Category: Independent Opinion

  • Margaret Powers Havens

    Mrs. Havens, 65, of the Belford section Middletown, died Dec. 12, 2007, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she relocated to Middletown in 1952. She was a secretary for Port Monmouth Senior Housing, Port Monmouth section of Middletown, and Middletown Police Department prior to that. She was a Franciscan third order…

  • Coda

    ‘Tis the stressful season for us ‘guerrilla shoppers’ GREG BEAN There was a time not long ago when my wife said one of the most surprising things she’s said in over 25 years of marriage. We’d taken a Sunday drive down to Cape May, and while I was content to just drive around, gawking at…

  • Red State/Blue State

    Great thoughts from celebs on political endorsements 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. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: The Red States are abuzz…

  • My Take

    Therapy for body & spirit LINDA DENICOLA There is an alternate world taking place most weekday mornings within the walls of the YMCA in Red Bank. It is a warm moist place that smells strongly of chlorine, and is filled with older folks who are having fun exercising, some in the warm therapeutic pool and…

  • Hattie Boehm

    Mrs. Boehm, 96, of Middletown, died Dec. 16, 2007, at Imperial Care Center, Neptune. Born in New York City, she resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., prior to relocating to Middletown 12 years ago. She was a medical stenographer at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York City, retiring in 1947. She was a member of Daniel Towers…

  • Mildred G. Munschauer

    Mrs. Munschauer, 89, of the Shadow Lake village section of Middletown, died Dec. 4, 2007. She was a secretary for the Eatontown Public School System for 21 years, retiring in 1983. She was a member of United Methodist Church of Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, Arthur S. in 1980. She is survived…

  • Preschoolers raise funds for arthritis foundation

    HOLMDEL – The township Preschool Center raised more than $1,925 for the Arthritis Foundation during its Jingle Bell Jump fundraiser Dec. 5. HPC’s connection with the foundation is a result of director Diana Pepitone’s own experience – her daughter Nicole has arthritis. While many fundraisers are walks, Pepitone knew this form of exercise is hard…

  • Todd Edward Schanck

    Mr. Schanck, 41, of Freehold, died Dec. 4, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was born in Long Branch and was a 1984 graduate of Middletown High School South. Mr. Schanck was the owner of Extreme Lawn and Landscape, Freehold, for 25 years. He was a member of West Monmouth Baptist Church, Freehold…

  • Photo

    DANIEL HULSHIZER staff Tom Jackson of Holmdel talks about the robot his team from High Technology High School in Lincroft built for the RobotRocks competition at Middlesex County Community College, Edison, Dec. 17.