Category: Independent Opinion

  • on campus

    Andrew Ascone, a resident of north Middletown, has been named to the spring dean’s list at Champlain College, Burlington, Vt. He is majoring in game programming. Matthew Richard Bock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bock of Holmdel, has graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., with a Bachelor of Arts in international business and management.…

  • Resident: Wind turbine site is too close to homes, school

    The reader may wish to go to the following URL to find additional information on the subject matter, which this letter addresses in small part: www.windturbinenoisehealthhumanrights. com. You will find the links to two papers with the following titles: “Wind Turbine Noise and Health” by Dr Amanda Harry, M.B., Ch.B., P.G., DiP, E.N.T., and “Noise…

  • Gov. urged not to delay medical marijuana law

    My name is Charles Kwiatkowski. I live in Hazlet. I’m a father, a former computer programmer and a permanently disabled multiple sclerosis (MS) patient. Medical marijuana is the only medicine that allows me to both manage the painful symptoms of MS and still function as an active member of society. Prescription painkillers such as OxyContin…

  • Resident says Christie has ‘global negativism’ toward teachers

    Gov. Christie’s rants on the credibility and performance of New Jersey’s public schools, specifically its teachers, get more copy than the oil spill. Words like wretched, greedy, old and unenergetic go a long way to instill pride in a noble profession. It seems that he had less animosity for the trough-feeding political hacks that he…

  • Karen Cummings

    Mrs. Cummings, 61, of Middletown, died June 2, 2010. She was a holistic healer with a strong emphasis in hypnotherapy and Reiki. More recently, Mrs. Cummings had been volunteering to care for the elderly, working with an English as a Second Language program. She is survived by her husband of 29 years, John; a son,…

  • Janet Smith

    Mrs. Smith, of River Plaza, Middletown, and formerly of Lincroft, Fair Haven and Shadow Lake Village, died May 27, 2010, at home. She was born in North Jersey in 1921 and grew up in Ocean Grove. Mrs. Smith was predeceased by both husbands, Spencer C. Miller and Lawrence “Bud” Smith; and a son, Spencer C.…

  • Theodore “Ted” Osipowitz

    Mr. Osipowitz, 92, of Matawan, died May 31, 2010, at home. He served overseas during World War II in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Osipowitz was the owner of Martin and Brown Fuel Inc., Matawan, for the past 50 years, where he worked until 2007. He leaves behind his wife of 64 years, Ann Osipowitz;…

  • George Vernon Coe III

    Mr. Coe, 69, of Middletown, died May 27, 2010. An avid fisherman, sportsman and conservationist, he was a member of the Boone & Crocket Club, Game Conservation International, the Philadelphia Gun Club and the African Wildlife Foundation, and was the chairman of the Atlantic Flyway of Ducks Unlimited and Camp Fire Club of America. Up…