Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Flaherty appointed to seat on school board in Howell

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – Members of the Howell Board of Education have chosen David Flaherty to fill an open seat on the school board. Flaherty, a sergeant with the Howell Police Department, was sworn in to office at the Sept. 26 board meeting. He was appointed to fill the seat of former…

  • Career night, open house at automotive academy

    To illustrate the rapid evolution of American cars, the Automotive Technology Academy at Manalapan High School, Church Lane, Manalapan, will showcase a large display of antique and classic cars at its annual Career Night/Open House on Oct. 16 between 6- 9 p.m. (rain date is Oct. 18). The program, open to the public, provides students…

  • Guidelines for recess put in place

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – In an effort to address the inconsistencies associated with the way recess has been handled in Howell public schools, the Board of Education has established guidelines for all schools to follow. The guidelines are not policy or a mandate. Instead, they are the board’s way of examining whether…

  • 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…

  • Sometimes in relationships things are just ‘meant to be’

    CLARE MARIE CELANO Girl Talk There’s a Yiddish expression I fell in love with the moment I heard it – beshert. It means “meant to be.” Like karma and serendipity, this phenomenon is nothing less than a message from God. Sometimes beshert comes to us as intimate relationships, friends, lovers, angels even, on our path…

  • They’re a real tough crowd at the table

    LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? It has become painfully obvious here at the Clinches’ abode that my culinary skills fall on empty yet unappreciative stomachs. My baked mutton has gone to waste, the praise for my casseroles lacks luster, and no one but no one seems to adore my seven bean casserole. It’s hard…

  • Parent facing stiff penalties for assault

    The parent of a Colts Neck Pop Warner League football player has provided his hometown children’s league and the state of New Jersey with its latest youth sports black eye. It is another in a growing litany of parents behaving poorly in front of children. On Sept. 30 after Pop Warner youth football play at…

  • Feral cats need humane help

    Oct. 16, 2007, will mark the seventh annual National Feral Cat Day. To learn how to save the lives of feral cats and to humanely trap, spay, neuter, vaccinate, treat and help adopt out strays and kittens in the feral population, please contact the Web site www.wildaboutcats.com or write 7920 Norfolk Ave., Suite 600, Bethesda,…

  • Committeeman Francis was a fine representative of Plumsted

    It was with a bittersweet touch of irony that I noticed the sign on Route 539 as I drove home from the decoy show in Tuckerton on Sept. 29. The sign read “It’s a ducky weekend” and I spotted it the same day that Plumsted Deputy Mayor Kenneth H. Francis left this earth. I couldn’t…