Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Howell residents stand to lose in plan for new street in Ramtown
The Hidden View development in Wall Township will be dumping 300 cars per day into the Ramtown section of Howell. The original plans for this development specified that Cherry and Red Bud lanes in Howell would serve as access roads. Howell fought this plan in court and lost. It’s unfortunate that the residents in and…
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Gov.’s budget pits interests against each other
It was with great disgust that I read about Gov. James McGreevey’s signing of the budget. Sometimes I wonder if I am living in the story "the emperor has no clothes." When you look at the real issues, you have to shake your head and wonder, "Does anyone believe any of this?" The governor has…
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Young Girl Scouts make a difference in the fight against hunger
Congratulations, pre-K Daisy Troop 462. You did it; you made a difference in our community. The Girls of Troop 462 are a unique group of 11 pre-kindergarten Daisy Girl Scouts. For their first year as Girl Scouts they chose to Fight for Hunger for the Jackson Food Pantry. They have been collecting food since January,…
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Residents want answers on Dancer’s vote
I am a concerned citizen from New Egypt, Plumsted Town-ship, and I am looking for help from my community; to have our mayor (and state Assembly-man) clarify to us what he really wants. For the last decade we have been buying farms and open space to preserve our smalltown rural community. Now we are at…
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Obituaries
Marion Blackmon Obituaries Marion Blackmon Mrs. Blackmon, 58, of Middletown died June 22 at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born and raised in Bayonne, she resided in Middletown most of her life. She was a school bus aide in the Aberdeen area for several years. She is survived by a daughter,…
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Let every American see sacrifices made by soldiers
Let every American see sacrifices made by soldiers As a World War II army veteran, it was patriotically gratifying to finally see a member of the American military killed in Iraq honored, and his family properly acknowledged, on TV for the sacrifice of his life in Iraq when his flag-draped coffin arrived in the United…
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Development in Wall will jam up Ramtown’s roads
Residents of the Ramtown section of Howell need to be aware that the 55-and-over community (177 homes, approximately 300 people) to be built in Wall will be using the roads of Ramtown, the only way to gain entry to their development. This should not be a fight for development against development. All of Ramtown should…
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Mother thanks students for remembering special child
To the graduating class of Jackson Memorial High School. I wanted to take this time to thank each and every one of you for writing that lovely poem in the yearbook. The poem reads: "It is your scars that have wounded our hearts and the guilt that we weren’t there when tragedy struck. "We can…
