Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Two Lakewood teachers follow their hearts

    Pair step from thebusiness world into the classroom with gusto By Joyce BlayStaff Writer Pair step from the business world into the classroom with gusto By Joyce Blay Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Teacher Jim Martin reviews a lesson with his class of enthusiastic second-graders at the Spruce Street School, Lakewood. Whether you are a man…

  • New school, higher costs, more taxes

    Jackson board proposes$109M spending planwith 19-cent tax increase New school, higher costs, more taxes Jackson board proposes $109M spending plan with 19-cent tax increase JACKSON — The cost of education is rising in Jackson, as it is in almost every other New Jersey municipality. According to a press release from the Board of Education, the…

  • Our View

    Full Planning Boardnecessity in Jackson Full Planning Board necessity in Jackson If he chooses not to serve on the Planning Board, Jackson Mayor Michael Kafton should immediately designate a person to take his spot on this most important public body. By declining to take the mayor’s seat on the board, Kafton is breaking with a…

  • Obituaries

    GLAFIRA "IRENE" IRATOFF, 98, of Lakewood, died Feb. 12 at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. She was predeceased by her husband, Jean, in 1983. Surviving is her daughter, Natilia Blumberg of Alameda, Calif. Funeral services were held Feb. 14 at St. Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral, followed by Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Lakewood. ROLAND L. "TINY"…

  • School district should spend some time reviewing for SAT exam

    After reviewing the New Jersey state report cards I was shocked to see that Jackson Memorial High School’s SAT average is 997! Yes, 997! What does this number tell us about the school? It tells us that whatever the curriculum encompasses does not help in improving SAT scores. I have three children enrolled in the…

  • High school play was a wonderful evening

    We recently attended the production of Annie at Jackson Memorial High School and were mesmerized by the incredible talents of all the fine young artists involved. The music was first rate, the costumes and set designs were wonderful, the acting and dancing superb, and the singing was magnificent. Such professionalism all around; what a treat.…

  • Community pool might serve needs of Jackson children

    At first, I thought that I was being invited to a pool party at the Candido residence in Jackson. Then I read their guest column more closely. Actually, Mr. and Mrs. Candido were not inviting anybody to swim in their own, personal pool — and, most likely, not that of any of their neighbors either…

  • Plumsted officials offer criticism, but no real solutions

    Shame on (Mayor) Ron Dancer and the Plumsted Township Committee for partisan politics at its worst. Our committee recently chastised our governor, James McGreevey, for eligibility modifications in the PAAD Program — Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled. What our officials failed to note, however, is that the reason for these changes is that…

  • Our View

    Open space pursuit worthwhile The Jackson Township Committee is diving headfirst into the effort to preserve its share of New Jersey’s dwindling supply of open space. On Monday, the governing body passed a resolution that will authorize $20 million to be set aside as part of an application it will make to the state for…