Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • 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…

  • Vote for independent voices in Howell

    I have been a resident of Howell for nine years, my wife’s family has been here since before there was a “Howell.” Growing up in Fords, Middlesex County, I had no idea what open space was. If the current administration retains control in November life as we know it in Howell will be over and…

  • County response to traffic woes irks resident

    I read the article in the Oct. 5 Tri-Town News (“Changes in Detour Made”). What a fluff job. What the Ocean County freeholders fail to mention is that the only traffic they are detouring is the local Jackson traffic (southbound) while allowing the speeding commuters headed to Interstate 195 to travel freely northbound. Also, the…

  • Obituaries

    Bradley H. Gray Mr. Gray, 75, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 8 at Cranbury Center, Monroe Township. Born in Jersey City, he resided in Old Bridge most of his life. He was a banker at Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City, for 35 years, retiring in 1982. Mr. Gray was a member of Nativity Evangelical…

  • Jackson council did not stand up to Mayor Seda on tax increase

    Now that the Regular Republicans have in-creased our taxes by 30 percent – without the least bit of hesitation, remorse or shame – it is critical that the residents of Jackson focus on the actions of this regime and respond accordingly at the polls. The budget proposed by (Mayor) Mark Seda included the largest tax…

  • Students urged to follow safety rules while online

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – The Internet and Web sites like MySpace are not just places for friends to gather – they are ready-made havens for predators – and Art Wolinsky wants children across the country to know that fact. On Oct. 12 at Howell Middle School…