Category: Independent Opinion
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Mayoral candidate defends Graham over ethics fiasco
Although I am not yet a public official and only a candidate for Keyport mayor, I had not considered the pending ethics charges against Councilman Brian Stalter a personal concern. Rather, like other Keyport residents, the Democratic candidates for the November election have followed the Stalter ethics story in the newspaper as an item of…
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Author commended wrong politician over YMCA issue
Doreen Ignatiou’s opposition to a YMCA in Holmdel deserves comment for its inconsistencies, errors and bitterness. At the Township Committee meeting (July 22), she vehemently protested Committeeman Larry Fink’s idea of sending a townwide survey to get residents’ opinions, although she had just voiced her own. Approximately 700 residents use the Red Bank Y. Might…
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Guest Column
Dorene IgnatiouHolmdel resident queries Dorene Ignatiou Holmdel resident queries ‘Y or why not?’ I would like to complete a statement I made to the Township Committee on July 24 as to why a YMCA does not belong in Holmdel. First, Holmdel has its own pool facilities. Residents support the swim club through property taxes with…
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Reader offers survival strategies for ‘sport’ of hunting
Various media have reported hunters raising money and lobbying the New Jersey state Legislature to thwart a proposed study of non-lethal ways to manage the bear population and to allow bow-hunting on Sundays. I propose the Legislature set up a Blue Ribbon panel to study ways to equalize both the bears’ and the hunters’ chances…
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Michael’s Feat planners thank barbecue supporters
We wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of the wonderful people who generously supported and assisted the Michael’s Feat summertime family barbecue. More than $19,000 was raised as part of our second annual event. Without you, none of this would be possible, and because of you, the Michael Gerard Puharic Memorial Fund will…
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No drop in the bucket
The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority seems to be attempting to back out of a Superior Court judge’s order to pay the Hazlet Township Sewerage Authority $550,000 for overcharges Hazlet paid between 1991 and 1995. The Bayshore authority, based in Union Beach, was ordered in court last month to pay back the money, but eight days…
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MTEA’s promises are ‘baloney’ to longtime resident
Members of the Middletown Township Education Associa-tion (MTEA) say they want to have healing and bring the township together. Baloney. Here was their chance. If they wanted healing, they would have accepted Ronald Riccio’s proposed salary as the Board of Education did. The board wasn’t satisfied either, but it gave in some in order to…
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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. RALPH P. SANTORO, 75, of Middletown died Aug. 3 at home. Born in Jersey City, he moved to Middletown 30 years ago. He was a retired inspector…
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Ex-residents implore town to oppose town center
After 48 years in Middletown, we made the big move and left Middletown for an adult community in Ocean County. In those 48 years, we raised two wonderful children, going through the school system from kindergarten-12, then college, and on to satisfying careers. Our daughter and son-in-law still live in Middletown, and their daughter will…
