Friday's Thoughts

Todd Frazier is a lifelong fan of the Boston Red Sox…or should I say was.
The 21-year old will still be sporting red socks but now the team he roots for and will soon work for is the Cincinnati Reds. Frazier was the 34th overall player taken in Baseball’s First-Year Player draft, a day he celebrated with family and friends at his Toms River home. His agent will likely begin contract negotiations as early as today and if things go smoothly Todd could begin his pro career in either Sarasota, Florida or Billings, Montana where the Reds rookie league teams reside and begin their seasons in less than two weeks. Frazier’s baseball talents will get him a nice contract…the 34th player taken last year received $900,000.

After much speculation Superior Court Judge Marlene Lynch Ford was nominated Thursday by Governor Corzine to become Ocean County’s first woman prosecutor. Ford will replace Thomas Kelaher whose five plus-year tenure has drawn praise from many in law enforcement. Kelaher is a hard-working, no-nonsense official who’s innovative, visible and willing to let others do their job. Ford is a former Assemblywoman and Municipal Prosecutor and appears well qualified to do an outstanding job once she takes over.

Its last call for the Toms River-Ocean County Chamber of Commerce’s 14th Annual Golf Outing. The event will be held Monday at Pine Barrens Golf Club in Jackson with a buffet luncheon before the 1pm shot gun start. I will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the dinner and awards program after golfers have finished their rounds. For last minute registration information you can call the Chamber office at (732) 349-0220.

Can you imagine the audience for Sunday’s finale of The Sopranos? Fans of the show are waiting to see how the HBO series will end and here’s one vote for Tony and his family heading into the sunset together…and alive.


Have you noticed how many of those small signs that stick in the grass are present on local roadways these days? Its bad enough you have to deal with them during election season but now it seems like many businesses and others use local, county and state property to promote their companies and events. I don’t like them, they look bad and they should be removed