Category: Independent Opinion
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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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Family offers thanks to all who helped Patrick Hogan W e wish to extend our thanks and love to all the wonderful people who helped care for Patrick Hogan during his illness and final journey. To our "family," the nurses of 2-North in Bayshore Hospital, Holmdel, and our newest friends, the nurses of 3-North, your…
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Restoration work at former Rivoli theater applauded I just wanted to say that it was nice to read about Florin Loop’s plans to keep the facade/marquee of the old Rivoli Theatre in Matawan. As a citizen of Matawan, I have often found it a shame to see old landmarks disappear such as the Rivoli. So…
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Corned beef and cabbage dinner was a huge success I would like to extend a heartfelt thank-you for all the support we received at our corned beef and cabbage fund-raiser. The dinner was held at St. Mary’s Church, Keyport, to benefit the church fund. A dinner of corned beef and cabbage was prepared by the…
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Vote to maintain quality of Middletown schools I n hearing Middletown’s new superintendent of schools, Dr. Jack DeTalvo, speak about the proposed school budget and separate question which we will vote on April 18, I came away with the confidence that we finally have a leader with the expertise and commitment to get our schools…
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Matawan made a good choice W e agree with Mat-awan Mayor Robert Clifton that the borough is lucky to get a seasoned administrator like Joseph Leo. Leo is leaving Middletown Township where he worked in a similar capacity since the early 1990s. Matawan is much smaller than sprawling Middletown, but shares the problems all area…
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Borough shouldn’t have to pick up Matawan Democrats’ legal tab In November, former Dem-ocratic Councilman Joe Thompson resigned from the Matawan Borough Council. In his place, the Matawan Demo-cratic Organization appointed Jim Shea to fill Mr. Thompson’s vacant seat for the year 2000. At the March 22 Borough Council meeting, both the council and those…
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Anti-bias law helps protect those who are most vulnerable On March 16, New Jersey’s Superior Court upheld the use of New Jersey’s anti-bias law in the alleged assault and torture of a man with mental disabilities. The Arc of New Jersey is extremely pleased about this decision. Anti-bias laws are created to protect populations that…
