Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • People show lack of respect by tossing garbage in Jackson park

    I took my 3-year-old and 1-year-old children to the (Jackson Jungle) park on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon only to find the toddler section strewn with litter. It was disgusting. Another mother and I spent some time picking up and throwing away trash. This time should have been devoted to playing with our children. Among the…

  • 2002-03 a boom time for local school districts

    2002-03 a boom time for local school districts As students, teachers, parents and administrators stand on the threshold of a new academic year, we are struck by some of the enrollment numbers in school districts covered by Greater Media Newspapers, which publishes the Tri-Town News and the News Transcript in western Monmouth and northern Ocean…

  • Regional school district should be fair when determining funding

    It appears that Marlboro’s Township Council is once again seeking to contest the current tax levies for the Freehold Regional High School District. Does the council realize that property taxes only comprise 55 percent of FRHSD funding, and Marlboro’s portion of that is 24.9 percent? That works out to about 13.7 percent of the total…

  • New Egypt Flea Market still open and operating on Route 537

    We were pleased to read the Tri-Town News’ featured article (Aug. 15) about the Engles and their Book Garden. We are friends of the Engles and fans of their business, and owner-managers of the New Egypt Flea Market, which you mention in your article. Our market was opened in 1959 when Boyer’s Sales Stables in…

  • Marlboro call for tax equity fails to account for state aid

    Marlboro’s Township Council is leading the charge to change the funding formula in the Freehold Regional High School District; they would like to see more tax dollars paid by their regional partners in Howell, Manalapan and Freehold Borough, in the name of equitable taxation. Marlboro Councilman (Paul) Kovalski was recently quoted as saying, "I’m sure…

  • Hunters have a long heritage in Monmouth County

    Over the past several months a group calling itself the Coalition to Abolish Hunting has been placing advertisements for membership in local newspapers. These ads are running at the tune of more than $1,000 a month. This is apparently not a local grass-roots effort, but could be a front for a national anti-hunting group. Anti-hunting…

  • Donations sought by Suited for Success

    The "Suited for Success" boutique is a welfare-to-work program sponsored by the Lakewood Board of Education and administered by the Lakewood Community School. The boutique provides a retail-like environment where women without appropriate workplace clothing can find apparel. In addition, women without skills can be trained in retail. The Boutique is in the Princeton Avenue…

  • 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. RITA "JANN" HURLEY, 37, of Farmingdale died Aug. 12 at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. Born in Neptune, she was a lifelong resident of Farmingdale. She was…

  • More interaction needed among Lakewood groups

    More interaction needed among Lakewood groups Judging by some of the comments made by members of the Coalition of Advocates for Public School Students (CAPS) in Lakewood, there is a lot of resentment when it comes to the township’s Orthodox Jew-ish residents. Representatives of CAPS plan to file a petition with the state commissioner of…