Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Jackson Twp. family expresses many thanks
Jackson Twp. family expresses many thanks We are sorry it took so long for our thanks to the public. We wanted to thank everyone for their generous contributions to the Scalisi family’s donation box at 5 Terry Court in Jackson, for the firefighters in New York City. We have collected $763 total; $463 was donated…
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One district has stayed with appointed board for years
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen One district has stayed with appointed board for years LAKEWOOD — While appointed school boards are not at all common in Monmouth and Ocean counties, the New Brunswick Board of Education in Middle-sex County has been appointed for decades. In recent weeks, municipal officials in Lakewood have begun asking if…
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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. ALVIN L. STONEY, 65, of Howell, died Feb. 22 at home. Born in Beach Haven, he lived in Manalapan before moving to Howell in 1978. He was…
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Opinions deserve to be heard
It seems as if some members of the Lakewood Board of Education do not want to address the public on an issue of significant importance to the community. The Lakewood Township Committee has announced plans to place a nonbinding referendum question on the November ballot asking residents if they would prefer to keep an elected…
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Guest Column Leslie Savage Citizens group pushes JTMUA questions
Guest Column Leslie Savage Citizens group pushes JTMUA questions The executive director of the Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority (JTMUA), Scott Bundy, abruptly resigned from his post last week. With a lucrative salary-benefits package exceeding $99,000 per year, Mr. Bundy left with three years still remaining in his contract. This move came on the heels…
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Residents need details on appointed school board
Residents need details on appointed school board There is no denying that a series of highly publicized situations surrounding the Lakewood Board of Education has put that group of elected officials directly in the spotlight. Everything from a $4 million deficit that required a bailout from the state and the township, to questions surrounding the…
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Freehold Regional High School District provides a great education
Regional: adj. of, in, or having to do with a particular region. Freehold Regional High School District; of, in, or having to do with particular areas around Freehold. Yet again, as I sit down to read the newspaper, I find the annoying articles and scheduled meetings over the regional redistricting. This would not be necessary…
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FRHSD a recipe for alphabet soup
It’s getting tougher every day to keep things straight without a scorecard in the Free-hold Regional High School Dis-trict. Talk of redistricting and of the construction of a new school has sparked the creation of citizens groups and municipal panels that all want to have their say. Marlboro has an Advisory Committee on Education which…
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Maybe it’s time for Manalapan, Marlboro to leave regional district
I attended the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education meeting on Jan. 28 in order to learn more about the proposed redistricting. Statistics provided at the meeting disclosed the following information: • There are problems with overcrowding in two schools, specifically Manalapan and Marlboro high schools. • There is room for additional students…
