Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries ROSEANNE B. RYAN, 56, of Manchester, died April 30 at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived in Farmingdale before moving to Manchester three years ago. She was a bank teller at Fleet Bank, Mystic Islands, for eight years and previously worked at People National Bank in New Brunswick. Surviving…

  • Writer questions Jackson committee about holding school taxes

    This year Jackson taxpayers will see an increase in property taxes, for some as much as $600. That’s right, every homeowner will see their property taxes increase substantially. How could this be happening? One long-standing problem is how school taxes are collected by the township. There is always a shortfall in the payment to the…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries DIMITRY "KUZI" ZALAMOW, 84, of Howell, died April 12 at Bartley Health Care, Jackson. He was born in Russia and came to the United States, settling in Tolstoy, N.Y., before moving to Howell in 1952. He worked at the A&M Karagheusian Rug Mill, Freehold, until 1983. After that, he worked as an operator at…

  • Howell residents’ group did a lot of work fighting development

    I would like to comment on the recent issues of the Howell Township Messenger that were mailed to the residents of Howell. In the section "Message from the Mayor," the mayor takes credit for eliminating Site 7 (The Fountains project) from the COAH plan "after months of hard work." I would like to expand that…

  • Our View

    Counties prepare for battle Our View Counties prepare for battle The battle lines appear to have been drawn in an issue that affects every resident of the state. In recent weeks, news articles and opinion pieces have appeared in some of the region’s daily newspapers that mention the idea some people have to review the…

  • Meara named Freehold superintendent

    PLUMSTED — Philip J. Meara, the assistant superintendent in the Plumsted school district, has been named superintendent of the Freehold Borough School District. The announcement was made Monday night by Freehold Borough school board member Lynne Coulson. "It is with much pleasure that the board announces the appointment of Philip J. Meara to serve as…

  • Candidate appreciates support he received

    I would like to thank everyone who had the faith in me during this recent Board of Education election. I was helped in many ways: voting for me and talking with other voters to consider my goals, should I have been elected. I have lost this battle, but I have not lost the war. Next…

  • Redistricting discussion set

    Redistricting discussion set JACKSON — As the district plans to open the Elms Elementary School in September, a committee is working on a plan to redistribute the elementary enrollment among six elementary schools. The Board of Education will be holding a community forum on redistricting on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fine Arts…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries MILLIE E. SCHOETTLIN ENGEL, 89, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died March 29 in Carriage House Manor, Sayreville. Her husband, Henry C. Engel, died in 1986. Surviving are a niece, Barbara Tye of Laurence Harbor; and two nephews, Brian Tye of Jackson and Kevin Tye of Bayville. Services were held at…