Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Are We There Yet?

    Grandkids don’t fit into their busy plans Lori Clinch Are We There Yet?Grandkids don’t fit into their busy plans Lori Clinch   Just for fun, the boys and I thought we’d pay my mother a visit last Thursday. Although she’ll tell you otherwise, Mom just loves it when I bring the kids by. For kicks…

  • Coda

    Here’s another law that motorists will just ignore Greg Bean Here’s another law that motorists will just ignoreGreg Bean   Nine. That’s the number of people I saw talking on their cell phones while driving on my way to work this morning. Of the nine, one was a lady talking on the cell phone while…

  • Time has come for Jackson to tackle overdevelopment

    Gregory Auriemma Guest Column Gregory AuriemmaGuest Column Unprecedented massive develop-ment is riding high on a money-fueled, fast-tracked freight-train in Jackson. It runs rough-shod over Jackson’s quality of life and challenges neighboring communities, too. In response, there has arisen a strong, collective voice that rivals the best tradition of populist challenge and change. It is the…

  • Many cultures on display at International Festival

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Before they could treat their taste buds to a variety of ethnic foods (r), Howell High School students dropped off the dishes prior to the start of the April 26 International Festival. Meryl Norych, supervisor of the school’s Classical and World…

  • Dey, Lackay take board seats

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – The Board of Education welcomed a new member and a returning member at its reorganization meeting last week. As new member Sharon Dey and returning member Linda Lackay took their seats at the dais, Business Administrator Gregory J. Brennan presented the certified results from…

  • District gets boost from state grant

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – The Jackson School District has won a $500,000 competitive grant to enhance and expand in-district programs for students with disabilities. The news was welcomed by Board of Education members, Superintendent of Schools Thomas Gialanella and Laurie Keats, the district’s grant coordinator. “To win a…

  • New Egypt Primary School teacher, principal win grants

    PLUMSTED – The New Jersey Education Association has awarded Julie Schad of the New Egypt Primary School a grant in the amount of $8,200. Schad, a first-year ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, won the grant for her proposal of an adult literacy program in New Egypt. According to information provided by the school…

  • Police investigate incident involving stranger in car

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL – Pupils at the Newbury and Taunton schools were sent home with a notice on April 30 alerting parents to a report police had received from a parent in the Candlewood section of Howell who told police he had seen a man in a car…

  • Club celebrates 10 years of public speaking help

    Almost 75 people feted the Free-hold Phrasers Toastmasters Club at a special dinner meeting held on April 18 at the Freehold Gardens Hotel and Conference Center, Freehold Township, in recognition of the club’s 10th anniversary. The event was officially opened by the presentation of colors by the Old Bridge High School Air Force JROTC honor…