Category: Independent Opinion
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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…
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Bridge replacement a DOT ‘boondoggle’
In St. Augustine, Fla., the town demanded repairs instead of replacement of their historic drawbridge, and they got it. The plan in St. Augustine is to erect a temporary drawbridge right alongside the old one. Then they’ll close the old bridge for repairs. When the repairs are complete, they’re going to dismantle the temporary drawbridge.…
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Mission accomplished in Operation Caring Friends
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Third-graders Jhoanna Estrada and Jessica Knierim move a box full of stockings ready to be sent to troops in Iraq as part of the Cove Road School’s Operation Caring Friends last Wednesday. HAZLET — Every holiday season since 2001, Joan Collins and her…
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To principal, lower grade level means higher impact
Kowit says her time at St. Leo the Great has been a joy BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Joanne Kowit MIDDLETOWN — For 20 years, Joanne Kowit was an administrator at Red Bank Catholic High School and enjoyed her job. But at some point along the way she started to think…
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Coda
If they won Greg Bean If there’s one thing we can almost all agree on this week, it’s that the BIG DEAL effort at property tax reform this year is as dead as Chester Watson’s mule. And as everyone who saw it hit by lightning — three times — can attest, that cranky old mule…
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Politically correct greetings appall parent
My daughter is in the fifth grade, and she was told by her friend who is on the Student Council that all the children will be making cards to send overseas to our servicemen and women. I think this is a wonderful and very thoughtful idea. However she was told they will not be allowed…
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Hazlet Rec Commission thanks supporters
The Recreation Commission would like to extend our appreciation to all who helped put together our fourth annual “Thanksgiving Dinner Celebration” on Nov. 21. We could not have had such a wonderful dinner without the donations from Provident Bank, Foodtown, Dearborn Farms, Burger King, ShopRite, Pathmark, Dixie Lee Bakery, Hazlet employees, RAINE (Patty Dickens, coordinator)…
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LVGA defends its activism regarding Route 520 traffic
Recently, a letter from an Eatontown resident (“Roundabout in Lincroft will only worsen situation,” Dec. 13) was published, criticizing the Lincroft Village Green Association’s (LVGA) recommendations and — in reference to the double fatality on Route 520 — accusing the Association of “politicizing the tragedy of that day for their own purposes.” The LVGA is…
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Mendelsohn blew his opportunity to serve Matawan
Anyone over the age of 30 remembers the phrase, “The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.” Jim McKay and his “Wide World of Sports” were well known worldwide for their dramatic theme. Victors and vanquished in all fields of endeavor know this phrase well. The quest for excellence makes life worth living. It’s especially…
