Category: Independent Opinion
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Greg Bean
Coda With John Merla, it’s one goofy thing after another ‘Merla Blames Outburst on Mother Insult, Split Pants.” Unless you get the Indepen-dent, the Greater Media newspaper that covers the Monmouth County Bayshore towns that include Keyport, you likely would have missed that headline in last week’s edition of the paper. But for those of…
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On Campus
Mary M. McCudden, Middletown, a senior at Connecticut College, New London, has been inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society for graduate and undergraduate students in political science that have achieved the required level of academic excellence. A 2002 graduate of Red Bank Catholic High School, she is the daughter of…
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Applications now taken for library scholarship
The board of trustees at Middletown Township Public Library will accept applications through June 30 for the Conover-Wihtol Scholarship to be awarded to a student interested in a career in the profession of librarianship. The scholarship honors Edith B. Conover and Karl F. Wihtol, both long-time residents of Middletown Township and dedicated friends of the…
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Reunions
Holmdel High School class of 1986 is seeking alumni for its 20-year reunion, to be held July 1 from noon to 4 p.m. at Monmouth Park Racetrack, Oceanport. Alumni should send updated information to [email protected]. Holmdel High School class of 1981 is seeking alumni for its 25th reunion, scheduled for June 24 at the Sheraton,…
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A grand time
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top photo, third-grader Katie Stoerger reads a story to her grandparents at a special event at Raritan Valley Elementary School, Hazlet, on May 2. Above, Barbara Lautenschlager fills out a questionnaire with her grandson Peton Ouano, 9, while (below) Hazlet’s Carla DePalma dances with her grandson, Antonio Modanaro, 9, during…
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Greg Bean
Coda Plea to ignore election results is misguided I can usually watch my local council meetings on the community’s public access channel without suffering the fantods, but last week was a different story. In my community, East Brunswick, we’ve faced school budget increases of nearly 30 cents per $100 in valuation every year for the…
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Lori Clinch
Are We There Yet? Hands-off approach has a very high cost Raising boys certainly is enlightening. For example, did you know that a decorative lawn ornament strategically placed close to the house is reason enough for any boy to scale up it and then climb onto the roof? Until recently, neither did I. I guess…
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Eminent domain violates spirit of democracy
The issue is failure of government. I have been a resident of Monmouth County since 1944 and of New Jersey all of my 70 years. I have witnessed governments’ failure to plan, failure to enforce statutes designed to protect us all, and failure to realize government’s own ineptitude should not allow government to plunder people’s…
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Report card on Antonucci long overdue
Time and money flies when important matters slip from you attention. Like Keyport’s poster student Thomas Antonucci’s appointment to the post of borough administrator. Council President Robert Bergen, Councilman John Doyle and Councilwoman June Atkins’ majority vote selected him over 29 other applicants. Remember the September 2005 dust clouds of discontent whipped up by this…
