Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • School tab fails, 303-252

    By kathy barattaStaff Writer School tab fails, 303-252 By kathy baratta Staff Writer By kathy baratta Staff Writer PLUMSTED — A school budget that proposed a $294 tax increase for the owner of a home assessed at the township average was defeated by voters in the April 15 school election. The Board of Education’s $16…

  • 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…

  • Mother-son dance was a wonderful event

    I attended a Mother-Son Dance at the Our House Tavern which was sponsored by the Howell Recreation Department on Feb. 21. I would like to commend the department’s personnel who organized the event. It was a wonderful night that I will remember for a very long time. The food was delicious, the service was excellent,…

  • Our View

    A good start to saving land Our View A good start to saving land If it’s true that good things come to those who wait, then Jackson is certainly due the good news that the Township Committee delivered on Monday night. At a special meeting of the governing body, municipal officials revealed that the township…

  • Breed-specific laws will hurt responsible New Jersey dog owners

    I notice that there is no opposition of these "Breed Specific" laws printed in any daily publications. All of the "headlined" stories of dog bites are negative and represent a very small number of these dog breeds and their owners. I would like to express my opposition to Assembly Bill 2906. This bill, "The Responsible…

  • Rejected high school budget will be reviewed in 8 towns

    For the second year in a row, residents of the Freehold Regional High School District gave the Board of Education’s proposed budget for the coming school year a thumbs down. Voters did that in April 2002 when they rejected the 2002-03 school year budget and they did it again on April 15 in rejecting the…

  • Resident upset with Howell mayor’s claim about The Fountains

    I read, first with amusement and then anger, the Howell Township Messenger; specifically the message from the mayor. In his message, Mayor [Timothy] Konopka takes credit for helping lead the fight against The Fountains and the elimination of the portion known as Site 7. Nothing could be further from the truth. As one of many…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries CPL. MICHAEL EDWARD CURTIN, 23, of Howell, died March 29 in Najaf, Iraq. Cpl. Curtin was born in Plainfield and lived in Garwood before moving to Howell in 1984. He was a graduate of Howell High School class of 1998. He was a communicant of St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church. Upon graduation from high…