Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Day of reckoning is on the horizon for budget

    GREG BEAN Coda If you liked the lethiferous machinations our lawmakers employed to get a state budget passed in 2006 and 2007, I have a feeling you’ll absolutely love what’s gonna happen in 2008. Those of you who have been paying attention know that in this state we’ve been looking at budget deficits of between…

  • A community can help state’s newest drivers realize that they are not invincible

    SHEIRY MARSAY Guest Column Never has the now-overused quote, “It takes a village” been more appropriate regarding the subject of new teen drivers. Perhaps the psyche of these drivers needs review to discover why they keep blowing off the new rules and regulations adopted for their own safety. It is hard to appeal to individuals…

  • Therapy for body & spirit

    LINDA DENICOLA My Take There is an alternate world taking place most weekday mornings within the walls of the YMCAin Red Bank. It is a warm moist place that smells strongly of chlorine, and is filled with older folks who are having fun exercising, some in the warm therapeutic pool and others in the colder…

  • If you like the post office, you’ll love universal care

    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 GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: It’s the joyous holiday season, old friend, and there’s a…

  • Teens need more behind-the-wheel training

    The Jackson Township Council has introduced a new way to help police identify young Jackson drivers on the road. They are going to provide stickers to young drivers to be placed on the back of their cars to let the police know that they are provisional drivers so they can keep a close eye on…

  • Coda

    ‘Tis the stressful season for us ‘guerrilla shoppers’ GREG BEAN There was a time not long ago when my wife said one of the most surprising things she’s said in over 25 years of marriage. We’d taken a Sunday drive down to Cape May, and while I was content to just drive around, gawking at…

  • Red State/Blue State

    Great thoughts from celebs on political endorsements 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. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: The Red States are abuzz…

  • In the News

    Days are melting away for Freehold landmark MARK ROSMAN Our family, like many others in the Freehold area, is trying to come to grips with the news that the Jersey Freeze ice cream stand and restaurant at Route 9 and Manalapan Avenue in Freehold will likely be gone by the end of 2008. The story…