Resident questions wisdom of Ocean Ice Palace buy
      Where is the logic with the current administration in Brick? Two schools are being closed because of declining enrollment and the school's superintendent has stated that more schools will close next year. But the administration is pushing forward with a plan to purchase the 46-yearold Ocean Ice Pa...
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School boards bear brunt of blame for budget mess
      I have been living in Brick since 1991. From that time, the Board of Education should have started to increase the budget for the schools a few cents each year. If that had been done, the taxpayers of this town would not have such a burden now.
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Amateur driver makes plea to save Wall Stadium
      I couldn't agree more with a recent article in another paper titled "Encourage County to Preserve Speedway." My first trip to Wall Township speedway (Wall Stadium) was in 1955 at just 11 years old, and I've been hooked ever since.
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Voters should fight cutbacks that affect environment
      Whenever New Jersey has a governmental crisis - and they are commonplace these days - someone finds a way to take it out on environmental protection or on open spaces. Our Legislators in Trenton are suffering budgetary angst over whether to cut state expenditures to what taxpayers can afford or...
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The IRS needs your help to spread the word
      Starting in May, economic stimulus payments of up to $600 for individuals ($1,200 for married couples) will be issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) based on 2007 tax returns. Parents also get $300 for each eligible child.
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Workers cannot afford health care cost hikes
      The government released some deeply troubling statistics for working men and women in our country this week. While wages in our country have barely risen at all, the cost of health insurance premiums in the United States for the average American workingman and woman rose by an astonishing 78 perce...
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