Category: Independent Opinion

  • Kyriacos “Tony” Sozomenou

    Mr. Sozomenou, 66, a resident of Aberdeen since 1987, died Feb. 5, 2010, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was part owner and operator of Melito Construction in Glen Head, N.Y., for 30 years, where he served as vice president. Mr. Sozomenou served in Vietnam as a Green Beret in the Special Forces 5th Group and…

  • Even the playing field in school negotiations

    Guest Column • Dr. Marc Gaswirth No major political figure in the state today other than perhaps the new governor, Chris Christie, appears ready to tackle and finally act on a significant public policy question. Can hundreds of local school boards without the financial, professional and legal resources available to them effectively compete today at…

  • Resident excited about Reform Party renewal

    The year 2010 will bring new life for a once respected political party. The Reform Party of New Jersey, the Garden State’s affiliate of Ross Perot’s centrist organization, has been defunct for nearly a decade, the victim of infighting and the countless lawsuits that thrust the organization into limbo. The party’s legal woes, however, have…

  • Contest’s goal: to help two students with medical bills

    This first-ever Mr. Raider contest (Independent, Jan. 21, 2010) deserves a No. 10 score. Each and every one who participated in this wonderful event should receive mega kudos, as they all put their heart and soul into this event to help two fellow students who are in a medical situation that no one would ever…

  • Businesses must remove snow from handicap spaces

    Heavy snows make it hard for people with disabilities to navigate. It is doubly hard when many businesses block their accessible (handicapped) parking spaces, curb cuts and accessible routes by dumping snow collected from other spaces in them. For example, I have been prevented from entering a medical arts building, Chinese restaurant and bagel shop…

  • Resident: Lincroft sports complex is unacceptable

    Here we go again. It appears that our elected officials haven’t learned their lesson from their last attempt to try and impose a sports complex in Lincroft. This time their choice of fields is on the corner of West Front Street and Everett Road, right on the border of Holmdel. For the last 30 years,…

  • Residents urged to support health care reform

    Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Michael Bennett of Colorado, Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York have drafted a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urging an up-or-down vote on including a public option in any form of heath care reform. I have written my senators and President Obama to make…

  • Resident applauds council for passing resolution

    Iwould like to applaud the Highlands Borough Council for unanimously passing R10-25, the resolution opposing the installation of Cantilever Road signs on the new Route 36 Highlands Bridge. The resolution highlights the concerns of many Jersey Shore area citizens, that the installation of six large overhead cantilever New Jersey Turnpike-style signs at three separate locations…

  • Spring Visiting Writers Series begins Feb. 23

    Brookdale Community College’s Visiting Writers Series – Spring 2010 will welcome Mihaela Moscaliuc and Dean Young at the Feb. 23 debut event. Readings will begin at 7 p.m. in the Warner Student Life Center in Navesink rooms I and II on the Lincroft main campus, 765 Newman Springs Road. Moscaliuc’s first poetry collection followed her…