Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • MOMS club of Howell-East appreciates support given to project

    A garage and bake sale held Sept. 8 by the MOMS Club of Howell-East at the Howell First Aid and Rescue Squad No. 1 on Kent Road in Howell was a great success. We are happy to announce that we raised $1,016.71 through the sale of baked goods, garage sale items and a coin collection…

  • Supt. takes issue with test that shows school lacking

    FRHSD’s Wasser objects to U.S. law that labels some pupils a ‘subgroup’ BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools James Wasser is pleased that five of the district’s six high schools met all 40 test score indicators as defined by the federal No…

  • Attendance areas will not change

    Freehold Regional boundaries remain same for next year BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has voted to keep established attendance area boundary lines in effect for the 2007-08 school year. A 5-3 vote to keep the attendance areas in place came…

  • Pupils are eloquent in words, pictures

    Something is going very right in the homes and schools of Jackson. Com-ments made by two pupils at the Goetz Middle School last week were stunning in the depth of compassion and understanding children feel about the events of Sept. 11, 2001. A tile sculpture was unveiled that revealed children’s artistic interpretations of the events…

  • For the Record

    A recent article regarding a proposed 10-cent increase in the Howell K-8 School District lunch prices stated that administrators were looking to raise the price of lunch to $2. The price of lunch is already $2 and administrators decided to leave the cost of lunch at that price for the 2006-07 school year. Due to…

  • Coda

    Gang summit is a step in the right direction Greg Bean Sometimes, it’s up to guys like me to say things others are reluctant to speak out about in the public forum, and today is one of those days. The fact is that gang activity has been on the upswing in many of our central…

  • Obituaries

    Robert Douglas Bennett Mr. Bennett, 56, of Freehold Township, died Sept. 11 at home. He worked in the home-building industry for many years, and was a 1973 graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford (with campuses now in Madison and Teaneck). Mr. Bennett was predeceased in March by his father, John “Pete” Bennett. Surviving are his…

  • Are We There Yet?

    Young Clarence Darrow loses his first big case Lori Clinch As near as I know, our eldest son hasn’t considered entering law school. Still, it is my contention that he should – at the very least – mull it over. That kid can debate, dispute and deliberate his causes with the best of them. Take,…

  • Educator ends long career in Jackson school system

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Barry Rosenzweig JACKSON – Like two runners passing a baton, two principals, one retiring and one beginning, met recently at the Sylvia Rosenauer Elementary School. “I’ve been in Jackson for 38 years,” said former Rosenauer principal Barry Rosenzweig, who retired from the Jackson School District on…