• Golden ‘devastated’ by state aid cut

    Layoffs, program cuts will have to be made to Howell school budget BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Howell Superintendent of Schools Enid Golden spent much of last week doing something she hoped she would not have to do — meeting with employees of the Howell K-8 School District who will lose their jobs because…

  • Three in race for mayor in Jackson

    Seven residents will seek two seats on council in May 11 municipal election BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Three residents are running for a fouryear term as Jackson’s mayor and seven residents are running for two four-year terms on the Jackson Township Council in the May 11 nonpartisan municipal election. The candidates for mayor are…

  • Easter egg hunt

    Hundreds of children charge after Easter eggs during the start of the annual Easter egg hunt held at Oak Glen Park, Howell, on March 20. For more photographs of the event, see the Photo Galleries at www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • It’s gonna be expensive, no matter how you define it

    Coda • GREG BEAN As former President William Jefferson Clinton famously explained during his 1998 grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinski affair, “it depends on what the meaning of is is.” In other words, in politics, it all depends on your definition. We’ve got a little of that going on in New Jersey these…

  • Money for facilities upgrade was put in place years ago

    With regard to a recent article that was published in the Tri-Town News and titled “Sides Play Hardball Over Softball Upgrades,” I am curious to know if (Jackson Township Council President) Mike Kafton truly believes his own statements? To say that Jackson Mayor Mike Reina is “undermining planned improvements for a girls softball facility” is…

  • Facts show that New Jersey teachers make a good salary

    Sandra Talarico’s salary defense (“Managing Editor’s Column Is Going After the Wrong Individuals,” Tri-Town News, Letters to the Editor, March 4) requires a response. The intent is not to defend Greater Media Newspapers Managing Editor Mark Rosman, the person Ms. Talarico referred to in regard to his column on the need to cut educational costs.…

  • Consume plant-based foods to help stave off cancer

    Actress Farrah Fawcett, age 62, was one of the 50,000 people who die annually from colorectal cancer. Early stages present few, if any, symptoms. Advanced colorectal cancer may result in rectal bleeding, blood in the stool, change in stool appearance, bloating, diarrhea, constipation and/or a feeling of incomplete elimination. In 1990, scientists determined eating red…

  • Bressi’s sensible ideas are right ones for Jackson Township’s future

    Like most Americans, I am disgusted with government claiming to know what is best for us. Have elected officials forgotten that the are supposed to be representatives of the people? If not, then a massive dose of arrogance or indifference has infected their mentality. Jackson currently has the most foreclosures in Ocean County. Taxes continue…

  • Address needs of adults in group homes

    The safety and well-being of the very low functioning autistic adults are at stake in the group homes. The shortages of staff in the New Jersey group homes are so great that at times that in order to maintain a minimum staff level, employees work two to three or even four consecutive eight-hour shifts. New…

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