Category: Independent Opinion

  • Don’t approve WMP until aquifer situation addressed

    For the past two months, Holmdel Township has held public reviews concerning proposed changes to the 1991 Wastewater Management Plan (WMP). The current plan specifies that those living in the northern section of Holmdel be serviced by public sewers while those in the southern section are limited to individual septic tanks. Mr. John Trela, a…

  • Those seeking dishonesty should vote for Democrats

    Like Carol Beckenstein, Democratic campaign manger for Larry Fink and others, I, too, ran against Russell Dronne and lost three years ago. Russell is an asset to Holmdel and he served honorably. He, like Bob Reddington and Valerie Niess, opposes development in southern Holmdel. For all practical matters, though, the issue of sewering the south…

  • Berk, Orsini will keep taxes low by preventing sewers

    All candidates for Holmdel Township Committee say they want to save open space and keep taxes down. And indeed, the two do go hand in hand: to keep taxes down, you must keep development down. During the past two decades, taxes have increased with development, and ratables never kept their promise of sparing us new…

  • Residents urged to approve Holmdel’s wastewater plan

    It’s all about the money, isn’t it? Unfortunately we can’t put a price tag on preserving what is left of the rural environment of our town. We have on the table a proposal prepared by a qualified consultant, Dr. John Trela, hired by the Township Committee. This plan has received the stamp of approval from…

  • Holmdel resident backs Reddington and Niess for committee

    I’m writing to express my excitement about the upcoming election for the Holmdel Township Committee and a positive vote for Robert Reddington and Valerie Niess, two honest and caring individuals who are ready, willing and able to serve. After reading the recent Torricelli-like slash-and-burn antics from the Holmdel Democrats and "independents," I just had 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. DIANE A. GIORDANO, 49, of Hazlet died Sept. 22 at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived there until moving to Hazlet in 1986. She was a…

  • Regular Republicans would flush WMP out of Holmdel

    Holmdel’s drinking water is put at risk every time the skewering of southern Holmdel is considered a possibility. Sewers bring development and very big ones indeed. A few years ago, the Regular Republicans envisioned a retirement community and a village center in a southern Holmdel area that was nearly twice the size of Red Bank.…

  • Thanks go out to volunteers for aid during storms

    Most town residents will not forget the storms of July 19 or Aug. 2. The Aug. 2 storm left many residents without power for days. But, for most, they don’t know of the effort of a couple of volunteer departments. The Keyport Fire Department and Keyport First Aid Squad volunteered from dusk until dawn when…

  • Protecting our assets

    The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District asked voters Tuesday to decide on a $36.8 million referendum. The referendum was broken up into two questions — the first dealing with additions and renovations at the middle school and the second involving improvements to the remaining schools in the district. The referendum’s structure was complicated, as question two…