Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Freehold class of ’56 to reunite

    FREEHOLD – Fifty years ago the newly created Freehold Regional High School District was experiencing growing pains. In 1956, the 2-year-old regional high school district had only one school, the then 30-year-old Freehold High School at the corner of Robertsville Road and Broadway. The enrollment in that building had grown to the point where the…

  • School community gears up for seventh Run for Veterans

    JACKSON – McAuliffe Middle School students, staff members, parents and community veterans and residents are invited to walk, run or race around the school in honor of all veterans. The seventh annual Run for Veterans will be held on Nov. 6 and hundreds of veterans and residents are expected to participate in the annual event,…

  • An informed voter makes the best decision at polls

    Greg Bean Coda As we count down to the elections, I’ve been taking calls from local politicians and their handlers wondering if they’ll get our endorsement before voters go to the polls. I always tell them no. Fact is, we stopped making editorial endorsements of candidates several years ago for a variety of reasons. In…

  • Jackson council is trying to address budgetary issues

    Emily Ingram Guest Column In response to recent editorials written by Robert Schiappacasse, Sean Giblin and Michael Kafton, the Jackson Township Council feels it is time to respond. When (Township Administrator) William Santos and Mayor Mark Seda put together the 2006 township budget, it was already September. They presented to council a budget as well…

  • Undersheriff says Ocean County sheriff deserves re-election

    I have had the privilege of serving in the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office for nearly 40 years and have held every rank between sheriff’s officer and undersheriff. I have also had the opportunity to serve under four Ocean County sheriffs, James N. Rutter, Arthur F. Brown, Acting Sheriff George F. Goldt and William L. Polhemus.…

  • School board strives to provide best education possible

    A letter to the editor about the current Jackson school budget (“Jackson School Budget Is Worthy of a Close Look,” Tri-Town News, Oct. 12) was interesting to me not because of what it stated, but rather what it neglected to mention. While I do not begrudge the author the opportunity to offer his opinion on…

  • Customers are paying for a service they are using

    For nearly 10 years, New Jersey American Water has provided an essential service to residents of Howell. We have done so in a professional manner, always looking for ways to improve our services. After acquiring the Howell municipal water system, we immediately reduced water rates by 5 percent. In doing so, our customers across the…

  • Board receives annual report of school violence

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – A report on school violence and vandalism, as mandated by the state, was presented to the Board of Education at its Oct. 17 meeting. Walter Jensen, the Jackson school district’s director of security, addressed the board with data from the previous year. Incidents of…

  • Students to follow physicians

    LAKEWOOD – Kimball Medical Center has announced that its physician shadowing program – Project Medicine – is now accepting junior and senior students from Lakewood, Jackson, Howell and Freehold high schools who wish to pursue a career in medicine. Launched in the spring of 2004, Project Medicine is a mentoring program for students and physicians.…