Category: Independent Opinion

  • Prejudice can also come in a political form

    I looked up the definition for the word prejudice today. This after reading articles and hearing of the interaction involving both the totally dominated Republican township committees in Colts Neck and Middletown. Prejudice is defined as: Injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one’s rights, especially detriment to…

  • Obituaries

    Constance “Connie” D’Apolito Zambito Mrs. Zambito, 82, of Manchester, died Aug. 12 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Born in Port Reading, she resided in Matawan for several years prior to moving to Manchester seven years ago. She was a cafeteria assistant at Bell Laboratories Inc., Holmdel, for several years, retiring 20 years ago.…

  • Keyport resident went the extra mile

    Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor fear of lawsuits could stay the Keyport borough historian from the swift completion of his rounds. For the better part of a year, Jack Jeandron, 80, has walked door to door in Keyport carrying a petition calling for a question to appear on the ballot: “Shall the borough…

  • Get well soon, Keyport Fishery

    It’s always strange when something you grow used to seeing day after day, year after year is suddenly gone, and you couldn’t help but get that feeling at the sight of the burnt-out, boarded-up Keyport Fishery. For decades, the West Front Street building has been a spot for fresh seafood and a local landmark, almost…

  • N.J. superintendents paid less than neighbors

    Diane DeGiacomo Guest Column During the past months, the cost of living in the Garden State has been an even hotter topic than usual in the Legislature, in the media, and on the streets. With property taxes as high as ever, with the sales tax up another percentage point, and with just about everything imaginable…

  • Eminent domain battle now on national stage

    Greg Bean Coda Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider and the members of his “Schneider Team” should be so proud – they’ve gone from being villains on a local and regional level to villains of national renown. If you read a daily newspaper, chances are that last Sunday you noticed that a Long Branch family, the…

  • Residents should vote for dedicated tax for memorial

    So who needs a local veterans memorial? We do. It is easy to forget the wars and those who fought and died. Hanging the flag on Memorial Day is clean, distant, and “patriotic.” So it is easy to forget the blood, sweat and tears. All of us need to remember with a memorial – a…

  • Obituaries

    Richard James Byrne Jr. Mr. Byrne, 77, of Little Silver, died Aug. 6 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Newark, he resided in Shrewsbury for 40 years before moving to Little Silver eight years ago. Mr. Byrne was the current manager of Concrete Resurfacing Inc., Shrewsbury. Prior to that, he was president of…

  • Everyone needs to take a moment to relax

    There is no time for fun, no time to stop, no time to take a deep breath and relax. All there is time for is work, work, more work and rushing around like the Energizer Bunny. Our lives are ones of constant motion. Always moving, always going from A to B to C and around…