Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Think about your food in the context of what it stands for

    One of the hottest topics of debate in our area is open space preservation. Not only are we concerned about the effects development can have on our local economy, our schools and our environment, but the further development of our farmlands threatens the very culture and fabric of our small town community. While there are…

  • Jackson teens take matters into their own hands

    Pupils make awareness of carbon monoxide gas a top priority BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Dana Hruschka, 13, serves during a student-faculty volleyball game at the Goetz Middle School, Jackson, on Dec. 8. The theme of the event was making people aware of the dangers of…

  • Obituaries

    Jean Jansen Mrs. Jansen, 83, of Howell, died Dec. 11, 2006, at Atlantic Coast Rehabilitation & Health Care, Lakewood. Born in Puxico, Mo., she had lived in Union Beach and Laurence Harbor before moving to Howell in 1995. She was a homemaker and a former member of a ladies’ auxiliary in Union Beach. Mrs. Jansen…

  • School district faces sanctions

    LAKEWOOD — The township’s school district has been identified as one of 13 New Jersey Districts in Need of Improve-ment that have not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in four consecutive years as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). According to the state Department of Education, the Lakewood school district now…

  • Waiting for answers from superintendent

    The guidelines of the federal No Child Left Behind Act state that in some school districts where children fail to show Adequate Yearly Progress, sanctions against the district can include the replace-ment of teachers and adminis-trators. We urge the federal government to follow the law and apply these harsh sanctions in Lake-wood, where an unresponsive…

  • Coda

    If they won Greg Bean If there’s one thing we can almost all agree on this week, it’s that the BIG DEAL effort at property tax reform this year is as dead as Chester Watson’s mule. And as everyone who saw it hit by lightning — three times — can attest, that cranky old mule…

  • Around Town

    Pursuit of happiness makes mom go Amy Rosen I was recently shocked to hear news stories of long lines and people camping out to get the new PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii game systems. One individual was even robbed while waiting on line for a system. A week later our 12-year-old son told us what…

  • Are We There Yet?

    So much for a nice, quiet evening at home Lori Clinch For the first time in well over 18 years, my husband and I were slated to have an actual Saturday night at home and all alone. One of our children was invited to a birthday party, another was to attend a sleepover, and Charlie,…

  • Analyst’s statements are a bit misleading

    In a recent article on the hearing for the Hovbilt Jackson Valley project (“Analyst: Project Revenues Will Outweigh Cost to Town,” Tri-Town News, Dec. 7), Richard Reading of Richard B. Reading Associates made statements that are simply not accurate. He stated that some of the benefits are “permits, fees and other revenues.” As Mr. Reading…