Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Guest Column

    KathleenKelly MalletteBoard followed its policy on hiring Kathleen Kelly Mallette Board followed its policy on hiring Recent press coverage of our July 23 (Jackson) Board of Education meeting brought with it much attention to the board’s policy on hiring people related to board members. As the hiring of my relatives was the central topic, I’d…

  • Monmouth County fair committee made event a summer success

    The Monmouth County Fair concluded its 28th annual run in Freehold Township on July 28. The Monmouth County Park System thanks the hundreds of vendors and exhib-itors, stage performers, event coordinators, park ranger staff and 4-H members on a job well done. A total of 1,334 ribbons, trophies and honors were presented. Winners went home…

  • Jackson resident applauds school board

    It is unfortunate that a recently departed (Jackson) Board of Education member chose to politicize the hiring of a particularly talented young lady under the guise of nepotism. Do family ties necessarily preclude you from serving the community in which you spent your entire life? What about giving back to the town which shaped your…

  • Howell mayor, council missed chance to put standards in place

    The mayor and Township Council of Howell had an opportunity to adopt the BOCA property maintenance code on June 24. The adoption of this code would have given our code enforcement officer the power to force some of the people in this town who have created unsightly eyesores to clean them up. This code has…

  • Jackson schools should be proud to hire this qualified teacher

    I feel enough is enough already regarding the hiring of Jennifer Glory in the Jackson school district as a special education teacher. Has anyone with any compassion stopped to realize how this young lady must be feeling at this point? She has graduated from the school district with honors and now, at this point in…

  • Guest Column

    John C. JenningsShifting students will keepdistrict at peak efficiency John C. Jennings Shifting students will keep district at peak efficiency As a regional high school district, we are more diversified and offer many unique programs that a single-town district with a fraction of our student population would not be able to offer. As a district…

  • Tragedy leads to more attention of new law

    Tragedy leads to more attention of new law What are the lessons to be learned from a tragedy that leaves four people dead and a community in mourning? It is truly difficult to find answers or comfort when considering the events of July 23, a night when two cars came together on Bowman Road in…

  • Jackson Women of Today appreciate support from local businesses

    The Jackson Women of Today recently participated in Funtasia for Kids that was sponsored by the Ocean County Park System. We spent the day slicing watermelons and selling them to the children who attended the event. We made a small amount of money for our food pantry by selling the melons, but since the day…

  • Young woman survives, thrives with transplant

    Young woman survives, thrives with transplant Never underestimate the will to live and succeed that makes people winners. Getting the gift of life has turned one Jackson resident into a believer in second chances. When she became critically ill in the summer of 1999 at the age of 22, Pam Alexander got the gift of…