Category: Independent Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. THELMA MACKEY BABCOCK, 88, of Middletown died Dec. 10 at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation, Red Bank. Mrs. Babcock had been a resident of Middletown since 1951. She…

  • Ferry needs to attract more than 40 extra commuters to survive

    The county’s Belford ferry terminal, whose construction we worked to block for a dozen years, has finally opened. The unusual opening level of service with four 300-passenger boats providing a half-hour interval between peak-period departures — and a massive advertising campaign — attracted 1,400 passengers a day during the week of free rides. However, during…

  • Environmentalists extend thanks to many volunteers

    Clean Ocean Action was swept away by the dedication of the estimated 1,500 volunteers who participated in our 17th annual fall beach sweeps. We applaud the many community groups, Girl and Boy Scouts, students, families, and individual residents who braved the stormy weather conditions Oct. 26 to sweep the beach, contributing to a cleaner marine…

  • Letter writer tells ugly tale of two Web sites in Hazlet

    There has been an ongoing feud in Hazlet between the Hazlet Democrats and a passionate resident. About a year ago, Hazlet was looking to develop a Web site devoted to getting information out to township residents. Scott Broschart, Hazlet native and Raritan graduate, offered to run and maintain a Web site free of charge to…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. JOSEPH M. MAHON, 76, of Holmdel died Dec. 6 at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Weehawken, he resided in Freehold prior to moving to Holmdel 19…

  • Center won’t transform town into Jersey City

    Great controversy and opposition have been expressed to the proposed town center in Middletown. Why? In a word, overdevelopment. The people are tired and disgusted over New Jersey rapidly becoming one huge Jersey City. They see the Garden State vanishing before their eyes. But, instead of being an example of how to lose the land,…

  • Commute may be more

    taxing to N.J. residents taxing to N.J. residents Facing a $7.4 billion budget deficit over the next two years, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is looking outside the city to commuters in order to pay $1 billion in additional taxes to help bail the metropolis out of its fiscal troubles. Repealed a few years…

  • St. Mary’s extends thanks to Thanksgiving helpers

    On Thanksgiving Day, St. Mary’s Church, Keyport, served more than 75 free dinners. Half of them were meals that were delivered to people who could not attend. We at St. Mary’s would like to thank the following: the Bayshore Italian American Society for donating all the turkeys, Bayshore Gospel Center for use of their bus,…

  • Candidate expresses dismay with political mudslinging

    After the recent election in Holmdel, I thought the mudslinging politics of the Democrats and their supporters would stop, at least for a while. But the constant drum beat of negative and spurious comments in the letters to the editor are still appearing. These letters, signed by various people, started to appear in late spring,…