Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Letters
Revaluation will have real impact on residents Your article concerning the property revaluation that is to take place in Howell from 2005-06 was quite an eye opener. You see, I am one of those people who could “absolutely yes,” according to Monmouth County Tax Administrator Matthew S. Clark, be forced to sell my home because…
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Council will announce plan to study govt. change
Your Turn Joseph M. DiBella Guest Column I am aware that a local community group has begun a petition to change the structural form of the Howell municipal government. I applaud any efforts that involve our residents in playing a greater role in our community. According to President Thomas Jeffer-son, “all authority belongs to the…
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Nobody moves the dirt like this woman can
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch Following 18 grueling months of hard work and backbreaking labor, we’ve completed enough of our new home that we can actually live in it. Although some of the woodwork isn’t in place and I’d kill for a laundry room door, it’s nice to just be settled and call this…
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Obituaries
Joseph “Bosco” Fusco Jr. Mr. Fusco, 71, of Jackson, died July 8 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Jersey City, he had lived in Florida before moving to Jackson 10 years ago. He was a longshoreman for the U.S. Coast Guard, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local No. 1247, Jersey City. Surviving are two…
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Letters
Principal turned Johnson School into a family It’s a sad time for our children who go to Howard C. Johnson Elementary School here in Jackson. Barry Rosen-zweig, the principal for Johnson School for the past 10 years, is being forced out by the powers that be. “Mr. R,” as he is known by all the…
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State should act soon on sex offender zones
The Monmouth County township of Holmdel became the latest municipality to create what have been dubbed “pedophile-free zones” two weeks ago. The measure bars certain convicted sex offenders from living near areas that children regularly use. Officials in Manalapan may have introduced a similar ordinance last night, and officials in Howell have indicated that they…
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For the record
Sal Duscio, who was the vice chairman of the Jackson Charter Study Commission, was the only commissioner to vote in favor of no change of government during the July 26 meeting. However, he later voted with commissioner Leslie Savage for a change of government to a Township Council-Township Manager system. The two commissioners submitted one…
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Next time your basement floods, who you gonna call?
Coda Greg Bean I live in that part of East Brunswick that sometimes feels a bit like a neglected orphan. It’s a pleasant part of the community over by Farrington Lake and Bicenten-nial Park, but we don’t always feel like the town pays much attention to us. The Milltown Post Office delivers our mail, for…
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Triathlons aren’t her cup of sweat
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch I like to exercise as much as the next gal. In fact, I’d put sit-ups right up there with a hangnail extraction, a complicated root canal and the final stages of labor. In hopes of getting my weight down, I have been known to walk a block or two.…
