright spots for the Piners.   Seniors Chris Guzman and John Sanchez are both off to fast starts for…

  • New Jersey needs a department of agriculture

    I think it is a tremendous embarrassment that the people of the state of New Jersey could be so very egotistical and arrogant as to think that it is not important to have one and one-half thousandths of a percent (.0015 percent) of the state’s budget dedicated to a department of agriculture. Food is the…