Feral cats need humane help
      Oct. 16, 2007, will mark the seventh annual National Feral Cat Day. To learn how to save the lives of feral cats and to humanely trap, spay, neuter, vaccinate, treat and help adopt out strays and kittens in the feral population, please contact the Web site www.wildaboutcats.com or write 7920 Norfolk Ave., Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814.
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Committeeman Francis was a fine representative of Plumsted
      It was with a bittersweet touch of irony that I noticed the sign on Route 539 as I drove home from the decoy show in Tuckerton on Sept. 29. The sign read "It's a ducky weekend" and I spotted it the same day that Plumsted Deputy Mayor Kenneth H. Francis left this earth. I couldn't help but read the sign and smile through my tears.
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Ambulances could be based at Jackson's firehouses
      What is the value of a life? Can it be calculated? How can anyone pose such an absurd question? I have raised this question for a specific reason. Jackson is the third largest township in New Jersey. It is approximately 100 square miles in area. However, to service this large and growing municipality we still have only two emergency vehicles.
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Resident frustrated by health department official
      After reading a recent article on mosquitoes and West Nile virus and that it pertained to Ocean County residents, I felt inclined to call the township with regards to a neighbor of ours who has neglected their backyard for several years. This neighbor has a swimming pool, and yes it is filled with water and god knows whatever else.
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Legislation should help cap school district impact on taxes
      Scott Sargent must be congratulated on his excellent letter (Tri-Town News, Sept. 7) debunking Jackson Board of Education President Marvin Krakower's asinine comments made at the Aug.
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Ideas sought to make Jackson a better place to live
      The mayor and Township Council of Jackson continue to be pummeled and ravaged in the press for everything they are doing wrong. Some of these letters come from ordinary citizens. However, it would appear that many of the letters come from individuals affiliated or associated with other political entities in the township.
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