Category: Independent Opinion

  • Holt’s ‘Green Schools’ initiative included in U.S. House bill

    Abill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives authorizing $6.4 billion over five years for school construction includes funding to help schools become more energy efficient. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District), a member of the committee, included an initiative in the 21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act to provide schools with federal funding to…

  • Carolyn Lowy

    Mrs. Lowy, 83, of Lubbock, Texas, died May 4, 2009. She had resided in the Locust section of Middletown and in Washington, D.C., before relocating to Lubbock in 2006. She and her husband owned and operated Red Bank Music and a music store in Neptune from the 1950s until retiring in the early 1980s. Red…

  • Local group culls trash from treasured land

    SEDE SPANG Students from the Holmdel High School Ecology Club helped members of Friends of Holmdel Open Space (FOHOS) clean up the former Bachstadt property, now township owned, next to Allocco Park on May 2. HOLMDEL — Volunteers from local organizations such as Friends of Holmdel Open Space (FOHOS) and students from the Holmdel High…

  • Thomas L. O’Keefe

    Mr. O’Keefe, 35, of Keansburg, died April 29, 2009, at home. He had resided in Union Beach and in Missouri before relocating to Keansburg in 2006. He was a sprinkler fitter apprentice at Local 696, Millburn, for the past two years. Prior to that, he was a police officer in Missouri. Mr. O’Keefe is survived…

  • Builder’s remedy is ripe for abuse in Hazlet

    Iwant to comment on the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) and specifically an element of that law that is ripe for abuse. It is known as a “builder’s remedy,” and Hazlet is presently the subject of this abuse. This section of the law enables a builder to come into your town, purchase a piece…

  • Elizabeth “Liz” M. Petillo

    Mrs. Petillo, 65, of Middletown, died May 6, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was employed in the medical records department at Red Bank Radiology, retiring six years ago. Mrs. Petillo was predeceased by a brother, James. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Francis; a son, Francis A. Jr. of…

  • Intrepid reporter is ‘town watchdog’ of Aberdeen

    Ihope you’ll allow me the opportunity to publicly thank Ms. Erin Stattel for her extraordinary service to Aberdeen Township. Her reporting not only covers the facts but gives a voice to opposing viewpoints as well as the angst and euphoria as our community bounces from tragedy to triumph. By this upcoming January, Aberdeen Township will…

  • Dorothy M. Schultz

    Mrs. Schultz, 88, of Freehold Township, died May 11, 2009, at home. She was raised in Tinton Falls and had lived in Little Silver, Middletown, Toms River and Silvermead, Freehold Township, before settling in Monmouth Crossings last year. She retired as a bookkeeper from Sarbo, Middletown. Mrs. Schultz was predeceased by her husband, Russell, and…

  • Kay L. Epifano

    Mrs. Epifano, 65, of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, died May 6, 2009, at home. She was a private caretaker for the elderly for more than 20 years. She is survived by her husband, Nicholas W. Epifano; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Patricia and Richard Geiger of Tinton Falls, Nicola and Jason Armbrust of…