Category: Independent Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Janice D. Treola Obituaries Janice D. Treola Mrs. Treola, 55, of Katy, Texas, died on March 28 at Herman Memorial City Hospital, Houston, Texas. She was born in Long Branch and lived in Middletown before moving to Texas in 1991. Mrs. Treola was a self-employed mortgage broker and was a member of the Texas Mortgage…

  • Board wants to preserve educational excellence

    Board wants to preserve educational excellence Holmdel is fortunate to have a diverse community of caring individuals whose shared value is the importance of education. Educational excellence is key among reasons for choosing Holmdel as a community in which to raise a family and key among reasons that our property values continue to increase. From…

  • Find the best home for new hall

    Find the best home for new hall For nearly 50 years, Hazlet Township’s administration called the building located at 319 Middle Road home. Last week, that all came to an end when a crumbling ceiling exposed enough damage for officials to close the building. Municipal Building Inspector Peter Terranova made a full inspection of the…

  • Reader defends hunters as ‘conservationists’

    I am writing this editorial in response to a letter and a cartoon that was in your (March 24) issue. The letter was written by Joy Gamache of Middletown, who feels there should be no hunting allowed within the Monmouth County parks and the cartoon portrays hunters as mindless idiots that do not know the…

  • Your Turn

    Ron EmrichGuest ColumnPreservation New Jersey supports Hook proposal Your Turn Ron Emrich Guest Column Preservation New Jersey supports Hook proposal Ron Emrich Guest Column Preservation New Jersey supports Hook proposal Opponents of the proposed public/private partnership to preserve, rehabilitate and appropriately reuse some 36 of the 260 historic buildings and sites at the National Historic…

  • Elderly should reject ‘pie-in-the-sky budget’

    Elderly residents of the Aberdeen-Matawan area are facing a very repugnant choice of moving out or going bankrupt if the proposed Board of Education budget for 2004-05 is approved April 20. Apparently, it was not enough for us to approve a $47.3 million budget in 2003, supposedly for the renovation of all of the buildings…

  • Resident thanks town for patrolling Cresci Boulevard

    Resident thanks town for patrolling Cresci Boulevard As a resident of Hazlet, I have been very concerned for the safety of not only my children, but the children of Hazlet. I have been living on Cresci Boulevard for 10 years and, like all areas of Monmouth County, the population and traffic have increased. This is…

  • School board candidate Diorio listens and elicits opinions

    We are writing this letter to support Dawn Diorio for Middletown Board of Education. Dawn has shown through example her commitment to all the children in the Middletown school district. She is an active volunteer, which is evidenced by her presidencies at both Nut Swamp PTA and the district-wide presidents council, and by her participation…

  • Your Turn

    Joseph P. McAleer IIGuest ColumnHunter says his sport is treated unfairly in media Your Turn Joseph P. McAleer II Guest Column Hunter says his sport is treated unfairly in media Joseph P. McAleer II Guest Column Hunter says his sport is treated unfairly in media How will honesty on both sides of the issue of…