Category: Independent Opinion
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More money than sense in 12th District Senate race GREG BEAN As I write this, the general election in New Jersey is six days away and the winner in the highly contentious 12th Legislative District Senate race between incumbent Democrat Ellen Karcher and Republican challenger and current Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck has not been decided. This…
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Franklin J. Kneller Sr.
Mr. Kneller, 82, of Middletown, died Oct. 27, 2007. He resided in Haiti, Thailand and Africa prior to relocating to Middletown. He was a vice president of international operations at Noxell Corporation, Baltimore, Md., retiring in 1990. Prior to that, he was employed at Colgate-Palmolive in Haiti, Thailand and Africa for 27 years. He served…
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Justice is served
It was judgment week for a number of defendants caught up in the Operation Bid Rig scandal last week, as one by one, a half-dozen disgraced government officials showed up at a federal courthouse to find out how much of their futures would be spent behind bars. The answers in many cases were surprising. Former…
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Short was right to question Shadow Lake dredge plan
Patrick Short is correct in his questioning of the Shadow Lake dredging plan (“Shadow Lake vote dredges up animosity,” Oct. 24). Middletown taxpayers finally have a voice in township matters. Whereas Shadow Lake may need the dredging, they are only experiencing – by Mr. Short’s challenge – the fallout from past township fiscal waste and…
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Charles R. Nelson
Mr. Nelson, 81, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen, died Oct. 15, 2007, at Overlook Hospital, Summit. Born in Norfolk, Va., he resided in New York City prior to relocating to Cliffwood Beach 44 years ago. He was a machine operator at The New York Times, Edison. He served with the U.S. Navy during…
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In prison, 22 months is no easy walk in the park GREG BEAN So, our old friend John Merla, the corrupt former mayor of Keyport, was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison last week. Gregory Bean is executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. You can reach him at [email protected]. And just in time for…
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Legal immigrants entitled to pursue American dream
Ms. Shirley Heredia, in support of “undocumented” immigrants, suggests we look to Ellis Island for recognition that we are a nation of immigrants (“Narrow mindedness towards immigrants saddens reader,” Oct. 24). I wish to remind Ms. Heredia that the only reason we can look to Ellis Island for reference is because the immigrants who passed…
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John F. O’Donnell Sr.
Mr. O’Donnell, 77, of Whiting, died Oct. 22, 2007, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in Newark, he resided there for 30 years, and in Middletown, prior to relocating to Whiting seven years ago. He was a dock builder at K-T Marine Inc., Perth Amboy, retiring in 1994. He served with the U.S. Navy.…
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Red State/Blue State
Who gets a $1.5 million party for their birthday? DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN This week we are starting a new occasional feature, 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. We hope…
