Category: Independent Opinion
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Middletown students deserve a complete education package As a parent of the IMPACT (Improving Middletown’s Program for Autistic Children Together) group in Middletown, I have attended the Board of Education meetings regarding the school budget that is scheduled for a vote Tuesday. In attending the meetings it was easy to see that many different groups…
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Budget passage critical for learning disabled I felt it necessary to write this letter in support of both the budget and the cap question. My husband and I have been residents of Middletown for the past 11 years. We have also seen our taxes increase consistently over the past 11 years. Now we are faced…
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Arts Center ‘flea’ market offers only down-side potential for Holmdel Englishtown has the best funnel cakes. No, Col-lingswood. No, I like Holmdel’s best. Do we really want our lovely town to be known as a flea market? No! Well, that is exactly what Mayor Gary Aumiller and Deputy Mayor Art Davey are supporting in the…
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Now that they are out of power, Matawan Dems have compassion I was present at the last meeting of the Matawan Borough Council when it was announced that they were replacing our borough administrator, Dom Troccia. Councilmen Patrick Falcon and Jim Shea voted against the proposal, stating that Troccia was a fine man and liked…
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Let Highway Authority know that Holmdel is not for sale If you thought the PNC Arts Center (formerly the Garden State Arts Center) has done all it could to insult our municipality, think again. Holmdel and Collingswood Auction are about to become synonymous as the mayor and deputy mayor push to allow a flea market…
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Bayshore Business Assoc. endorses candidates The Bayshore Business Association would like to take this opportunity to endorse the following candidates for the Middletown Township Board of Education. The past years have been a disaster with the present board. They created a mess and now they are "jumping ship." There are three new candidates that the…
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Sufficient funding is key in Middletown school district We recently attended a meeting where Dr. Jack DeTalvo spoke about the proposed school budget and special question. We were very impressed with his vision and his commitment to the school district of Middletown. The only way to maintain a strong school district is to provide sufficient…
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For the Record The phone number for The Wood Shop in Englishtown is (732) 446-3377. It was incorrect in the March 29 Spring Home & Garden special section.
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Another chapter in Chase saga Y et another chapter was written last week in the on-going saga of the Holmdel Chase property. Likening Holmdel’s 1994 rezoning of the southern half of the Holmdel Road tract from office-laboratory to large-lot residential to pandering to the polls, state Superior Court Judge Robert Feldman overturned the rezoning, dimming…
