Category: Independent Opinion

  • We must prepare our children for life’s challenges

    I’m shocked that someone actually wrote that their children have too much homework (Mat-Ab Parents Need to Speak up About Excessive Homework, Independent, Sept. 24). They actually came home with homework on their first day of school. I guess maybe it’s better they were at the local soccer field at night to become the next…

  • Joan Viscount DiGeronimo

    Mrs. DiGeronimo, 79, of Holmdel, died Sept. 24, 2009, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. She resided in the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen, prior to relocating to Holmdel five years ago. She was a waitress at Howard Johnson, Middletown, retiring in 1995. She was predeceased by her first husband, David Brower, in 1974; her husband,…

  • America’s special lands must be protected

    One day a year simply isn’t enough to demonstrate America’s commitment to the stewardship of these special lands. That’s why I’ve asked my U.S. representative to support the America’s Wildlife Heritage Act. I encourage my neighbors in my hometown to do the same. This bill will help to ensure that every day our nation is…

  • Fink has a proven record of protecting Holmdel

    With so much at stake, Holmdel needs Larry Fink to be re-elected to the Township Committee. On Nov. 3, Holmdel residents will head to the polls again to vote to fill one seat on the Holmdel Township Committee. Committeeman Larry Fink currently holds this seat and is up for re-election. Fink has served the Holmdel…

  • Capaci understands need for fiscal conservatism

    This Nov. 3, the voters of Holmdel will have the opportunity to elect one person to the Holmdel Township Committee. It would seem that the issue of Lucent is of primary concern for many of the residents of Holmdel. With this concern in mind, I am asking that the voters join me in voting for…

  • Dean M. Fiorella

    Mr. Fiorella, 57, of the Belford section of Middletown, died Sept. 26, 2009, following a heart attack at his home. He was a captain with Fire Department of New York Ladder Company 85, New York City, retiring in 1994. Prior to that, he was a firefighter at Engine Company 239 in Brooklyn, N.Y., and fire…

  • Holmdel public official has become a ‘politician’

    Imagine how surprised I was to hear that the Democrats accused the majority of being political when they asked Larry Fink to step off the Lucent subcommittee when the attorney ruled he has a conflict. If they were being political, they would not have put Mr. Fink on the committee at all. However, as I…

  • Doris E. Evernham

    Mrs.. Evernham, 88, of the Belford section of Middletown, died Sept. 25, 2009, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Daniel F. Evernham; and a son, Walter Evernham. She is survived by four sons and two daughters-in-law, Daniel and Theresa Evernham of Middletown, George and Cindy Evernham of Nashville, N.C., James Evernham of Keansburg,…

  • Steven George Lucisano

    Mr. Lucisano, 33, of the West Keansburg section of Hazlet, died Sept. 18, 2009, at home. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the Church of St. Ann, Keansburg. Arrangements were by Laurel Funeral Home, West Keansburg.