Category: Independent Opinion
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Lucent is crucial property for quality of life
Mayor Serena DiMaso is confused over local government’s role in protecting its residents and the idyllic quality of life in Holmdel Township. Her recent statement, “I don’t know if a resident would want us planning their property, let alone a large development company,” is misguided. She was referring to the Lucent citizen advisory committee’s recommendation…
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Courtney Lynne Dayback
Miss Dayback, 19, of Holmdel, died Sept. 16, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a 2006 graduate of Holmdel High School, and second-year student at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown. She was employed at Brookdale Preschool for seven months. Prior to that, she was employed at Holmdel Preschool. She was…
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National Reading Group Month slated for October
The 2008 Summer Reading Program for children and teens was an overwhelming success at libraries all across New Jersey. I have hundreds of newspaper clippings about the exciting events New Jersey’s public libraries offered this summer to keep our young people’s minds active through interesting and unusual programs which encouraged exploration and reading. Following that…
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Eleanor L. Pasino Cahill
Mrs. Cahill, 85, of Keyport, died Sept. 13, 2008, at home. She was a retired real estate agent. She was predeceased by a daughter, Patricia Garrymore. She is survived by her husband, James; six children, John of California, Eleanor Welch of California, Elizabeth Cahill of Washington, D.C., Marie Nealis of Chatham, and Jane Cummons of…
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For the record
A waterfront redevelopment project in Keyport will not cost taxpayers an additional $600-$800 per household per year. Due to a typographical error in an article in the Sept. 25 issue, it was incorrectly reported that the project would now cost that amount.
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Voting is duty, responsibility of American citizens
It isn’t the right to vote that keeps government responsive to those whom it governs, rather it’s those who vote who accomplished this miracle of government. Voting is more than just a right of citizenship for American citizens; it’s their duty, their responsibility, their obligation. Today, more than ever before, this country needs the political…
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Pauline Corcione McGovern
Mrs. McGovern, 84, of Hazlet, died Sept. 16, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a secretary at Cove Road School, Hazlet, for 29 years, retiring in 1988. She was predeceased by her husband, Raymond J. McGovern, in 1996. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Raymond J. and Judy Mc- Govern of…
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Your Turn
Ethics panel discussion at college is a disappointment Guest Column • Arthur Z. Kamin There’s some good news and there’s some bad news following Brookdale Community College’s joint venture panel discussion Sept. 16 with Assemblywoman Amy H. Handlin that presented a significant program for students, faculty and the public on the hot-button “Ethics in New…
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Martin V. Lawlor
Mr. Lawlor, 95, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died Sept. 18, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was treasurer at Associated Aviation Underwriters, New York City, for 46 years, retiring in 1976. He was a former member of the Middletown Township Board of Education, and Township Committee. He was predeceased by…
