Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Citizens urged to call for action to avert genocide in Sudan

    For the first time in its history, the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has declared a genocide emergency, saying that genocide is imminent or is actually happening in the Darfur region of Sudan. More than 2 million people are being affected by a campaign of ethnic cleansing carried out by…

  • McGreevey broke promise to remove tolls

    Gov. James McGreevey is bragging widely about his supposed accom-plishment of taking tolls down on the Garden State Parkway. Not true! Follow-up on this story discloses that the governor is removing some booths at the Asbury Park and Raritan toll plazas and converting the remaining booths to one-way tolls at 70 cents each. Citizens Against…

  • Search for superintendent expected to last one year

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Lakewood LAKEWOOD — There may be a new superintendent of schools in Lakewood’s future. On Aug. 30, David White and Kathy Weber of the New Jersey School Boards Association made a presentation to the Board of Education describing how they would help the district find the…

  • Citizens should object to hunting in parks

    The fall season is a great time for families to enjoy the local parks; however, this year several Monmouth County parks will be open for hunting at the same time people are walking their dogs, playing with their children, running, etc. The Monmouth County Board of Recreation has voted to allow deer hunting with shotguns,…

  • Support our troops through donations to Airmen’s Attic at McGuire

    Support our troops. The men and women of our armed services are still engaged in hostilities in Iraq and Afghan-istan, and will be for some time. They are far from home defending our freedoms and way life in this great country. I can assure you they do not do it for the money. They do…

  • Concert was great way to spend an evening

    What a beautiful sight! So many people sitting on blankets or in chairs – moms and dads with kiddies of all ages enjoying the last “Con-cert Under the Stars” at the Johnson Park on Aug. 1. What a pleasant way to end the summer. The music was outstanding – the dance floor was filled with…

  • Truck driver injured in Route 9 accident

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer PHOTOS BY DAVE BENJAMIN A tractor-trailer lies across Route 9 north in front of Regal Plaza following an accident that occurred at about 9 a.m. Sept. 1. HOWELL — Sept. 1 was a morning that the workers at J&A Pork Store and Deli, Route 9 near…