Category: Independent Opinion
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Therapy dogs visit special-needs students
Nanook, a Newfoundland therapy dog, and his owner visit with a student at Bayshore School. MIDDLETOWN — Several VIP visitors have been making the rounds of the district’s special education classes this school year. Answering to the names of Autumn, Benny, Cotton, Misty and Nanook, the respective Labrador retriever, smoothcoated Portuguese water dog, standard poodle,…
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Mary April Belmonte
Mrs. Belmonte, 55, of Middletown, died April 30, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was vice president and director at Reserve Fund, New York City, retiring in 2008. She was predeceased by her parents, Wanda and Albert Pszeniczny; and her husband, Patrick, in April 2009. She is survived by two sisters, Christine Alexander…
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Middle Road students heading to Iowa
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer The Middle Road School Olympics of the Mind team HAZLET — Though not even teens yet, seven Middle Road School students managed to solve the problem of the “The Lost Labors of Heracles” and are now traveling to Iowa for their efforts. On April 25, Middle Road School’s Odyssey of…
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Joan Patricia Mullin
Mrs. Mullin, 69, of Middletown, died May 19, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a member of the New Jersey Watercolor Society. She was predeceased by a brother, Robert Fanning. She is survived by her husband, Henry Mullin; a sister, Carol Fanning of Swan Lake, N.Y.; a brother, Richard Fanning of Pennsylvania; and…
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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…
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Mary Isabel Smith
Mrs. Smith, 92, of Middletown, died May 8, 2009. She was preceded by her husband, Doyle Smith, in 1999. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Charles Harris of Fair Haven; a half-brother, Charles Toes of Memphis, Tenn.; and a grandson. A funeral liturgy was celebrated at St. Mary’s Chapel, New Monmouth…
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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…
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Filippo Natilli
88, of Farmingdale Filippo Natilli Mr. Natilli was born in Gildone, Italy, and had lived in Brooklyn and Middletown before moving to Farmingdale in 1995. Mr. Natilli was a mason for the Excavators Union Local #731, Astoria, New York. He was predeceased by his wife, Maria, in March, 1991; his son, Michael, in July, 2007.…
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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…
