Category: Independent Opinion

  • Lower limit is essential for safety

    Lower limit is essential for safety The state Senate approved a measure Monday that will lower the legal blood alcohol content limit for drivers from .10 to .08. The lower limit is intended to stop drunken drivers from getting behind the wheel. But will the lower limit get the message across to potential drunken drivers?…

  • Resident proposes Township Committee present fiscally responsible plan for F&F Nurseries tract

    Resident proposes Township Committee present fiscally responsible plan for F&F Nurseries tract The Holmdel Township Committee has signed a contract to purchase F&F Nurseries. The purchase price for the roughly 100-acre tract is $7 million. The Township Committee has passed a bonding ordinance that will allow it to borrow up to $7.2 million to pay…

  • VFW wishes mayor success in 2004

    VFW wishes mayor success in 2004 VFW wishes mayor success in 2004 Congratulations to our new mayor, Joan Smith. On behalf of the members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post No. 2179 and the Ladies Auxiliary, we wish to extend our sincere congratulations to you on being elected mayor of Middletown Township, year…

  • Former teacher moves from rabble-rouser to poet

    BY ALISON GRANITOStaff Writer BY ALISON GRANITO Staff Writer RED BANK — T.C. Murray has come a long way for a kid from Hell’s Kitchen. Although his story starts in what was then a rough and tumble neighborhood in New York City, Murray, 69, is now a retired Catholic school history teacher who pursues his…

  • Obituaries

    John James Foley Obituaries John James Foley Mr. Foley, 81, of Middletown died Nov. 26. He lived in Jersey City for most of his life but had also been a resident of Brick. For the past 10 years, he had lived in Middletown. A 1952 graduate of New York University, he was executive vice president…

  • Town center an ongoing issue

    Town center an ongoing issue It’s a new year and a time when local politicians let their constituents know what they hope to accomplish in the next 12 months. The all-Republican Middle-town Township Committee will be led by Mayor Joan Smith who said the township is expected to deal with controversial issues in the future.…

  • Alliance offers tips for healthy resolutions in the new year ahead

    Here we are again — that time of year when just about everybody makes yet another New Year’s resolution to get more exercise. If you’re finally sincere about it, the Bayshore Health Alliance in Keyport wants to help you. We would like to offer tips specifically aimed at helping adults get physically active and stay…

  • Obituaries

    Michael Kasmer Obituaries Michael Kasmer Mr. Kasmer, 55, of Hazlet died Jan. 2 at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Bayonne, he resided there prior to moving to Hazlet 27 years ago. Mr. Kasmer was a repairman at General Motors, Linden, for 31 years, retiring in 2002. He served with the U.S. Army during the…

  • Reader applauds Middletown school editorial

    As a former teacher, I applaud your editorial that labels the latest move by the Middletown Board of Education as "ridiculous." I couldn’t agree more. Thank you for pointing out the history of limiting public access at board meetings in Middletown. Thank you also for pointing out the one common denominator in this attempt —…