Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • MOM line would provide service to N.J. destinations

    MOM line would provide service to N.J. destinations I read the letter from Anthony "Skip" Cimino about the proposed Mon-mouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) rail service proposal. His proposal is for trains to use the Freehold to Matawan route for "providing the most direct route for Ocean County commuters bound for Manhattan." Unfortunately, his proposal does little for…

  • Supporters help make Easter egg hunt the best ever

    The New Egypt Elks, Exalted Ruler Al Costa, the Easter Bunny and Smokey the Bear would like to thank the following businesses for their generosity and support of our recent annual Easter egg hunt: Rich Houston, Main Street Hobby Shop; Scotts Market; Tooties Restaurant; Nora and John from the Laural House. Because of the donations…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries LEON WIECZOREK, 75, of Old Bridge, died May 3 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was predeceased by his first wife, Mary Burdynski Wieczorek, and by a great-grandson, Martin Wieczorek III. Surviving are his wife, Ingrid Fuchs Wieczorek; two sons, Martin Wieczorek and Leon Wieczorek Jr., both of Old Bridge; a…

  • Our View

    Budget review bogged down Our View Budget review bogged down Getting the elected municipal officials of the eight towns that make up the Freehold Regional High School District to agree on cuts to the district’s 2003-04 budget proved to be an impossible task. Because of that failure, the district’s budget — which was defeated by…

  • Punishment must teach young offenders

    As if seeing the pictures of what vandals did at St. Vladimir’s Russian Orthodox Christian Cemetery in Jackson on May 12 wasn’t bad enough, hearing the shocking news about the people police said committed the acts was worse. Jackson police have charged two boys, ages 10 and 12, with committing the vandalism. Police said the…

  • Cutting arts funding would cause irreversible damage in state

    In early May, about 600 arts and history advocates rallied in Trenton to demand restoration of funding to the three agencies that support history and the arts in New Jersey. As president of the oldest historical organization in Monmouth County, I sincerely hope their voices were heard. Among the agencies threatened is the N.J. Historical…

  • Rotary Club continues to support Jackson community

    It is important now, more than ever, to encourage credibility and integrity in our communities. After the major corporation and church scandals and the worldwide strife of terrorism over the past year, there is no better time to look at local organizations that have had a record of reliability and trust for decades. The Rotary…

  • Jackson Planning Board’s decision frustrating to resident

    I would like to thank the Jackson Planning Board for taking my children’s inheritance away at the May 13 meeting. My two children inherited property from their grandparents 10 years ago with the hope that when they were grown and married they could subdivide and build homes to raise their families in Jackson, just as…

  • Resident voices anger over vandalism to Russian church’s cemetery

    I do not attend Mass at St. Mary’s Russian Orthodox Church, nor do I have any loved ones buried at St. Vladimir’s Russian Orthodox Christian Cemetery; however, after hearing about the vandalism, my curiosity made me want to personally see the extent of the damage that was done. I cannot put into words the anger…