Category: Independent Opinion
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For the Record
A story last week described Olde Village Pub and Liquors, Middletown, as located behind a defunct gas station in a small strip mall. The Mobil station building on Route 35 and New Monmouth Road is partially boarded up due to a recent car accident, but is still in business. Larry Loigman, of Ocean, is an…
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Hazlet students get a sense of the real world
Professionals from various lines of work drop in for Career Day BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer der=0 bgcolor=”#d0d0d0″> Above, John Albino, a teacher at Absolute Music, Hazlet, demonstrates how objects can be used as a slide while playing guitar, during Career Day at Hazlet Middle School last Friday. PHOTOS BY CHRIS…
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Megan’s Law parent to visit Hazlet school
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — Nearly 11 years ago, Megan Kanka was raped, strangled and suffocated in her Hamilton neighborhood by a two-time sex offender. At the time, nobody knew that Jesse Timendiquas had that status. But because of the Kanka case, Megan’s Law was enacted as an amendment…
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This time, he passed the barrier of pain
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch My 12-year-old, Huey, has an inconceivably high tolerance for pain. He certainly doesn’t get it from me. I’ve been known to cry over a paper cut. I’ve fainted with pain from a hangnail, and I could easily pass out from writer’s cramps. Huey takes his injuries in stride. In…
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Charges taint long history of service
Mr. Monmouth County. A founding father of Brookdale Community College. Local Republican Party icon. Corrupt politician? What a difference a couple of weeks made for the reputation of Harry Larrison, a man whose term of service on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders dated back to Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency. Upon his retirement from the…
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They’re riding a fast track to Nowhereville
Coda Greg Bean Say you’re having lunch in almost any Monmouth County restaurant — Freehold, Tinton Falls, Marlboro, Manalapan, it doesn’t really matter — and see a couple of shady-looking guys in the parking lot passing a paper bag. Do you: • Assume it’s a pair of winos sharing a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20…
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Letters
Negativity seen in new KBA board members Negativity seen in new KBA board members Negativity. As an outsider looking at the newly elected board members of the Keyport Business Alliance, all I see is just a room full of negativity. The Keyport Business Alliance of past can certainly be proud of the many good things…
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Letters
Reinstate Smith as chair of veterans committee The U.S. Senate voted down an amendment that would have supplied $80 million in supplemental Veterans Administration (VA) health care. According to the Disabled American Veterans, many VA hospitals will run out of money and the year is not even half over. The Walter Reed Medical Center, ward…
