Category: Independent Opinion
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Holmdel High students disciplined for walkout
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer HOLMDEL – About a half-dozen students involved in the walkout at Holmdel High School on May 22 received some form of suspension, according to interim Superintendent Mark Franceschini. All but one was assigned to serve that punishment out of school, he said. A group of students…
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Lori Clinch
Are We There Yet? Grandma flunks the test for telling gender We awoke one day last spring to realize that we had five kittens.Some would blame friends who convince you that five kittens are just the little bit of wildlife that you need. Some would blame a young boy who begs you to let him…
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Greg Bean
Coda Advocate’s report is cause for optimism You have to wonder if Long Branch municipal attorney James Aaron was reading the same report on the woeful inadequacy of New Jersey’s eminent domain laws that everyone else was reading. The report, released May 18 by state Public Advocate Ronald K. Chen, was the first project completed…
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Rift widens between Holmdel board, HTEA
To paraphrase Richard Nixon, Holmdel doesn’t have Maureen Flaherty to kick around anymore. When Flaherty resigned as superintendent in August, Holmdel Township Education Association (HTEA) President Kathy Hodecker proclaimed it a “golden opportunity” to move the district in a positive direction and improve teacher morale, following a series of public blowups between the district’s leaders…
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Obituaries
Kitty M. Gunnarson Kitty M. Wilkins Gunnarson, 94, of Middletown, died May 23 at Care One at Holmdel. Born in London, England, she had been a resident of Middletown since 1985. Mrs. Gunnarson was a secretary at New York Life Insurance Co., New York City, for 20 years, retiring in 1974. She was predeceased by…
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Obituaries
Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. Peter J. Moran Mr. Moran, 91, of Middletown, died May 30 at home. Born in Jersey City, he resided there until moving to Middletown in 1954. Before…
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It’s politics as usual at Holmdel High School
After reading your coverage of the controversial teacher transfers in Holmdel, I am extremely disappointed to learn it is politics as usual at Holmdel High. I am a Holmdel resident of more than 20 years with three children who have passed through Holmdel High, each of whom has been positively influenced by some of the…
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Resident calls for ‘truce’ in Holmdel school transfers
Let’s call a truce in the ongoing “war of the roses” within the Holmdel school system. Put the transfers of 44 teachers on hold immediately until clearer heads can come up with a better solution. Our once vaunted school system began sinking with the infamous buyout program of our top administrators a few years ago.…
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Proposed field lights must be eliminated or restricted
Please join in our effort to eliminate and/or restrict the massive light poles proposed by the Matawan-Aberdeen Board of Education for the high school football field. The board proposes to schedule Friday and Saturday night football games and other organizations, activities, and events up until 11 p.m. throughout the year. Due to the height of…
