Category: Independent Opinion

  • Work on Swimming River Rd. worries resident

    Recent construction on Swimming River Road in Lincroft has resulted in uneven and cracked patched sections of pavement for about a half mile down Swimming River Road in Lincroft from the intersection at Route 520. This poorly patched section of the road poses a significant risk to cyclists who travel on Swimming River Road. The…

  • State of New Jersey needs to go on a diet

    Do you want to hear a sad story? My name is New Jersey. I’m in very bad health. So I went to the doctor. He said, “You are indeed in very bad health. The problem is obesity – all that fat is killing you. If you don’t reduce, you won’t have much time left.” So…

  • Public school safety and quality threatened by A-10

    On May 19, the New Jersey State Assembly considered further reducing administrative spending in our public schools. Before you say, “About time!” consider that New Jersey’s administrative costs are already below national levels, capped at the state level and under annual scrutiny. According to recent, independent sources, New Jersey school administrative costs rank 40th in…

  • Mary D. Schobert

    Mrs. Schobert, 85, of Freehold Township, and formerly of East Brunswick, died April 29, 2008, at Monmouth Crossings, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, JohnA. Schobert, in 2001.Mrs. Schobert is survived by three sons, JohnA. “Jack” Schobert Jr. of East Brunswick, George Schobert of Monroe and Raymond Schobert of Burlington; three daughters, Barbara…

  • Giving away store led to Middletown’s deterioration

    Once again, the Board of Education has failed Middletown. Once again they have caved in to the teachers’ union. And again, they have saddled taxpayers with an above-inflation three-year contract. The increase averages 4.5 percent, compounding out to be 14.1 percent. Since 1992, inflation has never gotten above 3.39 percent. It mostly hovered in the…

  • Sebastian A. Straniero

    Mr. Straniero, 86, of Morganville, and formerly of Hazlet and Aberdeen, died May 1, 2008, at home. A veteran of the U.S. Army and National Guard during World War II and Korea,Mr. Straniero was the owner/operator of Buddy’s Barber Shop, Hazlet, and an employee of the Hazlet Board of Education for many years before retiring…

  • Officials misleading residents on affordable housing

    Deputy Mayor Pam Brightbill and the majority of the Middletown Township Committee continue to mislead the residents of Middletown on affordable housing. In the last letter that Deputy Mayor Brightbill put out, she makes the case that by lowering property taxes, it would create affordable housing. Where I agree that a reduction in property taxes…

  • Michael “Mickey” W. Sagan

    Mr. Sagan, 65, of Farmingdale, died May 3, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was a plant supervisor for DiSanti Concrete Products, Howell, for more than 30 years. Mr. Sagan was predeceased by his father, Michael Sagan, in 1989. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Margaret; four sons, Blain,…

  • Sylvia Lucas

    Miss Lucas, 92, of the Shadow Lake section ofMiddletown, diedMay 17, 2008, at home. She resided in Red Bank before relocating to Shadow Lake Village. Before her retirement in 1983, Miss Lucas was a designer at Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, and prior to that she worked in the drafting department at Bell Laboratories in NewYork City.…