Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Obituaries
Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. AUGUST C. "GUS" VOGEL, 82, of Howell, died Sept. 19 in Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Brick. Mr. Vogel was an electrician for IBEW Local No. 400,…
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Issue far from decided
Based on a ruling delivered by the state commissioner of education, the issue of busing of schoolchildren in Lakewood seems destined to remain in the news for the foreseeable future. While Commissioner William L. Librera, in a letter to George S. Osborne, co-chairman of the Coalition of Advocates for Public School Students (CAPS), de-clined to…
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Jackson PBA president seeks to clarify several issues for residents
For those who are not aware, P.B.A. Local 168 is the collective bargaining unit that represents police officers, from the rank of patrolman to the rank of sergeant, within the Jackson Police Department. (In some newspapers), there were recent articles that we would like to clarify. First, P.B.A. Local 168 has no affiliation with any…
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Obituaries
Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. VERNICE "LIZ" RIOPEL, 70, of Toms River, died Sept. 13 at home. Born in Belzoni, Miss., she lived in Marlboro for many years before moving to Toms…
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Lakewood Development Corp. expresses thanks for National Night Out
Lakewood Development Corp. expresses thanks for National Night Out The Lakewood Develop-ment Corp. would like to thank Lt. Greg Miick and the rest of the Lakewood Police Department for their invitation to the "National Night Out Against Crime" which was held Aug. 6. It gave us the opportunity to show our support by distributing very…
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New Jackson scholarship fund seeking donations
Life in Jackson has forever changed for many of us. In just one moment of time we lost four of our own. Three teens and one woman, Jay, Ray, Steve and Dorothy all died instantly in an accident July 23. I say accident because surely no ill intent was intended. If all the factors of…
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Grieving family felt warmth shown by Howell community
Early Saturday morning Aug. 10, my daughter-in-law called 911 for help for my son, Alan Horowitz, just 39 years old, who had stopped breathing. Within a few minutes first aid, police, and other emergency assistance from Howell were on the scene. This letter is to thank the many people who tried so hard for so…
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Proposal to use tolls to finance Newark arena is wrong
It costs $7 to cross some bridges and tunnels in the New Jersey/New York area. This money is intended for the maintenance of our infrastructures. Some of these bridges and tunnels were built as early as the 1920s and 1930s and have been paid for hundreds of times over. This week we learned at least…
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Guest Column
Steven R. CataneoMemories of Sept. 11 willalways be with Americans Steven R. Cataneo Memories of Sept. 11 will always be with Americans On Sept. 11, 2001, I witnessed one of the greatest atrocities ever committed by man. On that same day and for the following months, I also witnessed one of the greatest gifts of…
