Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • School closest to development site would be better for meeting

    After living in Howell for over 20 years and at-tempting to stay clear of the cow pie politics that exists (when it’s all over, they all stink), I have to say something. The Planning Board is doing a disservice to the people they are supposed to look out for. The elected officials will say they…

  • Good luck to graduates

    As the 2001-02 school year draws to a close, area high school seniors are busily preparing to don caps and gowns and bid farewell to classmates, some of whom may have shared memories stretching back 12 years or even further. It is significant to mention that the class of 2002 carries the distinction of being…

  • Now is the time for Monmouth residents to diffuse bombs of hate

    Imagine that as you sleepily go out to retrieve your morning newspaper you find a small bag on your lawn. Curious, you pick it up and find that it is a sand-filled bag with a leaflet. "Harmless trash," you may think. Trash it is, but harmless it is not. It is a small "bomb of…

  • New Jersey citizens must renew effort to do away with toll barriers

    Suspending the E-ZPass discount is only a minor step toward the ideal solution of transforming a major problem. Toll barriers are a safety hazard, environmentally unsound and a downright waste of time. In addition to these obvious flaws, the E-ZPass system is now operating at a loss. That means we have the system in place…

  • 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. THOMAS B. O’BRIEN, 74, of Hazlet, died June 12 at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Hazlet. Born in Hazlet, he lived most of his life in Keansburg before…

  • Israel is still a safe place

    The title of this article might at first glance raise some thoughts for you, the reader, and to say, "Is this a misprint or is it some sort of oxymoron, or is this April Fool in June? I know what I see 24/7 on Fox, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC and all the rest of the…

  • A singular honor for school

    Congratulations are in order for the Jackson Board of Education, school district administrators, faculty members, school staff, parents and students at the Christa McAuliffe Middle School. The education community in Jackson is celebrating its receipt of a national Blue Ribbon Schools award for excellence. The McAuliffe School is the first school in Ocean County to…

  • Hockey players deserve chance to enjoy high school experience

    This letter is in response to the June 5 editorial "Public School Not A Place for Private Club Sports." I have never written a letter in response to an editorial before, but I was bothered by the remarks and felt I needed to respond with my own comments. I have three sons, two of which…

  • Youngster makes plea for baseball fields

    I’m writing a complaint. I attend a Jackson school, Jackson Little League, and a traveling team for Jackson, but I can’t use any of the fields for traveling practice. My mom and dad pay taxes for the field behind the firehouse to practice, and once the firemen are done playing their softball games they don’t…