Category: Independent Opinion
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Mom can’t wait for the end of school
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch It seems that wherever I go these days, someone will ask me if I dread the idea of the kids being home all summer. Truth of the matter is, I can’t help looking forward to the end of the school year. I know that makes me sound as if…
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Obituaries
Anthony J. “Gyp” Mantlick Mr. Mantlick, 83, of the New Monmouth section of Middletown, died April 12 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Gary, W. Va., he resided in Newark, prior to moving to the Middletown area in 1951. He was a metal spinner at C.B. Kaupp & Sons, Maplewood, for 42 years,…
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Mat-Ab candidates list key issues in board race
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Aberdeen ABERDEEN – This year’s candidates for the Matawan-Aberdeen Board of Education are looking to make finance and community involvement the core issues in the April 18 election. Michael Vail, 37, is looking to unseat incumbents John Barbato, 50, and Patricia Demarest, 42, for spots on…
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Four compete for three seats on Hazlet board
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Hazlet HAZLET – Three incumbents and one challenger are running for three seats in the township Board of Education elections on April 18. John Faccas, 62, of Laurel Avenue, an electrical contractor, is a newcomer to school board elections with a specific focus. “I want to…
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Three school board seats up for grabs in Keyport
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – The recent firing of Jennifer Modoni, a popular school librarian, has fired up this year’s Board of Education race. Four candidates are vying for three seats on April 18. Peter Henning, Main Street, is a teacher and father of four, one of…
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Four seek seats on Holmdel school board
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Holmdel HOLMDEL – Fiscal responsibility and a seamless transition for a new superintendent are two of the main issues for candidates running for the township Board of Education on April 18 election. Four candidates are vying for three seats this year. Susan Howard, 51, Frank Luccarelli,…
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3 incumbents run unopposed in Middletown
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Three candidates are running unopposed in the upcoming school board elections. Current board President Joan Minnuies, 48, of Bray Avenue, Port Monmouth, is running for her second consecutive three-year term. She looks forward to continuing the work that she and the rest of the…
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South students trained in latest CPR methods
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Above left, MIddletown High School South seniors (l-r) Ashley Corlew, Crystal Bork and Kimberly Burns practice CPR on dummies during a CPR course conducted at the school on Thursday. Above, senior Dana Baker practices CPR. MIDDLETOWN – A hundred students at Middletown High School South had…
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In spring, she bares the collector’s soul
Coda Greg Bean My wife spent the weekend giving the upstairs a spring cleaning, and at the end there were many trash bags filled with mysterious stuff. “What’s in the bags?” I asked. “Nothing much,” she said. And so I didn’t even peek before she hauled those bags outside where some would go to Goodwill,…
