Category: Independent Opinion

  • Award-winning plan was dismantled by Republicans

    On Oct. 25, Holmdel was given a Merit Award by the Monmouth County Planning Board for Holmdel’s master plan amendments. These amendments addressed the planning and development of the last remaining undeveloped tracts of land in the southwest corner of the township. This plan took over two years to develop and was well thought out…

  • Obituaries

    Harry Francis Roberts Mr. Roberts, 92, of Keansburg, died Dec. 3, 2006, at Bayside Manor Nursing Home, Keansburg. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and resided there most of his life. He was a retired dock foreman at the New York City Department of Sanitation. He served with the U.S. Army for four years during…

  • Volunteers thanked for efforts for Red Cross

    The Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross gives thanks to our volunteers who so generously give their time, energy and spirit and to our financial donors who enable us to effectively carry out our mission to provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. Thousands…

  • Coda

    Stumped for a gift idea? Gift Guru to the rescue Greg Bean Once again, it’s time to hear from that master of holiday gifting, Mr. Gift Guru. His holiday diablerie will help his challenged male readership avoid purchasing the wrong spousal gift this season, and all seasons to come. Dear Mr. Gift Guru: I am…

  • New Hazlet majority has plenty of work to do

    On the week after the election, the Hazlet Democrats called a press conference for what they billed as an important announcement. With their newly acquired power as the majority party on the Township Committee, the occasion could have been used to announce any number of initiatives – perhaps a plan to get property taxes down,…

  • Are We There Yet?

    Around this house, mom can only dream of sleep Lori Clinch Last Thursday was one long day. I had a stint with paperwork, an exhausting time with housework, and then I got caught in line behind some nut who apparently was applying for a mortgage at the bank via the drive-up window. There were children…

  • Brookdale event to honor valiant veterans

    A day that will live in infamy.” These are the penetrating words of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he appeared before the U.S. Congress to ask for a declaration of war against the Japanese Empire on Dec. 8, 1941. Since that time there have been many wars and many days of infamy, including the day…

  • Lavan, Belasco extend thanks to supporters in Hazlet

    We would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Hazlet who voted for us in this election. We are proud you have chosen us to represent you. In this midterm election the Hazlet voters came out in record numbers with a clear message: “We want a change in the leadership of Hazlet.”…

  • Obituaries

    Dorothy H. O’Brien Luckenbach Mrs. Luckenbach, 74, of Middletown, died Nov. 26, 2006, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Middletown most of her life. She was predeceased by her husband, Clement Luckenbach in 1982; and a daughter Nancy Shelly of Middletown in 2000. She is survived by a…