Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Plumsted voters reject school spending proposals

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer PLUMSTED – The fate of school finances for the 2007-08 school year is now in the hands of the Township Committee. Residents rejected four of five budget questions the Board of Education had placed on the April 17 ballot. Question No. 1 asked residents to vote…

  • Students’ interest sparked by fire prevention posters

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – A fire prevention poster contest winner from St. Aloysius School will be moving on to compete at the county level. Fifth-grade pupils from St. Aloysius School, Bennetts Mill Road, recently participated in the second annual fire prevention poster contest sponsored by the New Jersey…

  • Two claim board seats; Jackson budget rejected

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Voters have made their decision and two seats on the Board of Education dais have been filled. Winning three-year terms on Election Day, April 17, were Sharon Dey, 1,832 votes, and Linda Lackay, who was re-elected with 1,681 votes. Falling short in their bids…

  • Howell council has task to review school budget

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – The Howell Board of Education’s budget for the 2007-08 school year is now in the hands of the Township Council. On April 17, voters rejected a general fund tax levy of $61.4 million to support the board’s $108.6 million budget for the 2007-08 school…

  • School budgets take hit in four districts

    “The inequity that once existed among New Jersey’s school districts has been turned on its ear. In some cases Abbott districts now outspend more affluent districts…” The vagaries that make up New Jersey’s school budget voting experience were on full display in the April 17 school election. There really is no logical way to account…

  • Girl Talk

    Heartbreak can allow our hearts to grow Clare Marie Celano There’s a great dialogue exchange between John Cusack and Diane Lane in the movie “Must Love Dogs.” Cusack, newly divorced, is on an Internet date with Lane, also divorced. Instead of small talk on this first date, Cusack opts to spill his guts telling Lane…

  • Obituaries

    Phyllis F. Fantasia Hansen Mrs. Hansen, 59, of Eatontown, died April 10, 2007, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Born in Jersey City, she resided in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge 25 years, prior to relocating to Eatontown three years ago. She was a homemaker. Prior to that, she was employed at…

  • Coda

    Even the old news dogs are learning new tricks Greg Bean My first month in the news business, I fell into the middle of a technical revolution that was making the old news hounds miserable. That month, the publisher (a squinty-eyed fellow with a heart the size of a pea) decided to throw out the…

  • Supporters made charity event in Jackson a success for young girl

    “There was so much effort made on this child’s behalf and the good people of Jackson didn’t let us down.” As the president of the MOMS Club of Jackson East and a co-sponsor of the Easter egg hunt fundraiser for a 3-year-old Jackson girl who is battling leukemia, I want to thank everyone who gave…