Category: Independent Opinion

  • Parents express thanks to Timmy’s Tour supporters

    On Sunday, Oct. 7, Timmy’s Tour de Shore for pediatric brain tumor research was held at Fort Hancock in Sandy Hook. It was a beautiful, warm day; perfect for a 2-, 10- and 23- mile bike ride. The Tour de Shore was a huge success attracting some 450 riders. Many more came out just to…

  • Most of our relatives arrived in country legally

    This is in response to Shirley Heredia’s recent letter to the editor. It is not immigrants that the residents of New Jersey and other states are upset with. It is the “illegal,” “undocumented” immigrants that most people are angry about. What part of these two words does not register? Yes, almost all of us are…

  • George S. Ramo

    Mr. Ramo, 64, of Holmdel, died Nov. 2, 2007, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Jersey City, he resided there prior to relocating to Holmdel 13 years ago. He was a trader at Kidder Peabody Inc., New York City. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Pawlikowski Ramo; and two sisters, Ann Hoth and…

  • Trees make towns livable, economically viable

    New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the nation battling an increase in impervious surface, a decrease in our green spaces, and a decline in our community forests. Nationwide, urban areas cover 69 million acres and are increasing at a rate of 1.3 million acres per year. As our country continues to grow…

  • Deborah Dillon Tarantino

    Mrs. Tarantino, 54, of Piscataway, died Nov. 3, 2007, at Robert Wood Johnson University Medial Center, New Brunswick. Born in Newark, she resided in Carteret, and Middletown, prior to relocating to Piscataway six years ago. She was predeceased by her husband Felix Tarantino in 2001; her parents, James A. and Marie Rose Dillon; a brother,…

  • Middletown lauded for mayor’s green initiative

    Despite the sobering news about global climate change and other environmental problems in the news today, I’m optimistic – in part because of what’s happening here in Middletown. Recently, Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger joined more than 600 other mayors in the United States and 76 mayors in New Jersey in a pledge to reduce heat-trapping global…

  • James J. Tynan

    Mr. Tynan, 67, of West Long Branch, died Nov. 3, 2007, at home. He was born and raised in New York City. He was employed in sales at Boerner Foods for 28 years, and as a food merchandiser at Acosta, retiring in 2004. He served with the U.S. Marines during the Vietnam Conflict. He was…

  • Trina Bataller

    Mrs. Bataller, 93, of Holmdel, died Oct. 29, 2007, at Care One Assisted Living, Holmdel. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she resided in New York City for 70 years, and Manalapan, prior to relocating to Holmdel. She was a former communicant of and former member of the Holy Rosary Society at St. Joseph’s Roman…

  • Robert Souza

    Mr. Souza, 49, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died Oct. 27, 2007, at home. Born in Jersey City, he resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge prior to relocating to Cliffwood Beach 20 years ago. He was a truck driver for several years, most recently in shipping and receiving at Ralph Frieland,…