Category: Independent Opinion

  • Hope you didn’t miss the Holly Belly Boutique

    Adele Young Bloopers Adele YoungBloopers We like to start the new year by looking back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into some of Greater Media Newspapers’ publications during the previous year. This ain’t the “Oprah” show: In a story about local efforts to…

  • Wait for EMS study before making changes

    The New Jersey State First Aid Council (NJSFAC) opposes bills A-3749 and S-2302 now before the state Legislature. The 77-year-old nonprofit NJSFAC, which represents more than 20,000 EMS volunteers, believes these bills would: • Decrease funding for first responding basic life support (BLS) units that depend on patient billing to support their operations, and transfer…

  • Are We There Yet?

    She Lori Clinch I feel that my love for my children exhibits itself best in their hours of need. I’ve been there for third-strike disputes, three-second lane violations, and while another mother might have headed for the hills during the altercation that followed an illegal motion out on the front lawn, I heard both sides,…

  • Gov. should keep promise for convention

    If we were to cast a television adaptation of “Trenton Does Property Tax Relief,” who better to star than Jerry, George Costanza and Cosmo Kramer? The bumbling, stumbling and ineptitude would be funny, if it wasn’t so sad. Many of us have worked for several years seeking a citizens constitutional property tax convention. We have…

  • Coda

    At least, the mayor always kept everything interestin Greg Bean A young Keyport Councilman John Merla braves the cold to point out a group of troublesome pigeons atop the old Bucket of Blood, a lower Broad Street bar. This photo originally appeared in the Independent in January 1988. Below, a pensive Councilman Merla of the…

  • Increase in traffic in Lincroft area disturbing to resident

    Truck traffic in Lincroft on local roads, especially on Route 50 commonly known as Swimming River Road and Middletown Lincroft Road, is abhorrent, and the engineer who complained about the endeavors of the Lincroft Village Green Association needs an update on the facts (“Roundabout in Lincroft will only worsen situation,” letters, Dec. 13). Some 40…

  • Your Turn

    Democrats will help restore transparency to government Don Watson Guest Column Don WatsonGuest Column The recent elections in Monmouth County and Middletown have shown that informed voters can make a difference in their local government. The Democratic candidates in the past election represented the real concerns of residents, and the residents recognized the difference. It…

  • Middletown residents deserve better public servants

    The recent election in Monmouth County and Middletown should give residents cause for great concern. Barbara McMorrow, Beverly Scarano and Patrick Short, Monmouth County Freeholder-elect, Monmouth County Surrogate candidate and Middletown Township Committeeman-elect, respectively, ran campaigns that were deceitful and based on outright lies, yet all but one were rewarded with election to public office.…

  • League of Women Voters remains nonpartisan

    During the recent election some misinformation concerning the League of Women Voters appeared in a local newspaper in a letter to the editor. We would like to clarify that the League is a nonpartisan, political organization of both men and women dedicated to encouraging the informed and active participation of all citizens in government. We…