Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Howell residents should judge Mayor Konopka by his actions
The number of Howell homeowners who have gone before the governing body asking for help concerning the flawed and shoddy construction of their newly built homes keeps growing. At a recent meeting, Mayor Timothy Konopka assured the residents that he would do all he could to help to make the developers fix the problems. Howell’s…
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Residents reiterate opposition to Jackson’s Fairview application
As close neighbors to Jackson and past residents, we implore Jack-son Mayor Joseph Grisanti to contact Judge Eugene Serpentelli to release Jackson from the affordable housing commitment regarding the Fairview development planned by Hovbilt. As has been specified numerous times before that Jackson, as well as New Egypt residents, are totally against building on this…
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There is no one-size-fits-all solution for state’s suburban sprawl
As we head toward the November elections, suburban sprawl has already staked a claim as a front-burner issue. Homeowners worry about it. Elected officials, from the municipal level all the way up to the Statehouse, debate how to stop it. Farmers have mixed feelings about it, wondering whether we can control sprawl without drastically reducing…
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Howell resident applauds Clean Car legislation in New Jersey
As a resident of New Jersey, I am concerned about our poor air quality. This is especially true now in the summer months when people with respiratory illnesses like asthma are warned to stay inside on nearly one out of three days due to high levels of ozone or smog. I was pleased to know…
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For the record
According to Hovbilt Inc. Vice President Art Havighorst, residue in a detention basin at the new Adelphia Greens townhouse development on Route 524, Howell, is from fertilizers on the former farm acreage. A June 28 story in the Tri-Town News stated that the residue was from pesticides.
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It is difficult for an adult to explain dishonesty to children
On June 4, I took my 7-year-old twins to a doctor’s office in Jackson for an afternoon visit. I did not realize that my younger son brought a Gameboy into the waiting room. It wasn’t until the next day that we realized he had left it there. When I called to ask if they found…
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Use of ‘downed animals’ in human food chain is questioned
In this age of mad cow disease and hoof and mouth disease, we have come to learn that practices in food animal production can result not only in cruel and inhumane treatment toward the animals, but also an increased risk of spreading disease to humans by allowing diseased animals in the human food chain. Congress…
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Jackson resident says ‘Cops for Schools’ could be too costly
According to an article in the Tri-Town News of June 21, I read that the Jackson Board of Education and the Jackson Township Commit-tee jointly approved the "Cops for Schools" program. I thought this was a good program when I read about what it would do, until I saw the escalating cost to provide this…
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Woes with builders an ongoing concern
Woes with builders an ongoing concern Perhaps a bit of public embarrassment and a push from Jackson Township officials are all that were needed to get a builder back to work at the Tall Timbers development. Residents of the 74-home development off Hyson Road are finally beginning to see the light at the end of…
