Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Pupils to be introduced to programs

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer A series of open houses will be held throughout the Freehold Regional High School District for area eighth-graders and their families. “Our specialized programs offer a variety of options to district students with strong interest and skill levels. The programs offer unique opportunities for in-depth experiences…

  • Jackson resident fears that proposed Grawtown Road housing project will add children, costs to school district

    I’ve been reading with great interest how the town officials and Planning Board are requiring environmental and traffic studies for the Towne Centre development. It makes me wonder why this same information isn’t being required of the group of developers who plan to build 600 houses on Grawtown and Bowman roads. As I write, Whitesville…

  • Obituaries

    Catherine Mary Billings Mrs. Billings, age 90, of Long Branch, died Sept. 13 at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Long Branch. Born in New York, she resided in Howell prior to moving to Long Branch 11 years ago. She was a cafeteria worker at Howell Township Public School System, retiring in 1976. She…

  • Schools seek seniors’ support

    It is not unusual to hear some people ask, “What do I get for my taxes?,” around April each year when the annual school budget vote is held. Most people with children probably understand that what they are getting for the property taxes they pay is their youngsters’ education. Their support for a budget that…

  • For the Record

    It was reported in the Sept. 9 edition of the “Tri-Town News” that the Lakewood Board of Education has begun a search for a new superintendent of schools. The search will cost $5,000. Fifty percent of that amount was to have been paid by Sept. 17 and the other 50 percent will be due upon…

  • Sprawl throughout New Jersey can have far-reaching effects on quality of drinking water

    You’ve probably heard the claim that sprawl will ultimately spell doom for clean drinking water, a resolve we generally take for granted in this state. You may be one of the many New Jer-seyans who is alarmed by steady downtrends in our state’s drinking-water quality. If you’re not yet concerned, take a look at the…

  • Township, school district pool efforts to seek grant

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer PLUMSTED — In a bid to take advantage of shared service costs, the municipality has teamed up with the school district on a joint grant application. Mayor Ronald S. Dancer told the Tri-Town News that the municipality and the Plumsted school district have applied to the…

  • Obituaries

    Edward T. Kosmoski Mr. Kosmoski, 81, of the Melrose section of Sayreville died Aug. 21 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was predeceased by a daughter, Debra Ann Kosmoski, a brother, Andrew “Spike” Kosmoski, and two sisters, Ruth Kovalioff and Florence Minnick. Mr. Kosmoski is survived by his wife of 56 years,…

  • More work needed on school funding issue

    School board members and administrators in the Garden State may face a difficult challenge when they start to prepare their budgets for the 2005-06 school year. In June, the state Legislature and Gov. James E. McGreevey imposed strict new caps on school spending increases. There are also new limits on how much surplus (savings) a…