Category: Independent Opinion
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Obituaries
Mary L. Class Gallery Mrs. Gallery, 86, of Hazlet, died Feb. 9, 2007, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., she resided in Bayonne and the Madison Park section of Old Bridge before moving to Hazlet in 2005. She was employed at Astro Moulding, Old Bridge, retiring in 1998. Prior to that, she…
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School hatches plan to teach kids about caring
Each year, students learn respect for nature from incubation project BY TAMMY MCKILLIP Correspondent BY TAMMY MCKILLIPCorrespondent Above: A dozen baby chicks hatched early last week as part of an incubation project at the Holmdel Preschool Center. At left: “Farmer Ana” Stahley of Quiver Farm Projects introduces preschoolers to the art of egg hatching. HOLMDEL…
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Obituaries
Irene F. Bingold Casey Mrs. Casey, 65, of Keansburg, died Feb. 16, 2007, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in New York City, she resided in Newark and the Lawrence Harbor section of Old Bridge, prior to relocating to Keansburg 22 years sago. She was a matron at Old Bridge Board of Education. She was…
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Vigilance of voters has increased since sting
Thursday marks the second anniversary of the Operation Bid Rig sting that saw the roundup of 11 Monmouth County area officials on federal corruption charges. Since that day, parallel and related investigations by the FBI have spread to Ocean and Middlesex counties, leading to indictments against dozens of government officials and businessmen. After all of…
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For the Record
In the Feb. 14 story “So far, efforts to find ads for water tower a wash,” Keyport Mayor Robert Bergen was quoted in the story as saying, “I think the council has to revisit that area, to forgo that investment for certain types of advertising now that we’ve chosen to put the flag up there.”…
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Coda
‘Concerned Citizen’ is still busy writing letters Greg Bean I’ve been getting a lot of letters from Concerned Citizen lately, and I wish he or she would just stop writing and save themselves the postage. In the nearly three decades I’ve been in journalism, Concerned Citizen has written me dozens, maybe hundreds of letters. And…
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There’s an undeniable need for better education on HPV
Although I was grateful to find an article that initiated some dialogue on the debate of mandatory human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations for girls (“Bill sparks debate over health vs. parents’ rights,” Feb. 14), I was disheartened by the lopsided coverage of this issue. Len Deo of the New Jersey Family Policy Council was interviewed and…
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Middletown committee needs to stop the arguments
I would like to congratulate the Middletown Township Committee members on being a complete and total embarrassment to themselves and to the residents that put them in office. Not a day goes by that an article does not appear in the paper full of accusations about what the truth is and what are lies and…
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New Jersey bishops urge preservation of marriage
Feb. 19, 2007, will be remembered by many as an historic day in New Jersey’s history. Same-sex couples will be allowed to enter into civil unions, through which they will receive all the benefits of a married couple. It is essential, that we as Catholics, understand the church’s position on this issue. The church is…
