Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • 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…

  • Obituaries

    Gloria W. Branson Mrs. Branson, 70, of the Leonardo section of Middletown, died Jan. 27, 2007, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. Born in Irvington, she resided in Middletown, and Florida for 30 years, prior to relocating to Middletown in 2002. She was the owner of a custom-made bedspread and drapery business. She was predeceased…

  • 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…

  • Coda

    Merla is guilty? Boy, we didn’t see that coming Greg Bean After last Wednesday, we can add at least one more entry to our lexicon of words describing former Keyport Mayor John Merla – felon. It looks like I won’t be eating crow after all – which I might have been compelled to do had…

  • Don’t guess at answers, check the real facts

    “… [W]hy not try to explore ways to reduce the 57 percent impact that the (schools have) on your taxes, and the taxes of all the residents?” I am not paying Paul Mayer-owitz’s bill. Judging from statements he has made in public concerning the Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority (JTMUA) he is obviously a ratepayer.…

  • In the News

    Quotes show leaders are way out of touch Mark Rosman It’s the little things that make me crazy at 5 a.m. I define “little things” as picking up my daily newspaper from the porch and seeing a pair of quotes from two purported New Jersey leaders that show me just how pathetic a state this…

  • Obituaries

    Biagia Pace Mrs. Pace, 85, of Howell, died Jan. 12, 2007, at CareOne at East Brunswick. Born in Cosmiso, Italy, she came to the U.S. in 1954 and had lived in Syracuse before moving to Howell in 1993. Mrs. Pace was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Giuseppe, in 1996. Surviving are two…