Category: Independent Opinion
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Matawan Rotary donates backpacks, dictionaries to students
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Matawan Rotary Club members with backpacks collected for schoolchildren. MATAWAN — The Rotary Club began a new project this year to ensure that no child would go back to school without a backpack or proper supplies for class. The organization collected 70 backpacks, hundreds of school supplies and more than…
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NPS pushing its ‘worst idea’ at Fort Hancock
As we celebrate our national parks with Ken Burns’ documentary “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” the National Park Service single-mindedly pursues its own “worst idea” — commercial development at Sandy Hook. In a transparent attempt to give James Wassel and his inexperienced and underfunded company a 60- year lease for 36 Fort Hancock buildings…
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Seven attainable objectives for health care reform
Guest Column • Dave Mordo As a member of the New Jersey Association of Health Underwriters, I have paid close attention to the boisterous health care debate that has consumed headlines this summer and has confused Americans about this issue more than ever. Unfortunately, much of the partisan wrangling has been nonproductive and threatens to…
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CBA students, alumni celebrate 50-year mark
Grounds may be different, but spirit the same, grads say BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Members of ChristianBrothersAcademy’s freshman class trotted into McKay Gym last week after completing the Heath Run, the traditional freshman race across campus. The run is named after longtime coach Tom Heath. Once inside, homerooms competed in the annual…
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Robert James Renner III
Mr. Renner, 42, of Highlands, died Sept. 5, 2009, in Highlands. He was a dock builder at J. H. Reid, South Plainfield, and member of the Dock Builders and Pile Drivers Union Local 1456 New York City, the past 14 years. He was also an artist. He is survived by his fiancée, Karen Josko of…
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Keyport must rein in escalating taxes
I own a legitimate three-family house in Keyport and take pride in its upkeep and the fact that I have always complied with all regulations — I have stable tenants and am located on Maple Place. I recently received sticker shock from an exponential increase in property taxes, which has moved my taxes up $2,800…
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Mary Lou Siciliano
Mrs. Siciliano, 64, of Middletown, died Sept. 13, 2009, in Ellicott City, Md. She was a resident of Middletown for 40 years. Mrs. Siciliano was a preschool teacher for 27 years at several area schools. She was predeceased by her husband, Ralph Siciliano. She is survived by a daughter, Jodi Cosgrove of Ellicott City; a…
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High schools introduce monthly teacher training
Seniors allowed to come in 90 minutes late on training days BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The school district’s two high school principals presented a plan to have monthly training sessions for faculty during school hours, which will go into effect later this month. Middletown High School North Principal Patricia Cartier and Middletown…
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Patricia M. Fritz Trawinski
Mrs. Trawinski, 68, of East Brunswick, died Sept. 3, 2009, at Willow Creek Nursing Home, Somerset. She was a concierge at Marriott International, Bridgewater. She was predeceased by her husband, George J. Trawinski, in 2007. She is survived by a son, Gregory of Cranford; five sisters and four brothers-in-law, Helen Gutter of East Brunswick, Carol…
