Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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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.…
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Councilwoman addresses school bus times
Iwould like to address several points that were recently raised about Jackson municipal officials in another newspaper. First, my salary as a councilwoman is a gross pay of $722.33 per month (net $580.41 per month); my salary has not increased one cent. As a matter of fact, this is the same salary that the prior…
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Residents should vote pro-eminent domain legislators out of office
Now that Assembly bill ACR 138 has been tabled, I am calling for a statewide strategy meeting to dis cuss our next step. Pressure needs to be applied to those legislators who stood in the way of eminent do main reform. While in Long Branch right now townspeople are so frustrated with the tax-and-spend mentality…
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Closer oversight was needed on road project
As if a 32 percent tax increase or a lack of accountability over gypsy moths wasn’t enough, it now ap – pears we have people on our pay roll in Jackson that just “don’t know!” I am speaking about the latest pending fines by the state Department of Environmental Protection over the Johnson Park emergency…
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Kids get demonstration of Pop-Tart etiquette
Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Lori ClinchAre We There Yet? Yesterday there were three empty packages of macaroni and cheese on the kitchen counter. We had no drinking glasses left in the cupboard. Someone had poured himself cereal, added a load of sugar and most of it had missed the bowl. There were dinner…
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Americans share history of immigration and hope
Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda It’s tough to know the exact details, because family legend sometimes takes on certain fictional properties. In other words, the family members (at least in my family) passing the legend along don’t always let facts get in the way of a good story. That said, here – according to family…
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Middlesex freeholder seeks to clarify record
I would like to respond to the letter to the editor “Middlesex Freeholder Wrong on MOM Rail Line” (Tri-Town News, June 14) written by Daniel Green, a member of the Ocean County Transportation Advisory Board. Mr. Green’s letter is critical of my position opposing the waste of public funds on any further study of the…
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Law would have an impact on New Jersey Fish and Game Council
Plumsted Township has thousands of woodland acres with hundreds of streams, ponds and lakes that have provided generations of families fishing and hunting opportunities for recreation and food supply. However, pending state legislation could change what we have all been accustomed to and enjoyed. State Assembly bill 3275 proposes major changes to the 1948 law…
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Obituaries
Phyllis Bishoff Duggan Remenar Mrs. Remenar, 85, of Lakewood, died July 18, 2007, after a lengthy illness. Born in Pueblo, Colo., she had lived in Middletown for approximately 30 years and also spent time at her home in Haines City, Fla. She graduated from Leonardo High School, Middletown, and was a homemaker. She was a…
