Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Jenevieve Nikitin Mrs. Nikitin, 72, of Howell, died March 7 at her son’s home. A longtime resident of the local area, she was born in Jersey City and had lived in Port St. John, Fla., and Whiting before moving to Howell. Mrs. Nikitin was a waitress at the Regent Diner, Howell, and the Golden Bell…

  • Time for candidates to express their ideas

    Residents of Jackson have less than two months to try and get to know the 15 candidates who are now officially running for office in the municipality’s new mayor-council government. The Township Committee members’ last day in office will be June 30 and the new government will come into existence on July 1. The people…

  • Budget reflects reality of school district growth

    Your Turn Marty Spielman Guest Column Marty Spielman Guest Column In response to the article by Nicholas Antonoff, who is a candidate for the Jackson Board of Education, I would like to set the record straight. Mr. Antonoff has mastered the art of word manipulation and personal insult to such a degree that I find…

  • Seniors will feel the sting of tax increases

    Coda Greg Bean In my neighborhood of East Bruns-wick, there are several elderly women and men struggling to get by. Most of these wonderful people have lived in the community for most of their adult lives. They raised their families there in modest houses. And after the kids moved away and their partners died, they…

  • It’s just one darned thing after the other

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch I ran toward the kitchen not long ago, tilting at full speed. My heart was racing, my brow was sweating, and as I rounded the corner, I breathed a sigh of relief. Just as I was about to do whatever it was that I was about to do, all…

  • Letters

    Center’s director makes plea for residents to donate blood In recent years, New Jersey has had to “import” more than 50,000 units of whole blood annually because our population does not donate enough blood to cover the needs of New Jersey hospitals. Our state faces an immediate shortage for select blood types, and this will…

  • Poet’s patter perks up Rosenauer pupils

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Poet Kenn Nesbitt entertains pupils at the Rosenauer School, Jackson. JACKSON – Students at the Sylvia Rosenauer Elementary School got a hands-on lesson from a real-life poet recently when Kenn Nesbitt, the author of humorous children’s poetry, visited with fourth- and fifth-graders. Nesbitt, 44,…

  • Board introduces $108M budget for new school year

    LAKEWOOD – On April 18, residents will be asked to vote on a general fund tax levy of $62.6 million to support the Board of Education’s $108 million budget for the 2006-07 school year. The general fund for the coming year totals $78.5 million, according to figures provided by Business Administra-tor Edward Kent. Debt service…

  • Obituaries

    Frank M. Zurey Mr. Zurey, 58, of Manalapan, died Feb. 22 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Passaic, he grew up in Garfield and had lived in Manalapan for the past 25 years. Mr. Zurey was a self-employed contractor. He was a communicant of St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, Manalapan. He is…