Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Courtyard dedication thrills school

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer TOYNETT HALL A statue of Rocky, Greenville School’s mascot, was unveiled before parents, pupils and staff members during a rededication of the school’s north courtyard. See story, page 19. HOWELL – The dream of the Greenville School PTO to have an area outside the building where classes can take place…

  • Dog training facility is providing a service to customers

    It’s been almost three years now that I come into Howell on a regular basis. I stop and pick up groceries, I fill my car with gas and often I meet others and we go out to dinner. If the zoning board has their way, I will no longer be a patron of any business…

  • There’s no substitute for experience on the road

    GREG BEAN Coda Last week, there was yet another story in one of our newspapers about a teenager killed in a horrific auto accident. This time the accident happened in East Brunswick near the Brunswick Square Mall. Dead was 16-year-old Dana Centanni of Middletown. Badly injured was 16-yearold Lindsay Capatasto, also of Middletown. As of…

  • Resident says silent majority stands behind board

    There has been a concerted and vicious effort by a small group of people who were outvoted in the last Plumsted Board of Education election. Their agenda has been to pressure the board into doing what they want, rather than what the voters mandated and what is best for the community. This “vocal minority” has…

  • Her short-term memory is at a serious deficit

    LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? In my youth, I was a detail gal. I knew who I was, who others were and where I was going at all times. I rarely found myself in the middle of town wondering how I’d gotten there and why I’d come. I never once ran into the kitchen…

  • Work for government would pay property tax obligation

    Pay no property tax. When a government job is open, you work it until your property tax obligation is met. Since do-it-yourself government service requires no salary, no salary taxation, no health insurance, no pension, no sick days, no personal days, no paid holidays and no paid vacation, the cost of this government position is…

  • Sticker initiative worth consideration

    We support an idea put forth by Jackson Township Councilman Angelo Stallone that asks parents of new drivers to voluntarily place a sticker on their car that will clearly identify the driver as the holder of a provisional driver’s license. The past several months have produced a shocking and very disturbing number of motor vehicle…

  • Consider how town could have used money

    What could a township do with half a million dollars? Let’s think about this. If the township just happened to be Jackson, maybe they could have used this money to spray for gypsy moths so thousands of trees would not have been destroyed. Now mind you, you wouldn’t have had to even use it all,…

  • Without bedrock voters, the party’s all but over

    GREG BEAN Coda Afriend of mine, who’s also a newspaper columnist, lives in one of those red states, and is about as conservative as they come. I’ve always figured I was fairly conservative, but this guy’s dedication to the core philosophy puts mine to shame. Even mention Ronald Reagan’s name in his presence and he…