Category: Independent Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Phyllis Bishoff Duggan Remenar Mrs. Remenar, 85, of Lakewood, died July 18, 2007, after a lengthy illness. Born in Pueblo, Colo., she had lived in Middletown for approximately 30 years and also spent time at her home in Haines City, Fla. She graduated from Leonardo High School, Leonardo section of Middletown, and was a homemaker.…

  • Americans share history of immigration and hope

    Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda It’s tough to know the exact details, because family legend sometimes takes on certain fictional properties. In other words, the family members (at least in my family) passing the legend along don’t always let facts get in the way of a good story. That said, here – according to family…

  • Kids get demonstration of Pop-Tart etiquette

    Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Lori ClinchAre We There Yet? Yesterday there were three empty packages of macaroni and cheese on the kitchen counter. We had no drinking glasses left in the cupboard. Someone had poured himself cereal, added a load of sugar and most of it had missed the bowl. There were dinner…

  • Blachford paying price for attacking status quo

    I can see from news reports concerning Keyport’s superintendent of schools (“Keyport schools chief subject of probe,” Aug. 8) that for once something must be going right in Keyport. Apparently, this new superintendent is finally attacking many of the systemic problems confronting education in Keyport and is now paying the price. A seemingly frivolous complaint,…

  • No evidence Route 36 bridge is unsafe

    I read the panic letter about the Highland/Sea Bright bridge (“Bridge collapse could be played out on Route 36,” Aug. 8), and felt compelled to respond. In my opinion, we should wait for a true, non-biased examination of the bridge. So far no weight restrictions have been placed on the bridge, which, as I understand…

  • Hazlet farm may succumb to aggressive urbanization

    When is a historic farm not a historic farm? The answer: when it is located in the western reach of the Bayshore (Hazlet, Union Beach, Keyport, Matawan, Aberdeen and Keansburg). If it were located somewhere out in Upper Freehold or Millstone or Middletown or Colts Neck, it would likely be rescued from demolition. The funding…

  • Congress needs to address global warming

    In this day and age we are faced with many problems concerning global warming. Global warming poses as a real threat to New Jersey’s economy, impacting the state’s tourism, agriculture and forest industries that depend on the healthy ecosystems, as stated in the National Wildlife Federation’s Solution to Global Warming found at www.nwf.org/globalwarming. The U.S.…

  • Short not voting in the best interests of Middletown

    I read with interest the letter from Democratic county Committeeman Paul Jansen (“Short listens to Middletown residents’ input,” Aug. 8), who attempted to spin yet another costly, frivolous lawsuit against Middletown Township into somehow having some validity for political gain. While it is admirable that Mr. Jansen will support his party and its candidates no…

  • Despite rain, Monmouth County Fair a huge success

    On July 29, the Monmouth County Fair ended on a wet note when a summer rainstorm forced an early closing on its fifth and final day at the East Freehold Park Show grounds. Interestingly, while it rained repeatedly in other parts of the county up until then, the fair enjoyed four solid days of dry…