Category: Independent Opinion
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Keyport commended for efforts in storm
I would like to express my gratitude to Councilman George Walling, Superintendent George Sappah and the men of the Public Works Department for their diligence in the handling of the terrible ice storm recently. This was the worst storm of its kind in many years. It was particularly gratifying to see the front-end loader and…
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Middletown town center would ease urban-suburban sprawl
Middletown residents read with both personal and community interest Mayor Gerald Scharfenberger’s announcement of the soon-to-be-created economic development task force. The mayor cited Middletown’s need to create active commercial and industrial properties, expand the tax base, generate new revenues, create new jobs and provide recreation. Among Middletown’s nearly 70,000 population there are many who are…
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Keyport discusses idea for walking school bus
Proponents say program would be healthy and good for the environment BY TAMMY McKILLIP Correspondent BY TAMMY McKILLIPCorrespondent TAMMY MCKILLIP Dan Smith speaks with fellow Keyport residents at a meeting last week about organizing groups of children and chaperones to walk to school together. KEYPORT – If Board of Education candidate Dan Smith has his…
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Creating a buzz
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Kyle Cook, 10, gets his crewcut from Toni HIggins of DNA Salon during the Locks of Love program at the Middletown Village Elementary School, where kids donated hair and money to those who have cancer.
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N.J. takes autism diagnosis, treatment seriously
In response to the Feb. 28 letter written by Anne McElroy Dachel (“We’ll pay a terrible price for failure to address autism”), while I wholeheartedly agree that we should be concerned with the latest New Jersey autism rates coming in at 1 in 94, I would like to disagree on several points in your assessment…
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Sounds of music
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff In a sound experiment, playing a bottle xylophone, third-graders at Nut Swamp Elementary School try to identify different sounds and pretend to do music.
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Holmdel chair, not CILU, engaging in scare tactics
In his recent letter arguing that “Holmdel must accept some residential units at Lucent [site],” Holmdel Republican Chairman Tom Scarano asks us to believe that his party’s majority on the Township Committee will bring “responsible leadership” in addressing this issue, yet he ignores a track record of Republican support for extensive development within the town…
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On Campus
Shardea Brown, Cliffwood section of Aberdeen, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Temple University, Philadelphia, where she is majoring in education. She is also a member of the student government, and a “Get Smart” tutor, and Owl ambassador tour guide. A 2003 graduate of Matawan-Aberdeen Regional High School, Aberdeen,…
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Short is a new, honest, fresh face on the block
I applaud Committeeman Patrick Short for questioning the price of a new TV for the Crossroads at Croydon program (“Committeeman gives TV buy a bad reception,” Feb. 28). As I understand the issue, he did not question the need for one but the need to shop for the best price. I don’t feel that Mr.…
