Category: Independent Opinion
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Court decision boosts N.J. residents’ rights
The New Jersey Supreme Court struck a blow for the rights of Garden State citizens last week when it delivered a unanimous ruling that people have a right to videotape public meetings. The case that was decided by the court arose from an issue in Pine Hill, Camden County, where the local government refused to…
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Positive change needed for the ordinary American
Our elected representatives always pledge to do the right thing for the ordinary American citizen – this, unfortunately, is not so. Who they represent is not the voter, taxpayer, ordinary hard-working American. Congress gives the impression of representing their constituents while the truth is they represent their clients. Their clients are lobbyists for various industries…
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Freeholder Little has dared to face up to ‘good ol’ boy network’ in Freehold
So what has Freehold Anna Little done to upset the supposed political powers in Freehold? Freeholder William Barham obviously has not learned the lessons from the recent arrests, indictments and imprisonments of his political comrades in the sewer of corruption that is Monmouth County politics. It is obvious Freeholder Barham and others are using their…
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Reader also annoyed by need to write name of town section on mail
I applaud Stefani Kessaris, the ninth-grader from Raritan High School who wrote that West Keansburg residents should be allowed to use the name Hazlet in their mailing addresses (“Residents shouldn’t have to write West Keansburg on mail,” Feb. 28). We in West Keansburg pay Hazlet taxes. Our property is shown on the Hazlet Township tax…
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Obituaries
Melanie L. Deus Mrs. Deus, 35, of Jackson, died Feb. 26, 2007, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Born in Edison, she resided in Middletown prior to relocating to Jackson seven years ago. She was a zookeeper at Popcorn Park Zoo, Lacey, for 13 years. She is survived by…
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On Campus
Alyson Hebding, Matawan, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University, South Orange, where she is majoring in marketing. A 2003 graduate of Matawan Aberdeen Regional High School, Aberdeen, she is the daughter of Evelyn and Gene Hebding. Christopher Principato, Aberdeen, has been named…
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Nominations sought for awards
FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Historical Commission is seeking nominations for the 2007 Monmouth County Preservation Awards. Anyone, including a property owner, may nominate a structure that has historic value and has undergone preservation work that was substantially completed in 2006. Homes, business buildings, houses of worship, public buildings and other miscellaneous structures are eligible…
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Greg Bean
Coda The happiest man in all Monmouth County It doesn’t take a clairvoyant to figure out that Victor Scudiery, chairman of the Monmouth County Democratic Party, is one happy camper these days. Usually, a guy like Scudiery would have his hands full this time of year, trying to figure out how to beat the Republicans…
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Towns must preserve what woods remain
My father grew up in a borough of New York while most of my childhood was spent in Hazlet. Maybe it was because he was from Brooklyn that my father – when gazing out of our kitchen window on Gibson Drive – took pleasure in seeing the trees swaying in the breeze above the houses…
