Category: Independent Opinion
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Wind turbine issue deserves deeper study
In the March 4 edition, you published a letter (“Groups urged to eliminate pollution, not windmill”) wherein the author used the very large, all-inclusive paint brush of NIMBY-ism (not in my backyard) as it relates to efforts of the Hazlet Environmental Commission and Hazlet Area Quality of Life Alliance (HAQLA) to educate the public about…
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Resident grateful to mayor for his efforts to provide safe fields
As a coach and parent of two children in the Middletown Soccer League, and also as a lifelong soccer player and resident of Middletown, I want to commend Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger for his efforts to provide our children with safe, low-maintenance fields. I have met with the mayor in his office and also attended numerous…
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Fiscal responsibility lacking in Middletown
The Republican majority of Middletown’s Township Committee is financially irresponsible. Big time. They exhibit insensitivity to current economic conditions as they relentlessly pursue the installation of turf fields within the township that already has turf on each of its high school fields. Are the taxpayers now being obligated to provide turf in townships parks at…
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It’s time to study cutting number of school districts
Over the past two weeks, your newspaper has published a guest column (Feb. 25, “Even the Playing Field in School Negotiations,” by Dr. Marc Gaswirth) and a letter (March 4, “School Official’s View on Contracts Applauded,” Ed McNamara) supporting the position that collective bargaining practices between local New Jersey school boards and the New Jersey…
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On Campus
Thomas J. Gavin of Middletown has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City, Md., has awarded dean’s list academic honors for the fall semester to Caroline Ann Andril and Shannon Elizabeth Lockwood, both of Holmdel. The University of Scranton (Pa.), announced…
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Michele “Mikki” P. Damen
Ms. Damen, 61, of Shrewsbury, died March 1, 2010, at home. For 27 years, she was a financial analyst for Robert A. Stanger & Co. in Shrewsbury. Ms. Damen was predeceased by her father, William McCormick, in November 2009. She is survived by her mother, Elinor “Ducky” McCormick; a son, Scott Damen and his wife,…
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Anna C. Mosca
Mrs. Mosca, 89, of Red Bank, died Feb. 26, 2010, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Calabria, Italy, she came to the U.S. in 1935 and had lived in Red Bank since 1937. During World War II, Mrs. Mosca was employed at various garment factories in Red Bank. She was a lifetime member…
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Howard Robert Wimmert
Mr. Wimmert, 48, of Matawan, formerly of Staten Island, N.Y., died Feb. 24, 2010, at CentraStateMedical Center, Freehold Township. He worked for the Transit Authority in New York City for 16 years. Mr. Wimmert served as the district commissioner for the Boy Scouts in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was predeceased by his parents, Edgar and Harriet…
