Even tiny open spaces have a broad impact
      We have long known that plants and trees improve air quality in cities and towns. We have also found that trees can help reduce the incidence of asthma and other respiratory illnesses. But a new study has found that even tiny open spaces in developed areas have a broad impact on human health.
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Postpartum depression: Help is out there
      Most new mothers, anywhere from 60 to 80 percent, experience at least a brief episode of the "baby blues" — feelings of sadness, anxiety, loneliness or moodiness — within the first few days of giving birth. After a couple of weeks, these symptoms typically disappear.
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In response to: Revaluation delay is 'class warfare'
      If there is injustice anywhere in the property tax system, it is not in the pricing or valuation of our homes. The tax rate will only be changed to reflect the dollar amount needed to fund future budgets anyway. The way education is funded is by far the biggest fallacy of the system. There is no ...
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Reader has a number of questions for officials
      Ihave been a Republican all of my adult life. When we moved to Brick, we concluded that this was a town where we could retire and enjoy all of the services rendered to the residents. That is, however, until the political parties (both) decided life was too easy for the Brick residents.
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Call a Christmas tree what it really is, reader says
      When the first of May rolls around and certain folk erect a pole that's called a maypole to celebrate May Day, is this against the law? That same pole was stored away in some room or place for one year without incident or verbal banter to the contrary whatsoever. I ask why?
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Officials should give up salaries and benefits
      In this time of deepening economic crises, we all must make hard choices. Perhaps, if the members of our governing bodies such as the Township Council, Planning Board and the Board of Adjustment would lead by example and agree to give up their salaries and medical benefits as Councilwoman Kathy Ru...
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