Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Mayor’s behavior at meeting irks resident

    Recently, I attended a Jackson Township Committee meeting at town hall and the only thing I can find myself saying is that Mayor Mike Broderick should be ashamed of himself. Under Jackson’s form of government, the primary job of the mayor is to preside over the meetings of the committee. Since Mayor Broderick took office…

  • Student film festival to return for 2nd year

    Organizers are still accepting entries for May 6 event BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer JACKSON — A pair of aspiring film directors will put on their second annual student film festival May 6. The event will take place from 6-9 p.m. in the auditorium of Jackson Memorial High School, Don Connor…

  • Director has made many memories with plays

    I read, with joy and sadness, the article in the March 10 edition of the Tri-Town News about the Jackson Memorial High School production of “Into the Woods.” Joy in knowing that I would be in for a treat, as I would have the opportunity to witness yet another spectacular display of theatrical artistry. Sadness…

  • Concerned citizen wants to see Howell officials address problems

    I am writing in response to an article appearing in your editorial section on Feb. 3 concerning Howell Township and their failing to submit applications for grants and such in a timely manner. Kudos to Matthew Mc-Gowan, resident of Howell; he stated my sentiment on the incompetency going unpunished. What is going on there? There…

  • Obituaries

    Edith Kornbluth Mrs. Kornbluth, 75, of Jackson, died March 10 at Bartley Healthcare Nursing and Rehabilitation, Jackson. Born in Poland, she came to the United States in 1947 and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Jackson more than 50 years ago. Mrs. Kornbluth was a Holocaust survivor. She was a homemaker and a past…

  • Train plan a total mess

    It seems like a good idea — simple, effective, necessary. That probably means it will never happen. The idea to restore passenger rail service to interior Monmouth and Ocean counties has been kicking around for almost two decades. As Route 9 is choked with commuters on a daily basis and more people are moving to…

  • All the laws in the world won’t stop bad behavior

    Greg Bean Coda Memo to members of the New Jersey Assembly: Your highly touted ban on talking on a cell phone while driving is a dismal failure, at least judging by the numbers of people I see happily flouting the law on my way to and from work every day. This morning, I actually saw…

  • For them, the choice was black and white

    Greg B ean Coda I remember a day in early spring, sometime in the late 1960s, when Uncle Earl showed up on our doorstep with a new vacuum cleaner. It was his first day on the job, selling Hoovers door to door, and he wanted to try out his new sales pitch on my mother,…