• School rankings. Who doesn’t love them? Me

    Mark Rosman IN THE NEWS This week I came across an interesting opinion piece written by Larry Feinsod, the executive director of the New Jersey School Boards Association. His column touched on a topic that comes up on a somewhat regular basis at schools and in the communities that are served by Greater Media Newspapers.…

  • Legalization would send unhealthy message

    A s someone who shapes public policy and works to keep children healthy, safe and drug-free, I am often asked to explain my opposition to legalizing marijuana. It is best explained with a twist on the iconic “Field of Dreams” phrase, “If you build it, they will come.” When it comes to marijuana, the facts…

  • Call for judicial independence is self-serving

    So the lawyers from the New Jersey Law Journal wax poetic for the fight for a so-called independent judiciary (Tri-Town News, Sept. 26). I love how they wrap their rhetoric in high-sounding principles. Lawyers only start bleating when their own interests are involved. Then they try to whip up a threat to the Constitution to…

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  • Your town, your newspaper, your life

    YOUR TURN JIM ZACHARY GUEST COLUMN A s newspaper executives struggle over whether the news should be digital first, tablet first, SMS first or print first, readers know exactly what they want their local newspaper to be — community first. Reading a newspaper is not like reading a novel, a magazine, a history book, poetry,…

  • Board reappoints administrator

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The Plumsted Township School District Board of Education has unanimously approved a motion to reappoint Sean Gately as the district’s business administrator and board secretary for the 2013-14 school year. The board’s approval extends Gately’s current employment agreement with the district until the beginning of the 2014-15 school…

  • Howell police chief does about-face on retirement

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — On second thought, Howell Police Chief Ron Carter will not be retiring at the end of 2013. Carter, who recently announced plans to retire in December, told Greater Media Newspapers this week that he will remain in his position. “The township manager recently resigned and the chief financial…

  • Thousands are expected for Italian Festival at Shore

    Spring Lake may be known as the “Irish Riviera,” but on one day each year the downtown is transformed into an Italian piazza with food, music and retailers. The Greater Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce will present the fifth annual Italian Festival on Oct. 12 from noon to 5 p.m. along Third and Morris avenues.…

  • LADACIN Network will hold Casino Night fundraiser at Eagle Oaks

    LADACIN Network will hold its Casino Night and Gift Auction at Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club, Howell, at 6 p.m. Oct. 18. The event will support LADACIN’s educational, therapeutic, social, residential and support services that benefit more than 3,000 infants, children and adults with cerebral palsy and other multiple physical and developmental disabilities living…

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