Category: Independent Opinion

  • High Tech High School to offer summer programs

    High Technology High School on the Brookdale Community College campus in Lincroft has announced that it will offer an extensive summer enrichment program for academically motivated students. The program is available to students entering the sixth, seventh, or eighth grade. According to a press release, this is an opportunity for children to work with other…

  • They say life is sweeter for Twitterers who Tweet

    Coda • GREG BEAN The email message was enough to make little beads of sweat break out on my forehead and set my heart to thumping with dread. It said one of my brothers had invited me to join Twitter so he and I could Tweet. It’s not easy keeping true to my Luddite philosophies…

  • Josephine (Zichelli) Isganitis

    Mrs. Isganitis, 83, of Clifton, died March 5, 2009. Prior to her retirement in 2000, she was employed as an order clerk for the Popular Club Plan in Garfield for over 40 years. Mrs. Isganitis was predeceased by her husband, Edward J. Isganitis; two brothers, Frank and Jerry Zichelli, and a sister Nikki Michalchik. She…

  • Josephine Louise Dinowski DePrima

    Mrs. DePrima, 86, of the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen, died March 7, 2009, at Bayshore CommunityHospital, Holmdel. She was an assembler at Bates Manufacturing, Orange, for 30 years, retiring in 1968. She was predeceased by her husband, Dominick DePrima; and a sister, Dorothy Hummel. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Burial of cremains…

  • Dorothy Beladino DiNardo

    Mrs. DiNardo, 76, of Manchester, died March 12, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She resided in Hazlet most of her life prior to relocating to Manchester six years ago. Mrs. DiNardo was a waitress at Bahr’s Landing, Highlands, for 30 years, retiring 15 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, Claude DiNardo, in…

  • Bring history back into Mon. County’s schools

    Back in the early 20th century no high school education was complete without a senior class trip to George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon, Va. Those pilgrimages are documented in the Monmouth County Historical Association’s archives with photographs from the 1920s of Freehold High School senior classes posed on the lawn at Mount Vernon. On a…

  • Joseph Spokey Monte

    Mr. Monte, 47, of Middletown, died March 18, 2009, at home. He had resided in Jackson before relocating to Middletown seven years ago. He was a service technician at Bill White Pool Service, Middletown. Prior to that, he was a carpenter for several years until 2005. Mr. Monte was predeceased by his parents, William J.…

  • Holmdel taxpayers deserve better

    The Holmdel Township Committee recently concluded its budget hearings. These were critical meetings as Holmdel faces tough financial decisions in this recession. Where was Committeewoman Janet Berk during these important meetings? She was on vacation. Not only did she miss the budget meetings but she chose to miss several important township committee meetings. Last year…

  • Margaret A. Marshall Anderson

    Mrs. Anderson, 70, of the Belford section of Middletown, died March 7, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by a brother, John Marshall, in 1980; and a sister, June Adams, in 2008. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Kenneth R. Anderson of Belford, three daughters and two sons-in-law,…