Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Additional study is needed on Jackson’s first aid situation

    Iwas pleased to read the article “Council Waiting for Info on Possible EMS Switch” in the Tri-Town News on Nov. 1. As a concerned citizen in Jackson, I would prefer a careful study of the EMS crisis, rather than a rush to judgment. I agree that Mayor Mark Seda and the Township Council should carefully…

  • Students team with adviser to craft series of 1-act plays

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Jackson Memorial High School students Jerica Young (l), as Carly, and Jursy Wallace, as Blake, perform in a one-act play that was written by Young and included thoughts and ideas from fellow JMHS students. JACKSON – High school drama students are not only performing in plays these days,…

  • Ruby Marjorie Layton

    Mrs. Layton, 77, of Howell, died Oct. 30, 2007, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. She was a lifelong resident of Howell and a homemaker. Mrs. Layton is survived by her husband of 57 years, John Layton; a son, John Layton Jr. of Howell; a daughter, Janet Layton of Howell; a brother, James; three sisters, Virginia,…

  • James M. Pettit

    Mr. Pettit, 72, of Jackson, died Oct. 25, 2007, at home. Born in Oceanside, N.Y., he had resided in Jackson for the past 25 years. Mr. Pettit was a financial analyst for Ansell Healthcare, Red Bank, before his retirement. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a communicant of St. Robert Bellmarine Roman Catholic Church,…

  • Helen Domanski Delaney

    Mrs. Delaney, 96, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 28, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are three nieces, Aldona Mazur and Dolores Domanski, both of East Brunswick, and Patricia Domanski of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a nephew, Joseph Domanski, and his wife, Cindy, of Jackson; and a sister-inlaw, Bertha Domanski of East Brunswick.…

  • Edward Furlong

    Mr. Furlong, 86, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Oct. 22, 2007, at home. Surviving are his wife, Mary “Mae” Riley Furlong; a daughter, Linda Patterson, and her husband, Hunt, of Glen Gardner; four sons, Edward, and his wife, Andrea, of Evergreen, Colo., Gerald, and his wife, Maryann, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., Gordon, and…

  • Alice Lezniewicz Martishewski

    Mrs. Martishewski, 76, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 19, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to her retirement in 1996, she was employed with ITT Continental Baking, East Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Albert Martishewski. Surviving are a son, Brian Martishewski of Spotswood; a daughter, Karen Lopez, and her…

  • Jean M. Matikonis Watson

    Mrs. Watson, 58, of Spotswood, died Oct. 24, 2007, in Haven Hospice, Edison. She was employed as an office manager at Ehrich & Ehrich Landscape Architects, Cranbury, where she worked for 20 years. She was predeceased in 2000 by her twin brother, James Paul Matikonis. Surviving are her husband, Thomas Watson; a daughter, Lorrin Burrows…

  • School administrators offer annual assessment

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – How well the Jackson School District is doing and how it can improve was the main theme behind the recent State of the Schools meeting held by the Board of Education. Board President Marvin Krakower said the presentation of the State of the Schools is a time to…