Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Youngsters delve into a world of dinosaurs

    BY BARI FAYE SIEGEL Correspondent Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Everyone knows the answer to that question! BARI FAYE SIEGEL Alex Siegel (l) and Evan Rosenstock examine a fossil at the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center, Howell. Want a harder one? What lived 65 million years ago but never lived in the sea…

  • Perfect together: New Jersey and who?

    For many Garden State residents, it looks as though “New Jersey and You” are no longer perfect together. A recent report by Rutgers University uncovers an alarming exodus of residents from this state we’re in. Titled “Where Have All the Dollars Gone? An Analysis of New Jersey Migration Patterns,” the report was published earlier this…

  • Lawmakers pass new school-funding formula

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Lawmakers in the state Senate and General Assembly narrowly passed a bill that would radically alter the way that state aid is apportioned to local school districts, after a tooth-and-nail struggle that, as one assemblyman observed, fell mostly along geographic lines. The bills, S-4000 andA-500, are the result of weeks…

  • Pinelands region faring well in economic picture

    Guest Column JOHN C. STOKES The wisest decisions can be the hardest to make. In the late 1970s, state and federal legislators made a very wise, but controversial decision to protect the million-acre Pinelands region in southern New Jersey. Among other criticisms, some opponents feared that the comprehensive plan to protect the region’s natural, cultural…

  • Raising tolls is not the answer to New Jersey’s financial problems

    Gov. Jon Corzine’s plan to dramatically raise tolls to help repay New Jersey’s debt is just very poor public policy. Raising tolls on the more efficient toll roads will only encourage people to use less efficient back roads and alternate roads. Adriver can reach almost any point in the state using free roads. From Manalapan…

  • Red State/Blue State

    It’s my column, and I’ll cry if I want to 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’m fighting back…

  • Coda

    Men’s brains aren’t cut out for detailed memory GREG BEAN Whenever my wife and I take a romantic walk down memory lane, remembering our years together as a couple, it always feels a little like tiptoeing through a minefield. One wrong step and BOOM! – you’re blown clean off the river. We’ll be looking into…

  • Marie Murdy

    Mrs. Murdy, 81, of Howell, died Jan. 19, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was born in Newark and had lived in Hazlet before moving to Howell more than 40 years ago. Mrs. Murdy was an avid photographer who also loved gardening. She was predeceased by her husband, John G., on Jan.…

  • Mary Eileen Conroy Kotch

    Mrs. Kotch, 73, of Middletown, died Jan. 11, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was a secretary at Catholic Charities, Red Bank. Mrs. Kotch is survived by her husband, John M. Kotch Sr.; two daughters and one son-inlaw, Christine and Gary Bissett of Howell, and Kathryn Kotch…