Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Jackson has many clubs and people who perform good deeds

    I am writing in response to the letter from the 10th grade student, Louie Cicalese, in the Jan. 26 edition of the Tri-Town News. I was moved to respond to Louie’s letter. I have lived in Jackson all my life and I would like him to know that most residents of Jackson are wonderful, caring…

  • Rising stars compete for scholarship money

    Lakewood High School performing artists display their talent BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Their names are not up in lights on Broadway or on a movie marquee, but on Feb. 4 Lakewood’s rising stars drew an enthusiastic audience to see them perform. “The more you perform, the more accolades…

  • Obituaries

    Mary Jeanne Cerra Mrs. Cerra, 49, of Howell, died Feb. 3 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was a secretary at accounting firm Kelson & Merves LLC, Howell. Prior to that, she was an office manager at Johnson and Johnson, Hightstown, for several years. Mrs. Cerra was a communicant of St. Veronica’s Roman…

  • Efforts to repeal law are self-serving

    Robert Whittemore Guest Column Everyone committed to quality education needs to collaborate, focus on quality and avoid distorting the potential impact of the recently enacted New Jersey Senate Bill S-1701. Why was the emphasis of a recent report on the S-1701 funding law focused on efforts to fight legislation already passed? Doing so overlooks the…

  • Elks sponsor events to benefit community

    Lakewood Elks Lodge 1432, located at 711 West Kennedy Blvd., Lake-wood, hosted a luncheon for our veterans. A full menu was served and DJ Karaoke Steve entertained the men and women who attended. There was also some additional entertainment which was provided by our veterans, who commandeered the microphone and sang for quite a while.…

  • Police officers should be at work in Jackson

    I don’t want to take anything away from the Jackson Memorial High School marching band. I think they are great and have enjoyed them performing at the Yankees games, the inaugural, etc. My issue is with the Jackson police accompanying the band to Washington, D.C., for the inaugural. They are being paid to serve the…

  • Obituaries

    Leonard Zimmerman Mr. Zimmerman, 69, of East Brunswick, died Jan. 16 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Linda Rochelle LeFrock Zimmerman; two sons, Craig Zimmerman of Topsfield, Mass., and Todd Zimmerman of Miami; a daughter, Jill Gumpper of Howell; his mother, Faye Zimmerman of Tamarac, Fla.; a sister, Joyce…

  • Precautions must be taken to protect airline passengers

    If the airline industry and the FAA followed the recommendation to put sky marshals on every airliner before 9/11, we could have avoided 9/11 and saved 3,000 lives. Now we know that our enemies have the capability to shoot down an airplane full of paying customers; but the same old – it will cost too…