Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Change is not inevitable

    In the News Mark Rosman I am certain that Americans will never learn to get along. Although we face threats from beyond our borders that can destroy our society, we are too busy turning against each other to do anything about it. That point was driven home to me by a couple of incidents over…

  • Act locally, or warm globally

    Anytime a problem has the word “global” in it, it’s easy to be frightened off. A global problem is too big for us to impact here at the local level, right? Some New Jersey leaders recognize that global warming is the product of countless local decisions. So it’s completely appropriate – and necessary – for…

  • Better explanation needed on Jackson school budget

    Paul Mayerowitz Guest Column A recent letter from the Finance Committee of the Jackson Board of Education tried to set the record straight about half-truths and the board’s budgeting practices. It wanted to make sure that everyone knew the truth. Although the election for the budget has been concluded at this point and these comments…

  • Firing of Circuit City employees irks resident

    Shame on Circuit City Stores Inc. who fired 3,400 of its highest paid hourly workers and will hire replacements willing to work for less. It is people like this that require a labor union. I will never shop at a Circuit City store. I welcome Best Buy to Howell. Paul Schneider Howell

  • Greg Bean

    Coda Pension fund fiasco is Enron on the Delaware For a while, it looked like Monmouth and Middlesex counties were developing a monopoly on political corruption and sleight of hand. In Monmouth County, there were so many bribes being paid to politicians at local bars and restaurants the bad guys had to buy brown paper…

  • Elaine Straughn

    Guest Column Residents must speak up about looming development I urge all residents to look on the Jackson Township municipal Web site at www.jacksontwpnj.net and check out the Planning Board agenda. Once you see what is on tap for our town, I hope you will join in the fight against the coming insanity which will…

  • Jackson’s master plan needs overhaul now

    Anyone driving through Jackson on Veterans Highway (Route 528) or on Toms River Road (Route 571) may have noticed that the once rural character of the area is disappearing, fast. Jackson, being the state’s third largest municipality with close proximity to two major cities and the availability of large, untouched tracts of land, has enticed…

  • Residents cannot afford to ‘wait and see’

    Maybe your article “Residents Complain About Backyard Water Woes” (Tri-Town News, March 29, 2007) had to leave out details due to space, but I shudder to read that residents in developments with problems are “taking a wait-and-see approach,” or that they worry that their warranty deadlines are about up and nothing’s been done. A builder…