Category: Independent Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Anna Mae F. Forster Melosh Mrs. Melosh, 88, of Middletown, died April 2 at home. She was a teacher of Latin and mathematics at Middletown High School before her retirement. Prior to that, she taught at St. Joseph’s High School in West New York. Mrs. Melosh was a communicant of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church,…

  • Report: Many Keyport computers are ‘obsolete’

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – Are computers in the borough schools obsolete? Steven Reed, a Board of Education member, read a technology report during a recent workshop meeting, held March 29. Acting as a liaison for the board’s technology committee, Reed reported that of the 305 computers…

  • Board sends $45.8M school budget to voters

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer HOLMDEL – The Board of Education passed a $45.8 million budget on March 30 that interim Superintendent Mark Franceschini said would eliminate 10 district positions to maintain a lean tax rate. The budget that will be sent to the voting booths April 18 will contain a…

  • Reader responds to roundtable-discussion idea

    Your Turn Barry Carol Guest Column Barry Carol Guest Column I would like to take Greater Media Newspaper’ Executive Editor Gregory Bean up on his proposal to contribute to a roundtable discussion on education funding in New Jersey. I would also like to contribute a couple of ideas for reining in overall spending in our…

  • Letters

    Wetmore will be a welcome change for Holmdel school board Holmdel voters, the upcoming Board of Education election is giving us a chance – a chance to pave the way for much needed change – a chance to bring a fresh, new perspective to our district’s educational system. That is why I am supporting Robin…

  • Scandalmongers aren’t interested in the truth

    Coda Greg Bean There was a lot of tension between the French and Italians at the recent European Union summit, and last week Italian Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi made a joke. According to Reuters, Burlusconi strolled into the conference room, walked up to seated French President Jacques Chirac and put his hands on the Frenchman’s…

  • Lucent sale carries long-term ramifications

    Last Monday, the Holmdel Township Committee discussed contingency plans for the day Lucent Technologies sold its massive office complex. Three days later, those plans took on a whole new urgency. Lucent announced it has entered a due diligence period for the sale of the Bell Laboratories Research and Development property to Pennsylvania-based Preferred Real Estate…

  • For the Record

    A Police Beat item in the March 22 issue incorrectly stated that Kathleen O’Dwyer was charged with simple assault on Feb. 5 in Hazlet. O’Dwyer was not charged with any crime in relation to the incident.

  • Coyote was just taking a nice walk in the park

    Coda Greg Bean I was listening to the folks on National Public Radio last Wednesday morning, talking about the poor coyote that authorities were chasing around New York’s Central Park with helicopters, tranquilizer darts and the like, and I wondered why they just didn’t let the critter be. There’s no telling how the misguided animal…