Category: Independent Opinion
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For the Record
The April 25 story “By a show of hands, waterfront park stays” mistakenly listed Roy Cadoo as one of three Keyport residents who suggested placing a referendum question regarding redevelopment along American Legion Drive on the ballot in November. Cadoo was not present at the April 21 meeting covered in the story.
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School board goes new route for bus contract
Controversial bus company withdraws its winning bid BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Days after two bus routes were awarded to a controversial local bus company, the winning bid was withdrawn, forcing the school district to go in a different direction for help. At the April 24 Board of Education…
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Coda
We don’t like the smoke, but we do like the money Greg Bean The sad fact is that we can moralize all we want about the evils of tobacco, pass all the punitive laws aimed at smokers we want, but at root we’re a society of hypocrites. There’s a word for people who drive around…
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Are We There Yet?
Saying goodbye may be a woman’s thing Lori Clinch Much to my husband’s dismay, I am a goodbye person.I feel it is important, when leaving a gathering, to bid farewell to those that we’ve shared time with. I like to tell others to take care, acquaintances that I’ll see them soon, and the people that…
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Welcome to slippery slope of legislated morals
Seems the recent action by the Keyport Borough Council to ban smoking in cars with children is a measure that would, at first blush, be a “no brainer” by some. Without seeing the actual ordinance, my only hope is that the enforcement procedure has been spelled out and simplified for those that have been given…
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Reversal of voters’ decision would be unconscionable
It is our understanding that Holmdel’s Board of Education is petitioning the Holmdel Township Committee to reverse the residents’ recent no vote on school budget question number two, thus effectively nullifying the state school budget cap for 2007 and succeeding years. This must not happen! A fundamental principle of our democratic society is at issue…
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Keyport resident pleased with waterfront outcome
I was so glad to read the outcome of the meeting about the Keyport waterfront (“By a show of hands, waterfront park stays,” April 25). I am proud that my fellow residents voted in favor of a park over a parking lot. While I agree with parking advocates that we want to be able to…
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Obituaries
Joan M. Senkewicz Mrs. Senkewicz, 71, of the Belford section of Middletown, died April 23, 2007, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Newark, she resided in Kearny prior to relocating to Belford in 1959. She and her husband co-owned J’s Antiques. She was also employed at JACE Company, and prior to that, was…
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Obituaries
John Incandela Mr. Incandela, 96, of Middletown, died April 21, 2007, at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he resided in Middletown the past 45 years. He was a mechanic and welder at Broadway Maintenance, Long Island City, N.Y., for 35 years, retiring in 1976. He enjoyed working on cars and lawnmowers. He was predeceased by…
