Category: Independent Opinion

  • Investigate facts about health care reform, Medicare

    Fixing our broken health care system is far too important to be derailed by myths and scare tactics perpetuated by special interest groups trying to block progress on health care reform. You may have heard the outrageous claim that health care reform will get rid of Medicare. In fact, for people in Medicare, health care…

  • Vincent Guido

    Mr. Guido, 71, of Keansburg, died July 22, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, following a battle with cancer. He was an electrician at Local 3 IBEW, New York City, for 37 years, retiring 14 years ago. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Violet Guido; a daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and…

  • Officials must speak out on behalf of taxpayers

    As a resident of Middletown Township in Monmouth County, I was deeply disappointed by the decision of Committeemen Sean Byrnes and Patrick Short to vote against a resolution protesting Gov. Corzine’s recently introduced budget. The governor’s budget will adversely affect the taxpayers of suburban towns by cutting municipal aid by $31.2 million, increasing spending by…

  • Lewis F. Loker

    Mr. Loker, 75, of Long Branch, died July 27, 2009, at the St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He had resided in Middletown before relocating to Long Branch. Mr. Loker was a retired postal supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service in Middletown Township. Following retirement, he was a…

  • Investigate facts about health care reform, Medicare

    Fixing our broken health care system is far too important to be derailed by myths and scare tactics perpetuated by special interest groups trying to block progress on health care reform. You may have heard the outrageous claim that health care reform will get rid of Medicare. In fact, for people in Medicare, health care…

  • Louis DeLorenzo

    Mr. DeLorenzo, 92, of Red Bank, died July 21, 2009, in Berkeley Heights. He was employed at the Red Bank Board of Education for more than 30 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary, in 2007. He is survived by a daughter, Anne Dewling of Kenilworth; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Anthony of the…

  • For the Record

    For the record, John Merla is managing Antonio’s Pizza on West Front Street in Keyport.

  • Neil Otis Dickerson

    Mr. Dickerson, 79, of Holmdel, died July 21, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a licensed engineer in Massachusetts and was employed as an electrical engineer and manager for 30 years in various departments of Western Electric, Bell Laboratories and Bell Communications, retiring in 1986 as a division engineering manager of quality…

  • Regina A. DiMarco Jankiewicz

    Mrs. Jankiewicz, 77, of Freehold, formerly of Old Bridge, died July 17, 2009, in Sunrise Assisted Living, East Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1997, she was a cashier at Pathmark, Freehold, where she worked for many years. Her husband, Edward, died in 1973. Surviving are two daughters, Jennifer Montano, and her husband, Andrew, of…