Category: Independent Opinion

  • Readers urged to ‘make the safety net strong’

    Kudos to Greg Bean for his insight regarding hunger in America in a recent column (“No reason for neighbors to go to their beds hungry,” May 23). As the director of the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, I am always grateful to anyone who opens the door of hunger awareness a bit further and…

  • Obituaries

    Marilyn Grace Farrell Mrs. Farrell, 66, of Pine Hill, died June 2, 2007, at Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo, Iowa. She resided in Old Bridge prior to relocating to Pine Hill in 1996. She was a licensed practical nurse at Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital before it closed, and Ancora State Hospital the past 11 years. She is…

  • On Campus

    Bridgette Patrick Parks, Middletown, received a bachelor of business administration degree cum laude at the spring commencement exercises at Loyola College, Baltimore, where she was also named to the dean’s list for the spring semester. Holmdel resident Cara Brooke Schultz received a master of science degree in journalism at the spring commencement exercises at Quinnipiac…

  • Are We There Yet?

    Her motto: Seek and ye shall find Lori Clinch Her motto: Seek and ye shall find … sometimes Lori Clinch   As a mother, I have many duties assigned to me. I am a domestic goddess, the head bookkeeper and person in charge of communications. I excel in public relations, thrive as activities director, and…

  • Coda

    Some people always see the tank as half empty Greg Bean Some people always see the tank as half empty Greg Bean We all have our special martial arts talents. My kids say that my wife, for example, is a black belt in Nag-Fu. They say I’m a grandmaster at Crotch-E-Tay. A good friend and…

  • A tax-exempt landlord and its rowdy tenant

    Over a dozen minors were treated by first aid and taken to local hospital emergency rooms for alcohol-related illness following a Gwen Stefani concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center last month. At a concert headlined by Fall Out Boy last week, over 50 arrests were made at the venue, most for underage drinking. The…

  • Ranney School breaks ground for Lower School

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Children in the Beginners division take part in the groundbreaking May 24. TINTON FALLS – Blue skies smiled down on the Ranney School while hundreds of members of the Ranney community and distinguished guests gathered on the lawn behind the Margaret Mahon Building to celebrate a…

  • Coda

    We can’t trust politicians with deeds to our homes Greg Bean Sometimes, you read something where somebody is quoted saying something so idiotic you just have to throw up your hands and ask, “What the h-e-double hockey sticks are they thinking?” That was the reaction I had to a piece in The Star-Ledger last week…

  • Media blowing siren issue out of proportion

    Sometimes you can be amazed by the things people make a big deal about especially what the media considers important. When budget cuts put lives in danger it doesn’t even get a story. When someone gets woken up a few times because there is a fire in someone else’s house it’s a big deal, makes…