Category: Independent Opinion
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No conflict of interest between superintendent and board
Much has been made of the conflicts of interest of the superintendent candidates for the Middletown school system. In actuality there are only two areas of conflict according to state statute and those are easily remedied. The candidate could not evaluate his spouse or an immediate supervisor, which is already the case under current administration…
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Keyport Chamber of Commerce members looks forward to 2003
The Keyport Chamber of Commerce is expressing options for the new year, which is only six weeks away. Several factors bring this to bear. Keyport is facing a new dawn, especially business-wise. Eager business people find themselves returning to Keyport as a profitable and "down home" place to do business. Existing stores like Feigenson’s have…
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American Cancer Society thanks supporters of walk
On behalf of the American Cancer Society’s volunteers and staff, I would like to thank the residents of Monmouth and Ocean counties for their generosity and support of our annual "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walk. More than 5,000 people participated in this year’s event in Point Pleasant Beach, raising more than $475,000 for American…
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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. JACQUELINE KROEPER, 71, of Middletown died Nov. 18 at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Jersey City, she lived in Hazlet before moving to Middletown in 1963.…
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Should be a way to block annoying political election calls
Prior to the 2000 elections, I was besieged by political phone calls, all from the Republican Party. The prerecorded messages, as many as two to three per day, every day, were mostly from Barbara Bush and Elizabeth Dole, urging me to vote for George W. Bush. I got so fed up that I called Republican…
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Ten years later and still waiting
The Hazlet Township Committee is once again up in the air about where it intends to build a new municipal facility. For the past decade the site for the new building has been like a political ball bouncing around. Now the township’s plan to take over and renovate the library on Middle Road to make…
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Committee nominee extends thanks to supporters
I would like to thank all those Hazlet voters who came out in support of my candidacy Nov. 5. Through your votes, you took the time out of your busy schedule to express your views — in particular, on how our township administration should be run and how the Township Committee can advocate the issues…
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Larrison extends thanks to supporters and family
Please let me use your fine newspaper to express my thanks to the voters of Monmouth County for re-electing me and my running mates, Claire French and Tom Powers, to serve for another term in county government. I know I speak for the county clerk and all the Freeholders when I say we will continue…
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New Hazlet committee member thanks supporters
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of Hazlet for their vote of confidence in electing me to the Hazlet Township Committee. I take this honor very seriously and will serve to the best of my ability to make sure your interests are represented. I understand this is a tough, time-consuming…
