Category: Independent Opinion

  • Visions of sugarplums

    Youngsters watch as Georgette Thomas, of Brookdale Community College’s Culinary Education Center, demonstrates how to make a gingerbread ornament at the Middletown Public Library on Nov. 13.

  • Helen Sulley Wiget

    Mrs. Wiget, 76, of Keyport, died Oct. 21, 2009, at home. She had resided in Laurence Harbor before relocating to Keyport 15 years ago. Before her retirement, Mrs. Wiget was a custodian for the Old Bridge School District. She was predeceased by a son, Robert Wiget. She is survived by a daughter, Donna Maxwell of…

  • Preventing another Operation Bid Rig

    Guest Column • Arthur Z. Kamin Now that the election is over, it is time for the five-member Board of Freeholders to come together and adopt a strong ethics structure to give the county the watchdog agency it needs to help ensure honest government. The two Republican freeholders have been battling efforts by the three…

  • Norma Vela

    Mrs. Vela, 75, of Keyport, died Nov. 8, 2009, at home. She was employed in customer service at Prudential Insurance Co., Holmdel, for 15 years, retiring in 1991. Mrs. Vela is survived by her husband, Frank M. Vela; two daughters, Valerie Ulrich of Brick and Tracey Doyle of Neptune; and three grandchildren. Arrangements were by…

  • Gingerbread man

    Steve Powers-Hill, of Brookdale Community College’s Culinary Education Center, demonstrates how to create a gingerbread holiday ornament at the Middletown Public Library Nov. 13.

  • Francis LaPiana

    Mr. LaPiana, 86, of the Lincroft section of Middletown, died Nov. 15, 2009. He was an engineer at Bell Labs for 15 years, retiring in 1987. Prior to that, he was employed at Bellcomm, where he worked for NASA designing the software programs for the first manned lunar landing. He was predeceased by his wife,…

  • Navy must kill plan for civilian housing

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN Ithink I am known as a person who tries to see all sides of a story. After almost three decades as a professional journalist, I can state with certainty that there are at least two sides to every story, and usually more than that. But I do not think…

  • Victor S. Cresci

    Mr. Cresci, 84, of Keyport, died Oct. 14, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was predeceased by his wife, Francis Grillo Cresci. He is survived by his ,children Vivian and Richard Fagin of Middletown, Victor G. Cresci of Union Beach, Richard G. and…

  • Political mailer lies about affiliation with developer

    Iunderstand that any candidate for public office feels that he or she must campaign aggressively, but that did not give Holmdel Township Committee candidate Frank Capaci and town Republican Chairman Tom Scarano the right to publicly lie about me or others in the community regarding the future of the Lucent property. The Capaci campaign spent…