Category: Independent Opinion

  • Mat-Ab High may get artificial football field

    Officials say switch from grass would save district money in the long run BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer ABERDEEN — The Matawan-Aberdeen Board of Education voted to compile bid specifications for artificial turf on the high school football field, a process with a cap of $10,000. The resolution would bring in…

  • Don’t believe it, son. He’s making it all up

    Coda Greg Bean Over the years, I’ve made every member of my family and many of my friends cringe when I wrote about them in a column. For a long time, whenever I wrote about something one of them might consider embarrassing, I’d take the column home and read it to them before it went…

  • Obituaries

    William J. Machat Mr. Machat, 78, of Matawan, formerly of South Amboy, died Dec. 5 in Madison Center, Old Bridge. His wife, Vilma Zamorski Machat, died in 1998. Surviving are his children, Christine Fabiszewski of Sayreville, Esther Jenkins of the Forked River section of Lacey, David and Peter Machat of Bound Brook and Philip Machat…

  • How Lori scared the burglar away

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch When the doorbell rang last Tuesday, I wasn’t too alarmed. Then I saw a stranger through the glass and the rational voice that I often hear inside my head told me, “DON’T OPEN THAT DOOR!” Naturally, this is the same voice that also tells me that I should NOT…

  • We’re not ‘koi’ about admitting our mistakes

    Bloopers Adele Young We like to end each year by looking back at the collection of typos and usage errors that came across the copy desk and almost made it into print in one of our 12 weekly publications during the year. X-rated One word that newspapers use hundreds of times in each issue is…

  • Letters

    Resident warns against dangers of MSAs Insurance has developed as a means of protecting the individual against a catastrophe too large to overcome personally. By pooling resources, the group protects the individual, and all in the group are “supposedly” safe. The Pennsylvania Dutch are famous for accomplishing this by banding together to help each other.…

  • Aeromarine proposal shows imagination

    The Keyport Environmental Commission has developed the most original proposal we’ve seen yet for the redevelopment of the historic Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co. property. Unlike other plans, the commission has prepared a model that is job-driven, and calls for a return to the site’s roots as a technological hub. Under the proposal, the former…