• Taxpayer wants answers on salary matters

    While your smelly recycling cans and bottles are sizzling and stinking in the summer heat, rest assured that there is no effort being made by Jackson officials to restore your weekly recycling pickup. Missed pickups or those falling on a holiday means you are stuck with your trash for an entire month. When pickups were…

  • Use common sense handling juvenile issues

    There is a saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” In my opinion, no truer words have ever been spoken. I implore parents to really think about what this phrase means and take these words to heart. We try to raise our children to make good choices, to do the right thing and…

  • The buck stops at the superintendent’s desk

    Once again the actions of the Freehold Regional High School District administrators are under public scrutiny as the state Comptroller’s Office cited them for failing to control excessive and improper payments for legal services. Members of the public, including myself, have often questioned the Board of Education members regarding legal fees that appeared to be…

  • Questions raised about license plate readers

    I would like to comment on the recent article “Grant Pays for License Plate Readers at Freehold Raceway Mall Entrances” (Tri-Town News, June 27). My first question is “why?” Is the mall a possible terrorist target? Second, who responds to a “hit” on a plate? The local police or Homeland Security? How long is the…

  • A time to remember veterans of America’s ‘forgotten war’

    GUEST COLUMN GERRY P. LITTLE Historians call it the “forgotten war,” but we will never forget the brave men and women who put themselves in harm’s way during the Korean War. July 27 marks the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the conflict and ensured that South Korea would not fall under the iron…

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  • Putting on a fun face

    Scott McClaren sits as still as a 5-year-old can while he gets his face painted during the Howell Day community celebration July 6 at Oak Glen Park, Howell. MATT DENTON

  • Jersey Shore Toastmasters debut new name, welcome new members

    The Jersey Shore Toastmasters Club, formerly the Lakewood Piners Toastmasters Club, has announced its new name. The club, which was chartered in 1985 as part of Toastmasters International, a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network, believes the “Jersey Shore” name more accurately represents the broad geographic reach…

  • Area actor: Working with De Niro, Pfeiffer ‘surreal’

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Dianna Agron and Monmouth County native John D’Leo star in Relativity Media’s “The Family” with Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. “The Family” is expected to be in theaters in September. PHOTO COURTESY OF JESSICA FORDE A t the age of 17, Monmouth County native John D’Leo…

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