Category: Independent Opinion

  • Attack on Coleman typical low-road politics

    The recent letter by Joe Caliendo attacking Judith Stanley Coleman – one of the most decent, caring and charitable people I’ve ever met – is yet another sorry example of the gutter politics practiced by the Middletown Democratic leadership. Mrs. Stanley Coleman pays nearly $50,000 in property taxes per year to Middletown on her home…

  • Carol June McCann

    Mrs. McCann, 79, of Middletown, died Jan. 24, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was a registered nurse at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, retiring in 1986. Prior to that, she was a school nurse for local schools including Red Bank Primary School. She was predeceased by her husband, Leon in 1985.…

  • ‘Tidy Shoelace’ ordinance needed in Keyport

    It’s almost instinctive when we see a kid with an untied shoelace. It’s not a question of “if” he will trip, it’s “how soon” before he makes full-body contact with the sidewalk. Yes, it’s inevitable that short, untied string will quickly do him in. If only he were aware or forewarned. Same goes for public…

  • Dorothy Szczypinski

    Mrs. Szczypinski, 78, of the Port Monmouth section ofMiddletown, died Dec. 28, 2007, at Care One at Holmdel. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Keyport,Middletown andHolmdel beforemoving to Port Monmouth. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Szczypinski; a brother, John Tryneski; two sisters, Stella Rogers and Helen DiDamo; a niece; and a nephew.…

  • Thomas Joseph Konke

    Mr. Konke, of the West Keansburg section of Hazlet, died Jan. 13, 2008. He is survived by his mother, Anna Konke; four children, Dawn, Doug, Jennifer and Aaron; and two grandchildren. Arrangements were by John F. Pfleger Funeral Home, Middletown.

  • Ex-Human Rights chair charges retaliation

    Iwould like to clarify some misconceptions from the Jan. 6 Middletown Township reorganization meeting at which I was not reappointed to the Middletown Human Rights Commission after 17 successful years, the last three as chairperson. At the Township Committee meeting, by using an unfortunate acronym, I meant “majority, non minority” people. I immediately replaced it…

  • Oscar Strandberg

    Mr. Strandberg, 84, of Middletown, died Jan. 13, 2008. Born in St. Louis, Mo., he resided in the Hudson County area prior to relocating to Middletown 50 years ago. Mr. Strandberg sewed custom slipcovers his entire life. He served with the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II in the Pacific theater and fought in…

  • RCAs make sense for Middletown

    In a recent guest column, Reverend Ronald J. Cioffiand Paul Bellan-Boyer make an emotional case for ending RCAs as a means of satisfying a portion of a municipality’s affordable housing obligation. While their position is borne of good intentions, it ignores the stark realities that I and my fellow taxpayers must deal with as we…

  • Peter N. Beckett

    Mr. Beckett, 78, of Middletown, died Jan. 14, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Liverpool, England, he relocated to the United States in 1965 and resided in Hazlet before relocating to Middletown in 1972. Mr. Beckett was a marine surveyor for Crawford Company Marine Surveyor from 1965 until his retirement in 2002.…