Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Attention must be paid to youth violence

    Christine Grimaldi’s article (“Parents’ Support Enlisted in Battle Against Gangs,” Tri-Town News, Jan. 18, 2007) brought to light an important and growing issue of concern to Jackson residents. Gangs, and more importantly, the youth violence that results from the influence of gang culture, are public health issues that affect everyone in the community. While parent…

  • Around Town

    Poignant memories are music to my ears Amy Rosen I remember playing “Taste, Touch and Smell” as a child in which a blindfolded person used their senses to determine an object before them. We’d hold cheese under my father’s nose, something he despised the smell of, and roar with laughter at his reaction. I can…

  • Writer seeks support for proposed horse law

    Anyone who has ever loved a pet or admired a beautiful animal mourned the loss of Kentucky Derby champion Barbaro, who lost his valiant battle on Jan. 29. But other horses are still suffering and they don’t have loving owners to watch over them. More than 100,000 are hauled across the country each year and…

  • Lack of application shows farmers no respect

    I have just come home from the tax assessor’s office in search of farm assessment application forms unsuccessfully. I was flabbergasted to hear that they do not have any and will not have any until June. I was shocked to think that they would not have one copy left over that they could at least…

  • Teens need instruction and practice when gaining a driver’s license

    “Please don’t become a member of the grieving parents club. Do everything you can to positively enforce safe driving with your teen.” This is in response to “Review of State’s Gradu-ated Driver License Program is Needed” (Tri-Town News, Letters to the Editor, Jan. 25, 2007). New Jersey signed into law the Graduated Driver’s License (GDL)…

  • Jackson Women of Today appreciate support for American troops

    The Jackson Women of Today would like to thank the community for their generous support of the Soldier Care Package Project. Over 85 boxes with more than 1,000 pounds of items were shipped to five addresses in Iraq. We would especially like to thank the Provident Bank’s Jackson branch manager Vicki Buczynski, who provided a…

  • Coda

    In this parable, let’s all just root for the lions Greg Bean Watching President George W. Bush on television last week reminded me of the story we learned in Bible class about Daniel and the Lions’ Den. I’m kind of working from memory here, but as I recall, Daniel was a high-level bureaucrat in the…

  • Mayor takes credit for stable rates, not tax hike

    I write with reference to Michael Reina’s most recent letter to the editor and a responsive letter to the editor by Peter Mulligan. It is interesting how Jackson Mayor Mark Seda per his commissioners on the Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority and through Mr. Mulligan’s letter to the editor are more than willing to “take…

  • Are We There Yet?

    It’s as simple as filling out form 941N! Lori Clinch It’s January and I’m on a complete and total tax-type roll. You will be happy to know that I, Lori A. Clinch, have not only tallied my payroll data for the entire year of 2006, but have finished and mailed in the quarterly payroll reports…