Category: Independent Opinion

  • 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…

  • Robin Jay Fierro

    Ms. Fierro, 44, of Millstone, died April 16, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Elizabeth, she had resided in Rahway, Old Bridge and Aberdeen before moving to Millstone five years ago. She was employed as a floor worker at Barnes & Noble, Hamilton, for 13 years. She is survived by her companion,…

  • For the Record

    An article about a tour of affordable housing sites in the May 14 edition of the Independent incorrectly attributed statements to Joanne Conroy of the Monmouth County Association of Realtors. The statements should have been attributed to Joan Lorwey, a member of the association.

  • 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…

  • To escape, just step out of the last two centuries

    Coda • GREG BEAN Iguess nearly everyone has a side of their life that they tend to keep private because they think nobody would understand. I know I do, and for more than 30 years of writing columns, I’ve never written about it. I guess it’s time. Fact is, I’m a historical re-enactor, and so…

  • Never mind the details, let’s have a tax revolt!

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN Politicians often put forward ideas without telling those of us who might be willing to listen to them how to go about implementing their grand schemes. A case in point is Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who was quoted by the Bloomberg News Service last week as saying, “There should…

  • Lawmakers finally show a bit of common sense

    Coda • GREG BEAN My father died a hard death from lung cancer in 1983. From the first diagnosis, about six months before he passed, there was never any real hope, since his type of cancer is nearly always fatal. Still, he tried to beat it with ever-more aggressive chemotherapy treatments that took his hair…

  • Jawann Charles Brown

    Mr. Brown, 21, of the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen, died May 9, 2009, at Hackensack University Medical Center. He was a 2005 graduate of Matawan-Aberdeen Regional High School, Aberdeen. He is survived by his parents Lisa and Charles Brown; a sister Shardea Brown; his maternal grandparents, Marie and Leonard Wright; his paternal grandmother, Jean Brown;…