Category: Independent Opinion

  • Holmdel residents urged to support budget

    On March 28, the Holmdel Board of Education approved a general fund levy of roughly $44.4 million to support our district’s 2007-08 budget, and a separate question of $1.9 million to support new initiatives in technology, reduce class sizes, and enhance our health services and the security of our students. On April 17, Holmdel citizens…

  • Town should thank CILU and Wall for fighting Lucent housing

    Preferred Real Estate is the contract purchaser of the 475-acre Lucent property in Holmdel and for the past year or so has been negotiating the partial rezoning of the property with certain members of the Holmdel Township Committee. Apparently the buyer contends that its purchase would now not be economically viable unless it is permitted…

  • Hospital should stay open at Fort Monmouth

    I want to draw your attention to the excellent work Freeholder Lillian Burry has been doing for Monmouth County residents. We are very fortunate to have a fighter like Burry, who, as the designated Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority liaison, has vehemently opposed the closing of the veterans hospital inside Fort Monmouth. If the…

  • Thanks extended to Keyport Ladies Auxiliary

    I would like to thank the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4745, Cliffwood Avenue, Keyport, for the recognition given to Aberdeen-Matawan Girl Scout Troop 476. The ladies presented the girls with certificates of achievement and a beautifully decorated cake in recognition of earning their Gold Award. They certainly made the girls…

  • On Campus

    Maryellen Conway, Hazlet, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where she is majoring in educational psychology. The student body president, she is the daughter of Eileen and James Conway. Darren DiCostanzi, Hazlet, was been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Rutgers University…

  • Obituaries

    Frederick C. O’Connell Mr. O’Connell, 71, of Middletown, died March 267, 2007, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was born in New York City. He was a Realtor at Diane Turton Realtors, Middletown, where he was employed the past 30 years. He served with the U.S. Army during Peacetime. He was a member of…

  • Come fly with me

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Robert “Sparx” King, of Harlem Hot Boyz, gets air moving the ball between his legs as he prepares for a dunk during a break in the game against the Harlem Globetrotters at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft last Wednesday.The Harlem Globetrotters’ Herb “Flight Time” Lang emerges from smoke as the…

  • Obituaries

    Charles Straniero Sr. Mr. Straniero, 79, of Matawan, died March 19, 2007, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was born in Hazlet. He was a maintenance worker at Hazlet School District. Prior to that, he was employed at National Lead for 30 years, and did home repairs along with his son. He served with both…

  • Simulators give students a taste of a parent’s life

    MTEF grants fund programs throughout Middletown schools BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Years ago, teenage school kids would have to baby-sit an egg over the weekend as a requirement to pass a class. Fast-forward to the present and it’s a whole different story, a very messy one at times.…