Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Remaining funds may pay for repairs at high schools

    BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Remaining funds may pay for repairs at high schools BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Money left over from a $69 million construction project may be used to make repairs at several schools in the Freehold Regional High School District. District administrators discussed the proposed work during a Jan. 12 Board of…

  • Obituaries

    Helen Dolores Vago Obituaries Helen Dolores Vago Mrs. Vago, 86, of Lakewood died Jan. 9 at home. Born in Union City, she resided in Morristown and Weehawken before moving to Lakewood 25 years ago. Mrs. Vago was an account manager at Beneficial Finance Corp., Jersey City and Morristown, before her retirement. She was a member…

  • JTMUA commissioners are qualified to serve Jackson

    Regarding a recent letter to the editor calling into question the qualifications of the Board of Commis-sioners of the Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority (JTMUA), I would like to inform the public further on the professionalism behind the operation of the JTMUA. The JTMUA board currently consists of seven members (five regular members and two…

  • Immigration case takes on nasty tone

    Immigration case takes on nasty tone Immigration case takes on nasty tone A big time fight has come to Freehold and you can tell that’s true because locals are not involved and the words "hate group" are. A press release issued last week by forces opposed to borough officials’ decision to close a public hiring…

  • Support for food pantry helps feed residents

    On behalf of the Jackson Women of Today and our food pantry staff and clients, I would like to pe rsonally thank the community for their support with our recent holiday distribution. A total of 350 residents of Jackson had a happier holiday thanks to the generous food, toy, gift and financial contributions we received…

  • For the record

    Jodie Cohen is an optician at Optical Source in Matawan. She was mistakenly referred to as a doctor in an article on National Eye Care Month in last week’s Health and Fitness section.

  • H.S. administrators start developing ’04-05 budget

    BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer H.S. administrators start developing ’04-05 budget BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer A first look at the budget for the 2004-05 school year has begun in the Freehold Regional High School District. "Despite the potential problems with state aid we will still have a budget and we will still go forward," said…

  • Wasser issues warning about school funding

    H.S. superintendent:News from Trentonmay not be very good BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Wasser issues warning about school funding H.S. superintendent: News from Trenton may not be very good BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Speaking about future needs in his district’s six buildings, James Wasser, the Freehold Regional High School District superintendent of schools, sees cuts…

  • Obituaries

    Grace T. Vantosh Obituaries Grace T. Vantosh Mrs. Vantosh, 79, of Manalapan died Jan. 5 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Keansburg, she had lived in East Brunswick for 25 years and in North Brunswick for 12 years before moving to Manalapan two years ago. For more than 30 years, she was a…