Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Coda

    It must be the holidays, since Ralph’s eyes are red Greg Bean Nothing says the holidays like an actual buffalo skull with red ornaments in his eye sockets and a floppy Santa hat on his head. My favorite time of year is coming up – the holiday season. The time of family and fellowship. The…

  • Are We There Yet?

    She has a longing to replace the furniture Lori Clinch I believe there comes a time in every woman’s life when she must stop and ask herself, “Isn’t it time for a new couch?” The average woman could determine the necessity of a new couch by bringing up questions as simple as, “Is our upholstery…

  • Howell deputy mayor offers congratulations to election winners

    First, congratulations to the winners (in the Howell Township Council election), Bob Walsh, Angela Dalton and Mike Howell. Congratulations to their support team as well. I appreciate that much effort is needed in a campaign for such things such as the placing of signs, ad writing, door knocking and telephoning. The Walsh, Dalton, Howell team…

  • Resident spent 30 years involved in education

    Marcia Deitz began long run of service on local school board Marcia Deitz Marcia Fisher Deitz, 70, who dedicated more than 30 years of her life to the service of education, lost her battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on Nov. 7. She died at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Three decades earlier as a…

  • Scholarships available for communications students

    The Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association announces its 2006 James R. McCormick Memorial Scholarship Awards program, open to students residing in Ocean County or Monmouth County studying communications. The deadline for this year’s scholarship application is Dec. 8. There are no extensions. Since 1983, JSPRAA has held the James R. McCormick Memorial Scholarship…

  • Rotary donates dictionaries

    DAVE BENJAMIN Pupils at the Switlik School make good use of the dictionaries that were donated by the Jackson Rotary Club. JACKSON – Pupils at the Switlik School recently received their own dictionary from the Jackson Rotary Club. “We look for projects to get involved in,” said Jackson Rotary Club President Patrick McGoohan. “Projects where…

  • McAuliffe event honors soldiers who serve nation

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Military veterans including Richard Brody (far left) were on hand to watch the activities associated with the seventh annual Run for Veterans at the McAuliffe Middle School, Jackson. Brendan Fitzpatrick, 16, (l) crossed the finish line first in the 1-mile run adult division. JACKSON – The…

  • Kiwanis Club donates dictionaries to students

    Each year children in the Lakewood public school system are presented with free dictionaries from the Kiwanis Club of Original Leisure Village in Lakewood. The project was designed by member Ed Perk, who got the idea of giving out dictionaries from a school district in South Carolina. This year’s formal distribution ceremony was held on…

  • Coda

    With the campaigns over, we can get back to nice ads Greg Bean I was so happy to turn the television on last night and see that the ubiquitous ads for erectile dysfunction medications were back in prime-time rotation and the tiresome attack ads from Robert Menendez and Tom Kean Jr. were finally gone. I…