Category: Independent Opinion
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Resident sees no rationale in bow-hunting of deer
Iattended the Holmdel Township meeting on April 8, 2010, and they finally had the statistics for their approved bow hunt in Bayonet Farm Park that ended Feb. 20, 2010. I was rather taken back and shocked as to how they handled the bow hunt and their concerned residents. The park was never closed for the…
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Holmdel BOE member-elect thanks all who supported him
I’m humbled and honored by the support I received in Holmdel’s April 20 school board election. The campaign was a bit of a whirlwind for me and my family, and my gratitude goes out to all the people who were kind enough to contribute to my campaign in so many ways — from putting signs…
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Our online Facebook and Twitter pages are up and running, and we invite our readers to check out this faster way of keeping up with what is going on in their region. Let us assure anyone who is thinking “I don’t text and I don’t tweet” that we’ve made accessing these online sites very simple.…
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9/11 responder thanks Pallone for his work on bill
The 9/11 responder community, the Feal Good Foundation and I would like to thank Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th District) for his leadership and compassion while working on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. We recognize his crucial role in moving this bill through the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee and we are…
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Parent: School board puts its own interests first
Iwould like to voice my opinion and frustrationw ith the N.J. Education Association for the way they, teachers and school administration used our children for their own gain in this year’s school budget process. My daughter, a student at Middletown High School South, has been made to feel responsible for the potential loss of teachers…
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Library board about the public, not politics
I left the Middletown Public Library board of trustees after 25 years’ service following a campaign of vilification by the mayor. Some wonder why, especially in view of the denial of wrongdoing. One hopes the new board realizes that library trusteeship is about the public, not themselves, requires advocacy for the library, not the governing…
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BRSA rolls expensive, dangerous dice
Union Beach and the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority are currently awaiting the decision of the Appellate Court, which will determine the right of the BRSA to erect its 38-story noisy wind turbine, with blades that span more than an acre, just a little over 1,000 feet from homes. I attended the oral arguments, and I…
