Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Attendance boundaries to be reviewed

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Any changes that the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education may have to make in high school attendance boundaries would take effect in September 2006 and not this coming school year. Superintendent of Schools James Wasser said a meeting will be held to review…

  • Letters

    Mayor says recent rumor of prison is not true It has come to my attention that an anonymous letter is circulating within the community and being left in residents’ mail boxes related to a large tract of land on Fairfield Road in Howell. This unsigned letter suggests that the township and Monmouth County are planning…

  • Obituaries

    Eleanor A. Schleuter Mrs. Schleuter, 76, of Old Bridge, died July 11 at home. She was a former teacher’s aide at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Old Bridge. Surviving are her husband, Bernard; two sons, Robert of Howell and James of North Brunswick; three daughters, Cathy Capozzi of Middletown, Ginger Roman of Cream…

  • Professional advice you can take as the gospel

    Coda Greg Bean I never thought I’d come to the point in my life where I had any foolproof professional wisdom for my kids, at least any they’d listen to. But recently I had a conversation with one of my sons that made me realize there are a few things I’m fairly wise about, after…

  • Family was just being corny with praise

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch Not long ago, my family and I dropped in on our good friends, the Maizes. We hadn’t planned to barge in uninvited, honest to gosh we hadn’t. But we were in the neighborhood and we rang the bell simply because we feared they’d be looking out the window as…

  • States rushing to curb eminent domain abuse

    Coda Greg Bean Perhaps no U.S. Supreme Court ruling in recent memory — outside Roe v. Wade or the one that gave George W. Bush his first presidency — has generated the national anger of the court’s recent decision on eminent domain. The 5-4 ruling said that the city fathers in New London, Conn., had…

  • The summer months bring out the guests

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch The funny thing about the summer months is the abundance of drop-in visitors. Funny, that is, if you’re a neat freak with a dusted coffee table. But if your laundry has taken over and your mirrors lack luster, it’s about as funny as an elderly aunt who stops in…

  • On Campus

    Samantha A. Maietta of Howell graduated May 7 from Kutztown Uni-versity of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, with a bachelor of arts degree in English/professional writing. Amanda M. Riechers of Howell graduated May 7 from Kutztown Uni-versity of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, with a bachelor of science degree in general studies. Daniel Zarrow, son of Audrey and Mitch Zarrow of…