Category: Independent Opinion

  • TV studio is Holmdel students’ home plate

    Award-winning local baseball show produced out of high school BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer PHOTOSBY TOM CAIAZZA Above, Matt Gillen mans the controls of the VT-4 machine that provides the graphics for “Baseball Primetime.” At right, teacher Roger Benedict pins a body mic onto on-air talent Jay Manchi just before shooting…

  • Allocco resigns from Holmdel school board

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer HOLMDEL – Board of Education member Elizabeth Allocco submitted her resignation to the board effective June 19. Allocco, serving her fourth year on the board, said she was resigning for a “variety of personal reasons” and not because of the current strife between high school teachers…

  • General ed. teachers face special ed. realities

    Districts, colleges adjust to a changing educational landscape BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “It’s a matter of how do you provide good service for people and kids and yet still keep it within the budgetary realm of a public school?” – Bob Lanzieri A few years ago, at the University of…

  • Lori Clinch

    Are We There Yet? Big brother playing ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ There’s something quite special about my eldest child. He’s the one who rules the roost, bosses his brothers and oftentimes enjoys telling unwanted callers, “My mom says she’s not home.” All these things considered, I suppose I should have rethought the idea of leaving…

  • Middletown farm deal couldn’t be passed up

    The Middletown Township Committee’s change of heart regarding the preservation of the McCormack farm, Tindall Road, bodes well for future generations living in this growing community. Like any part of the ridiculous New Jersey real estate market, open space is becoming more expensive, and some of the best remaining pieces of property often slip out…

  • Time-out a good idea for state government

    Greg Bean Coda I might be missing something, but it’s tough to see the downside. As negotiations between the New Jersey Assembly and Gov. Jon Corzine continue to deteriorate, and adopting a budget that closes a $4 billion gap before the July 1 deadline becomes increasingly unlikely, a familiar specter is raising its head. If…

  • On Campus

    Diana Cheng, Holmdel, received a master’s of education degree in English at the spring commencement exercises at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Mass. A 2002 graduate of Holmdel High School, she is the daughter of Shirley and Ying Cheng. Frances Y. Cheng, Holmdel, received a bachelor of science degree in molecular, cellular and developmental…

  • Voice opposition to closure of American Legion Drive

    To all residents and commercial property owners of the borough of Keyport: After the past two years and various sets of plans from various engineering firms, which cost taxpayers thousands and thousands of dollars, the administration has chosen to ram this project down our throats to shut down American Legion Drive to cars permanently, and…

  • Free at last

    JEFF GRANIT staff Kerri Costa, Hazlet, pumps her fists in the air after receiving her diploma at Raritan High School’s graduation, Monday.