Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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‘Easy to assemble’ is the world’s great lie
Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Lori ClinchAre We There Yet? My mother, Lord love her, called the other morning to tell me that she had bought four new kitchen chairs. Isn’t that just nice? As she talked, I pictured four matching chairs at her table just begging for guests to sit around with a…
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A New York City icon on the Green River’s banks
Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda This is a story about optimism, but before I tell it, I have to tell you a little bit about small towns in Wyoming. When I was growing up there, I went to high school in Casper, which at about 35,000 inhabitants was referred to by the folk who lived…
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Blog is one man’s view about Jackson politics
Mark Rosman In the News Mark RosmanIn the News I have noted in previous columns that I am not a big fan of Internet blogs that allow people to post comments anonymously. I think if a person has something to say, he or she should put their name to it, just as I am putting…
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Obituaries
Helen Kwiatkowski Molnar Mrs. Molnar, 95, formerly of Sayreville, died July 2, 2007, at the home she shared with her daughter in Union Beach. Her husband, George, died in 2003. Surviving are four children, Rita Manganaro of Union Beach, George of Howell, Joyce Gualtieri of Point Pleasant Beach and Richard of Midlothian, Va.; two brothers,…
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Rail service would serve region’s population
Richard Krenzel’s opposition to the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail line (“Where Is Guarantee Home Values Won’t Drop?” Tri-Town News, Letters to the Editor, July 26) appears to be based on home values and not the transportation needs of travelers. His question regarding his willingness to support the MOM line if guaranteed by reader Daniel Green…
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Mayor and council are a disappointment
I have lived in Jackson since 1967 and I was always proud to say my children were educated here and grew up here, and I also took pride in saying to friends and family that I was a Jackson resident. Jackson has wonderful schools and had excellent recreational facilities and even though it has grown…
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Safest evacuation plan is to shut down Oyster Creek nuclear plant
They are going to do their best, whether or not the “event” becomes a catastrophe. That’s what I’ve concluded from attending my fourth annual public hearing on Oyster Creek’s evacuation plan, or more correctly, the Radiological Emergency Response Plan. Even though the plan estimates the plume from a radioactive release would spread over the region…
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She’s on vacation with a Richard Simmons clone
Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Lori ClinchAre We There Yet? We’re back from our respite to the mountains, and I’m pretty sure that it’ll take me the better part of a month to feel rested. Some might think the vacation should have been relaxing. These are people who have never traveled with a spouse…
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Pet names don’t take power from a truly liberated lady
Clare Marie Celano Girl Talk Clare Marie CelanoGirl Talk A man I was very close to was fond of calling me Tinkerbell, or Tink. He also told me I was solely responsible for global warming. Here was a man who understood the power and value of balance in an intimate relationship with a woman. He…
