Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Shameless shills

    Don’t be fooled by the recent spate of announcements and press releases by socalled professionals that tout the importance of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township. What might appear to be genuine, scientific endorsements for the relicensing of the oldest nuclear plant in the United States are anything but. Consider the fledgling…

  • Obituaries

    Daniel “Dusty” Annachini Mr. Annachini, 80, of Old Bridge, died July 21, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement, he was a butcher at Kosher Meat Market, Old Bridge. His companion, Martha Tomaszewski, died in 2003. Surviving are a son, Frank Tomaszewski, and his wife, Geraldine, of East Brunswick;…

  • Clifton showed leadership on reform

    Iattended the Aug. 9 Monmouth County Board of Freeholders meeting where the freeholders passed the strongest pay-to-play and wheeling ban in New Jersey. I would like to applaud the efforts of Freeholder Rob Clifton who took heat from the press for “killing reform” a few weeks before. He was being criticized, in fact, even as…

  • People may be Jackson Township’s real endangered species

    As a resident of Jackson I can truly understand the necessity to preserve our natural habitat and prevent the cutting down of trees, saving the birds and snakes natural to our habitat as well as the wetlands and the waterways leading into and from Toms River, but I am also concerned about the upcoming growth…

  • Mom goes above and beyond the call of duty

    LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? When our boys were little, they used to hold my hand on the way to their sporting events. My presence was not only welcome at their contests, it was crucial. They wanted me at their practices and in the bleachers during their games. No sitting in the car and…

  • School security remains key topic for educators

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Correspondent School is just around the corner and local officials are moving from their summer schedules to discuss safety issues that local schools will face when their doors open in September. State Assemblyman Michael Panter (D-Monmouth and Mercer) invited local school officials and law enforcement personnel of the 12th District to…

  • Residents feel bite of property revaluation

    MARK ROSMAN In the News Like many other people throughout western Monmouth County and New Jersey, the residents of the Surrey Downs adult community off of Route 524 in Howell are concerned about the amount of property taxes they pay. A recent revaluation of all properties in Howell has, in some cases, added a significant…

  • Jackson H.S. student wins journalism award

    Melissa Marini, daughter of Anne and Leon Marini of Jackson, has been named a United States national award winner in journalism and will appear in the 2007 United States Achievement Academy’s (USAA) official yearbook, which is published nationally. Melissa, a student at Jackson Memorial High School, was nominated for the award by teacher Bruce Miller.…

  • Benefit golf tournament slated for Sept. 5

    The Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Ocean (ADACO) and the Lakewood Rotary Club Foundation will host its annual golf tournament Sept. 5 at Eagle Ridge Golf Club, Lakewood. The proceeds raised from the event will benefit the substance abuse prevention and education programs of ADACO. Registration for the tournament will begin at 11:30 a.m.…