Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • There’s a word for that, and the word is …

    Coda Greg Bean My son was looking for some important paperwork recently when my aging brain went into full-tilt freeze mode. It not only temporarily erased one word I was looking for in my memory bank, it erased two. “Where did you say the papers were?” he asked. “They’re out there in the thing under…

  • Mom ventures into ‘The Man’s Domain’

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch I know there are people who believe that walking into a boys’ bathroom is not a scary ordeal. But you show me someone who says it’s not surreal, and I’ll show you someone who’s never darkened the door of a boys’ bathroom. I have seen a boys’ bathroom; I…

  • 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…

  • Ocean County flu shot program strives to meet residents’ needs

    We have just completed another successful flu immunization program. There are so many people to thank: the dedicated staff from our community health services unit and the health department staff that help out with this program, all the community volunteers that assist us every year, our public health coordinator Joe Przywara, our board of health…

  • Organization’s night out was successful

    The Special Education Advi-sory Committee (SEPAC) of Howell was happy to host its second annual Parents Night Out and Gift Auction, held Jan. 27. With a turnout of approximately 260 people, it was a huge success. Parents, family and friends came out together to share an evening at the Woodlake Country Club, with a sit-down…

  • On Campus

    Dominick DeVivo IV, son of Lisa and Dominick DeVivo III of Jackson, has received academic honors at Seton Hall University, South Orange, by being named to the dean’s list for the fall semester. A student in the university’s Stillman School of Business, he is majoring in accounting. DeVivo is a graduate of Jackson Memorial High…

  • Obituaries

    Prudence “Skip” Gawron Mrs. Gawron, 91, of Freehold, died Feb. 20 at Bartley Health Care Nursing & Rehabilitation, Jackson. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she had lived in Smithburg for 40 years and in the Silvermead section of Freehold Township for 25 years before moving to Pinewoods Assisted Living, Howell, 2 1/2 years ago. She was…

  • Resident: Keep Oyster Creek plant running

    If we don’t want to replace Oyster Creek (nuclear reactor) with a new reactor, let’s face it, we are better off letting Oyster Creek run. Like it or not, nuclear power is the best technology now available for the relief of our reliance on foreign oil. Much of our natural gas also used for co-generation…

  • Gov. must address transportation funding

    The following is an open letter to Gov. Jon S. Corzine. Gov. Corzine, the undersigned respectfully requests that a special committee be formed to address the dire need to replenish the New Jersey Transporta-tion Trust Fund. Such a group could explore ways to restore the trust fund. Said committee could consist of those now serving…