Category: Independent Opinion
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Unions counter gender-based bias
Guest Column MARY BETH MAXWELL Recent headlines reveal whatmany of us already know:Americans are witnessing the highest inflation rates seen in over 20 years.According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, food prices climbed nearly 5 percent in 2007, and as housing and energy costs skyrocket out of control, working families are getting squeezed. In these…
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Guns and Bibles sure aren’t exclusive to flyover country
Red State/Blue State DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: Every now and then, folks out here in the bucolic Flyover Country Red States get…
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Finally, a matter upon which we seem to agree
Coda GREG BEAN I get letters. Man, do I get letters. And nothing I’ve written in recent memory got as many letters in the form of e-mail messages as my recent column on Comcast and my misery over losing the History Channel when the company went all digital March 27. Most weeks, my e-mail…
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Media focus should be on vets, not celebs
With America entering the sixth year of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, our television news, which includes CBS, ABC, NBC as well as their cable affiliates, mentions the number of dead, which recently hit 4,000, but fails to report the plight of the thousands of wounded, some critically, lying in military and veterans hospitals.…
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Mayor lauded for stand on affordable housing
Open letter toMathewMorehead: Iwas dismayed to read the letter from the chairman of the Young Democrats criticizing Middletown Mayor Gerry Scharfenberger and Steve Lonegan for their efforts to end the costly, taxpayer subsidized affordable housing program. As a college undergraduate, I am working very hard to earn a degree that will give me the opportunity…
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Hazlet has become ‘Taxlet’
April 15 was federal and state taxes day and brings to mind to Taxlet (Hazlet) taxpayers our biggest tax bill with the least returns. Taxlet Township and its schools will again raise taxes to keep up the biggest tradition of having one of the largest tax rates in the highest tax state. There is and…
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Robert E. Edward “Bob” Dooley
Mr. Dooley, 65, of Hazlet, died April 15, 2008, at home. He was a retired Teamster member of Locals 560 and 701. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Joan Trudel Dooley; a daughter and son-in-law, Michele and Joseph Willcox of Aberdeen; a son, Jason Dooley of Berkeley Heights; a brother, Frank W.…
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Board members thank Keyport for support
Thank you Keyport for trusting us. Sheila and I extend our thanks to you, the community of Keyport, for your faith in us. We are overwhelmed by your generous show of support in the recent board elections. This will also be our first opportunity to serve as elected officials. We will work with the other…
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Carmen S. Castell
Mrs. Castell, 74, of Aberdeen, died April 10, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She is survived by her husband, Hector Castell. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Keyport. Interment was at the church’s cemetery. Arrangements were by Day Funeral Home, Keyport.
