Category: Independent Opinion

  • Animal rights group thanks Matawan Library

    New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance would like to thank the Matawan Aberdeen Public Library for allowing us to use the library meeting room June 13 to conduct an informative seminar on the merits of trap-neuter-return (TNR), the effective, humane method of feral cat population control. The seminar attendees learned that under a well-managed TNR program,…

  • Parents praise staff at Lincroft Elementary

    My husband and I would like to extend a sincere thank you to Dr. Michaele McKenna and all of the teachers and staff at Lincroft Elementary School during these last days of our 13-year journey. When John started first grade, I initially wrestled with my having had private school education, only wetting my feet in…

  • Ex-Holmdel schools chief out in Long Island

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer First, then-Holmdel Schools Superintendent Maureen Flaherty received a vote of no confidence from the township’s teachers union. Now in her new stomping grounds, she isn’t faring much better. Flaherty, a controversial superintendent in Holmdel until her departure in 2005, was suspended effective immediately on June 20…

  • Are We There Yet?

    Dad misses all the fun of orientation Lori Clinch Are We There Yet?Lori Clinch   As a loving mother, I have had many occasions to attend childbearing seminars and learning sessions. It all started with Lamaze and prenatal classes, and then I enjoyed “How to Bathe Your Baby.” It was a lovely presentation that was…

  • Coda

    Arrests at PNC center: stupid is as stupid does Greg Bean Arrests at PNC center: stupid is as stupid does   Last week, when I was writing about coyotes, I noted that people trying to trap them only catch the dumb ones. The smart ones get away, because they’re too savvy to be caught in…

  • Are We There Yet?

    Her mother’s intuition has skipped a generation Lori Clinch Her mother’s intuition has skipped a generation Lori Clinch   My mother has always had a knack for knowing when things weren’t right with her loved ones. She can be totally engaged in a project, engrossed in a TV show or at lunch with friends and…

  • Twp. should permit, but monitor alcohol

    The Middletown Township Committee approved an ordinance last week that will allow alcohol at select fundraisers at the new arts center. Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger says that consumption would be limited to a very few, rather tame functions, like wine and cheese parties, to raise money for its operations. A handful of residents opposed the measure,…

  • Coda

    With opposable thumbs, they would rule the world Greg Bean With opposable thumbs, they would rule the world   I once made friends with a government trapper out West whose job was to catch predators that attack livestock and put them out of business. In the CIA, what he does is called “terminating with extreme…

  • Obituaries

    Jeanette Elizabeth Rathbone Barnes Mrs. Barnes, 84, of Keyport and formerly Hazlet, died June 17, 2007. Born in Hazlet, she resided there until relocating to Keyport in 1997. She was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church, Hazlet, where she was a volunteer in the church office. Mrs. Barnes was predeceased by her husband…