Category: Independent Opinion
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Student film festival to return for 2nd year
Organizers are still accepting entries for May 6 event BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer JACKSON — A pair of aspiring film directors will put on their second annual student film festival May 6. The event will take place from 6-9 p.m. in the auditorium of Jackson Memorial High School, Don Connor…
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Obituaries
Gertrude S. Naughton Gertrude S. Naughton, 91, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died March 20 at home. Born in Bayonne, she resided in Port Monmouth since 1935. She was a retired secretary for the U.S. Government, Plexegon, Eatontown. Prior to that, she was a legal secretary at Parsons, Canzona, Blair and Warren, Red…
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Train plan a total mess
It seems like a good idea — simple, effective, necessary. That probably means it will never happen. The idea to restore passenger rail service to interior Monmouth and Ocean counties has been kicking around for almost two decades. As Route 9 is choked with commuters on a daily basis and more people are moving to…
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All the laws in the world won’t stop bad behavior
Greg Bean Coda Memo to members of the New Jersey Assembly: Your highly touted ban on talking on a cell phone while driving is a dismal failure, at least judging by the numbers of people I see happily flouting the law on my way to and from work every day. This morning, I actually saw…
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Handlin has eye on the election for Assembly
I was really impressed by how quickly Freeholder Amy H. Handlin indicted every local elected official in Monmouth County. Because seven of the 11 men accused of wrongdoing are local elected officials, Amy H. Handlin wasted no time in condemning all local elected officials (800 of them) by excluding them from employment in county government…
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Town meeting was a success
I would like to thank the residents of Middletown and the surrounding area who attended the town meeting I hosted at the Middletown Library March 12, and the mobile office day I sponsored at the library March 7. My thanks also go to Mayor Tom Hall for allowing me to use the library for these…
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Killing wildlife not a sport
The blessings of liberty embrace both natural and political freedom. Natural freedom is freedom of movement, the freedom to make and act upon one’s own choices without outside interference. Natural freedom is the Creator’s blessing on all creatures. It is under attack by liberticides and hunters. By threatening the survival of species and destroying evolution,…
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Merla being condemned before final verdict
In “Letters” (Independent, March 16), I wish to respond to one written by Dolores Burr Forsyth, of Hazlet. Her trepidation asking for the mayor of Keyport to step down from his position just depicts the irony and ambiguity the general public construes from the media. You are correct by stating Mayor John Merla is not…
