Category: Independent Opinion

  • Voters defeat Hazlet’s 2009-10 school budget

    Superintendent says defeat is ‘a sign of the times’ BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer HAZLET — The Hazlet Public School District’s proposed budget for the 2009-10 school year was voted down by taxpayers in a tally that saw the spending plan defeated by more than 300 votes. A total of 1,037, or 59.32 percent, of…

  • Voters reject Holmdel school budget

    Twp. Committee set to begin examining budget BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Voters knocked down the school district’s budget during elections last week while two incumbents and one newcomer won spots on the Board of Education. The $47.4 million tax levy called for by the Holmdel Township Public School District’s 2009-10 spending…

  • Corzine team’s attitude won’t be ignored in Nov.

    At a recent Assembly budget hearing, Gov. Jon Corzine’s state treasurer, David Rousseau, was asked if he thought New Jerseyans were overtaxed. He stunned those in attendance when he answered with an emphatic, “no.” This, perhaps, illustrates better than anything else how out of touch the Corzine administration is with the plight of the New…

  • Action needed on Broadway flooding

    Broadway. What, when?! What is happening? When will it happen? Who will you tell? Will you notify by newspaper article all of Middletown, and the 60 or more petitioners who demanded action on Broadway, Belford, Port Monmouth? What are your intentions, Mr. Anthony Mercantante? And, when? We’re waiting! Twenty years is too long. As of…

  • Helen Marie McInerney

    Mrs. McInerney, 79, of the River Plaza section of Middletown, died April 26, 2009, at home following a lengthy illness. She was predeceased by her husband, Jack McInerney; and a brother, Jack Slattery. She is survived by a son, Sean McInerney of Toms River; three daughters and one son-in-law, Kimberly McInerney of Red Bank, Kelly…

  • Stranded tourists need to contact DOT re bridge

    As I write this at 9:30 p.m. on this warm Sunday evening, there is still a very long line of car lights trying to exit from Sandy Hook. Due to the construction traffic on the new bridge it has been — like every nice day last year — unfairly backed up all day long and…

  • John “Jack” A. Denehy

    Mr. Denehy, 81, of Toms River, died April 7, 2009, at home. He resided in Old Bridge, Charlotte, N.C., and Middletown, prior to relocating to Toms River in 1995. He was a corporate accountant at Celanese Corporation, New York City, for several years, retiring in 1990. During retirement, he was a volunteer at Kimball Medical…

  • ‘Rounding’ doesn’t simplify things for reader

    I hope you all remember your old high school education. You’re in math class, patiently waiting for your test. You read the instructions and notice that all answers must be rounded to the nearest whole number. What’s the deal with that!? I refuse to round; it’s absolutely absurd! You are trying to make me believe…

  • Barbara A. Raimondi

    Mrs. Raimondi, 53, of Middletown, died April 25, 2009. She was an emergency room nurse at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, for eight years and named Nurse of the Year. She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Michael; two sons, Adam Orlando of Long Branch, and Steven Raimondi at home; a daughter, Lisa…