Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • 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…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnJoe and DanielleCandidoRec. center may not be primary need Guest Column Joe and Danielle Candido Rec. center may not be primary need Recently there has been a great deal of discussion regarding a recreation center. Committeeman Josh Reilly has proposed placing this issue on a referendum in the November elections. (Commit-teeman Joseph) Grisanti has…

  • Experts discuss ideas to change education funding

    By vincent todaroStaff Writer By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — If New Jersey is wealthiest state in the nation, why is its educational system in such a crisis? That was one of the main questions educators and other experts tried to answer during the "Public Support for Public Education" statewide summit held Feb.…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnGeorge F. Guest Column George F. Tobin Jr. Let DOT do its job and roads will turn out the right way Your (recent editorial), "Potential Problem at Exit Needs Permanent Solution," struck a chord with me, and not just because of the current situation regarding the Route 33 bypass. I know that it’s been…

  • Resident likes way new council is operating

    It’s plain to see Howell is "under new management" and, hopefully, the new openness, which has been missing for so long, will continue. As of Jan. 1, Howell’s Finest are no longer watching over the audience at meetings like monitors, but are now enforcing the laws on the streets of Howell. Agenda items are actually…

  • Jackson PBA makes it clear it is not soliciting funds by telephone

    The members of Jackson PBA Local No. 168 wish to take this opportunity to alert the citizens of both Jackson and Plumsted that several residents have reported receiving telephone calls from telemarketers seeking donations to benefit law enforcement concerns. During these telephone calls, the solicitors have implied that they represent officers from our jurisdiction. Neither…

  • Developers’ ‘donations’ can have benefits for the community

    I’d like to call this letter "Food for Thought" for all of our political friends, cronies, parties or whatever you want to be called. News flash, a developer in Union wanted to build a major shopping center. This was a national chain center including Home Depot, Wal-Mart, T.J. Maxx and others. The developer was "asked"…

  • Obituaries

    EDWARD G. DEMKO SR., 78, of Browns Mills, died Feb. 11 at Burlington Woods Eldercare, Burlington. Born in Pottstown, Pa., he resided in Jersey City and Union Beach before moving to Browns Mills 12 years ago. Mr. Demko was an engineer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at New York airports…

  • Our View

    Let An application filed by Lakewood with the state Urban Enterprise Zone Authority (UEZA) seeking permission to expand the town’s Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) deserves a timely analysis and hearing. Four days before Lakewood representatives could present an application to expand the town’s UEZ, the state UEZA canceled the hearing. Russell K. Corby, director of…