Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Those who protect are always at the ready
Those who protect are always at the ready It is a reflection of the times we live in — and a sad one at that — that law enforcement personnel have to hold training exercises in order to prepare for and know how to react to the unthinkable. The news of the recent past, however,…
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High school district budget in hands of voters April 16 Regional board adopts $126M spending plan for 2002-03 school year
Staff Writer By dave benjamin High school district budget in hands of voters April 16 Regional board adopts $126M spending plan for 2002-03 school year The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has adopted a $126,534,871 budget for the 2002-03 school year. A public hearing was held on the budget on March 25…
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Voters will weigh in
A good indication of whether New Jersey voters have reached the breaking point may be delivered next week on school election day, April 16, when residents head to the polls to vote on the only budget it is within their power to approve or reject. Garden Staters don’t vote on municipal or county budgets; however,…
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For the record
The Jackson Volunteer Fire Company will host a Ladies Night Out at the firehouse, 113 North New Prospect Road, on April 13 from 7-11 p.m. The evening will include a cash bar. A previous item in the Tri-Town News Community Bulletin Board incorrectly stated there would be an open bar at the event.
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Two towns should start process of leaving regional school district
It is time for all citizens of the Freehold Regional High School District to step back from the emotional redistricting issues at hand and make a factual assessment of the current situation. Many in recent days have resorted to presenting views which are inflammatory, biased and patently false. Rather than make a rebuttal, I would…
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Resident has many questions about organization known as CASH
I read an article titled "Watchdog Group Questions Utilities Authority’s Actions" by Cindy Tietjen in the April 4 edition of the Tri-Town News. I have read other, similar articles in local publications lately and they all go over much the same ground. It seems curious; I live in Jackson, but I have never heard of…
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Timing is right for two towns to leave FRHSD
I write this as a resident of Howell who eagerly sends her children to the nearest high school to our home, Free-hold Township High School. I write this as an informed taxpayer who embraces the regional philosophy in every way. I have mulled the matter of (high school) redistricting over again and again and keep…
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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. PERCY "PERCE" SAMUEL FARRY JR., 85, of Wall Township, formerly of Howell, died March 18 in Villa Marie Nursing Home, Tucson, Ariz. He was born in Howell…
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Mayor salutes school board
PLUMSTED — Mayor Ronald Dancer has announced that the township’s K-12 school district will, for the first time, be the lowest cost per pupil district in Ocean County for the 2002-03 school year. The mayor said the Board of Educa-tion’s 2002-03 budget to be voted on by residents April 16 calls for no increase in…
