Category: Independent Opinion

  • ‘Convenience charge’ is not saving NJ money

    Irecently received my New Jersey automobile registration renewal form via mail. I was given the option of going to a local New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) office and interact with a clerk for the renewal. My second option was to fill out the paperwork and send it and a check to the NJMVC office…

  • Joanne M. Price Steunenberg

    Mrs. Steunenberg, 76, of Tinton Falls, died March 23, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was employed as an employment representative at Bell Labs, Holmdel, retiring in 1989. She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of Bell Labs. She resided in Middletown, prior to relocating to Tinton Falls in 2008. She…

  • Women deserve more than a month for achievements

    Ireally dislike Women’s History Month. Perhaps that’s a surprising statement coming from someone who’s worked for 15 years in the League of Women Voters, but it’s true. Carving out one month to remember the monumental achievements of women highlights the fact that these achievements are still largely ignored by the people who write and teach…

  • Katherine “Katie” E. Zimmerman

    Miss Zimmerman, 26, of the River Plaza section of Middletown, died March 4, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a special needs graduate in the adult program of the Schroth School (Ladacin Network), Wanamassa section of Ocean Township. She is survived by her parents, Loretta and Paul; a brother, Paul of Middletown;…

  • Middletown school budget at 10-year low

    District spending plan proposes 2.6 percent increase BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Board of Education is proposing a budget that will be the district’s lowest proposed tax increase in the past decade. The Board of Education will hold a public hearing on its 2009-2010 budget at the March 31 voting meeting. The…

  • Mary E. Marotta Donofrio

    Mr. Donofrio, 88, of Keyport, died March 22, 2009, at Bayshore Health Care, Holmdel. She was employed at Personal Management and Planning Company, Matawan, for nine years. Prior to that, she was a private secretary at H.B. Thomas Store, Keyport, for 40 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Donofrio. She is survived by…

  • District seeks bids for busing private school students

    Cost last year was in excess of state limits BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Concerned parents filled the library at the William R. Satz School at a recent Board of Education meeting to question school officials about transportation issues for students attending private schools March 11. “On March 4, I had a…

  • Veronica Orlando Gallo

    Mrs. Gallo, 88, of Whiting, died March 5, 2009, at Care One at Holmdel. She resided in Matawan, prior to relocating to Whiting, in 2002. She was a seamstress in Keyport, for 10 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Gallo, in 1985. She is survived by a son, Edward Gallo of Aberdeen; three…

  • Hazlet school officials stump for budget

    Proposed spending plan calls for 2.46 percent increase BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer HAZLET — Superintendent of Schools William O. George III will talk to anyone who will listen about the district’s budget, and is trying to get as many people as he can to get out and vote on April 21. The district’s proposed…