Category: Independent Opinion

  • It’s safe to smoke but only in your dreams

    Coda Greg Bean After many years as an ex-smoker, I took the habit up again this week, and I’m enjoying it immensely. The news that I’m smoking again initially horrified my wife, and it will probably horrify my friends as well. I lost both of my parents to lung cancer, and I’d been a two-pack-a-day…

  • New faces, technology in schools

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer HOLMDEL — It’s back-to-school time again, and this year the district will open with a few minor changes. The main focus for this school year seems to be on improving technology throughout the district, Assistant Superintendent Karlheinz Haas said. The main thing was making sure that…

  • Parents are pleased with Beers Street School work

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — Each summer, many school districts take the time to address the problems that exist within their buildings and facilities. Thanks to a budget passed for the third successive year, plenty was done around the Hazlet School District in anticipation of the new school year.…

  • Several new initiatives await Mat-Ab students

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer ABERDEEN — The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District is full of new beginnings as the 2005-06 school year approaches. First, the district is excited about the first full year of its reorganization plan. Cliffwood, Ravine Drive and Strathmore Elementary schools will all house kindergarten through grade three,…

  • Letters

    New administrator should have affinity for Keyport After reading the article in the Aug. 24 edition of the Independent, I can understand and appreciate Joseph Wedick’s and George Walling’s opposition to the appointment of Thomas Antonucci as the new borough administrator of Keyport. Considering our town’s recent and past history with unethical practices, at first…

  • Bell chimes in new start for middle school

    The start of the school year can only improve over the previous one for students of the Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School. A year ago this week, a 13-year-old Aberdeen boy allegedly set fire to what was then called Matawan Avenue Middle School, causing $2 million in damages, two delayed openings, the displacement of students, and split-session…

  • New prosecutor must improve flow of info

    Say what you will about former Monmouth County Prosecutor John Kaye — the man returned phone calls. Our experience with his successor has unfortunately not been the same. Over the last few months, the Independent has covered the controversy surrounding the Keyport Business Alliance budget and board of directors election. It’s an issue that has…

  • For the Record

    In an Aug. 24 story titled “Finances in place for Roggy Stadium,” it stated that the Holmdel High School Booster Club donated $10,000 to the Holmdel Business Relations Committee for the project. It was Pop Warner that actually donated the money. A check was given to the Business Relations Committee on Sept. 2, during a…