Category: Independent Opinion

  • Angelina Incardone DeMarco

    Mrs. DeMarco, 79, of Atlantic Highlands, died Oct. 4, 2007, at Victoria Health Care Center, Matawan. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Lyndhurst prior to relocating to Atlantic Highlands in 1980. She was a homemaker. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, New Monmouth section of Middletown. She was predeceased by…

  • Why $2K spent on mayor’s computer?

    Several weeks ago at a regular Matawan Borough Council meeting, Councilman Paul Buccellato questioned a computer purchase on the bill list. He asked why he, as the chairman of the technology committee, was never informed of the purchase. This is not a surprise, as the majority party on the council does not openly share information.…

  • Democratic candidates would set Holmdel on the right course

    Recently, I celebrated the first day of fall by taking Township Committee candidates Janet Berk and Mike Sockol through my neighborhood in Holmdel. My motivation for assisting their campaign was a sincere desire to return clean and open government to my town. Like most Holmdel residents, I have become increasingly frustrated by the arrogance and…

  • Holmdel Republicans used surplus to stop tax hike

    The Democrats are at it again with their double standards and misleading rhetoric when it comes to the upcoming election. It’s either that or they have a selective memory. Democrat Janet Berk voted three times to use the sewer surplus to subsidize taxes. She also voted three times to use the pool club surplus; to…

  • Privatization has destroyed the arts center

    Icommend Sen. Joe Kyrillos and Assemblywoman Amy Handlin for having the courage to take a stand on the situation at the PNC Bank Arts Center, and hope that their colleagues in the state Legislature will move quickly on hearings and action to set this situation right. The current so-called “arts center” is the direct opposite…

  • Bayonet Farm Art & Music Festival was picture perfect

    Art, music and fun filled historic Bayonet Farm on Sept. 23 as Holmdel celebrated its fourth annual Arts and Music Festival. Over 50 artists enjoyed picture-perfect weather as they exhibited their work and competed in the festival’s plein air paint-out. Nessa Neilson Morse captured first place with “First Touch of Fall,” a pastel painting of…

  • Scharfenberger deserves a new term in Middletown

    While I have lived in Middletown for 31 years, raised two children, and witnessed numerous campaigns, I have never been compelled as I am today to write my first letter to the editor. I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. I vote as an independent and take pride in the fact that I try…

  • Dana Theresa Centanni

    Miss Centanni, 16, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died Oct. 6, 2007. She was born in Red Bank. She was a junior at Middletown High School North. She was predeceased by her grandparents, Katharine and Joseph Triano; and an uncle, Joseph Triano. She is survived by her father and stepmother, Floyd and Lucille…

  • Joseph F. Zebro

    Mr. Zebro, 85, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died Sept. 15, 2007, at home. His wife, Mary E. Oliver Zebro, died in March. Surviving are a son, Steven, and his wife, Jane, of West Keansburg; a daughter, Anita de los Reyes, and her husband, Ciro, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen;…