Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Ocean County Library set to host student film fest

    Ocean County Library will hold its first Student Film Festival at 6 p.m. March 30 at the Toms River branch, 101 Washington St., Toms River. The Student Film Festival is the result of a collaborative effort between student filmmakers, Ocean County schools, Ocean County Library, Ocean County College and the Ocean County Cultural and Heritage…

  • Pupils earn honors at competition

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – There are gators in the St. Aloysius School, Bennetts Mills Road, but they are not the kind of gators one might imagine. Principal Elizabeth O’Connor said, “The teachers and staff of St. Aloysius have many reasons to be proud of their prekindergarten through grade…

  • Greg Bean

    Coda A powerful story that may change your life Here’s a secret about people in the news business. While readers sometimes assume we’re callous and opportunistic, we’re often deeply affected by the news we report. I remember the first murder I covered. After I’d gotten the necessary facts for a story – the who, what,…

  • Lori Clinch

    Are We There Yet? Letting the house stay grubby out of love I’ve decided to let my home stay grubby out of love for my children.Some may think that’s just an excuse, and most likely they are clean people. But I’ve noticed that I’m a much better person when I’m not stressing about a jelly…

  • Patricia A. Miller

    Ocean View Farewell to an Ocean County tradition It looked like business as usual at the General Stores Unlimited on Brick Boulevard last week. The wall outside the Brick Township landmark was studded with Easter wreaths and other signs of spring. But once inside, it was glaringly obvious that things had changed. The massive, old-fashioned…

  • Study results needed before making decision

    Amid the recent, unnecessary hysteria regarding future 911 calls going unanswered if certain legislation isn’t passed immediately, let’s take a few deep breaths and discuss the situation rationally. Can New Jersey’s emergency medical service (EMS) system stand improvement? Absolutely. Can the solution be found in hastily mandating narrowly worded bills that likely would cause the…

  • Legislation is worthy of New Jersey residents’ support

    I think most of us are aware that a major reason our property taxes are so high is that we are funding not only our own local schools, but also the Abbott district schools. Parents who believe that dissolving the Abbott districts will benefit us locally are absolutely right. However, we can’t expect Trenton to…

  • Student achievers presented to FRHSD school board

    Six students from the Freehold Regional High School District will be among the young adults honored when the Monmouth County Dr. Norman Field Student Recognition Program is held at Colts Neck High School on March 29. At a recent meeting of the FRHSD Board of Education, the district’s honored students were presented. These student achievers…

  • Lakewood drama students will stage musical ‘Sugar’

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer LAKEWOOD – Murder, love triangles and cross dressing are the elements commonly found in the art of today’s pop culture. While critics continue to dispute the sexually implicit and violent content of this era, others may refute that these social ills have been ingrained in American…