Category: Independent Opinion
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Middletown high school to get face lift After years of delays, $78M in renovations finally under way
Staff Writer By Josh Davidson Middletown high school to get face lift After years of delays, $78M in renovations finally under way MIDDLETOWN — Nearly six years after residents approved a $78.4 million referendum for secondary school improvements and renovations, construction on Middletown High School North is finally under way. School representatives took part in…
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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. THOMAS B. O’BRIEN, 74, of Hazlet died June 12 at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Hazlet. Born in Hazlet, he lived most of his life in Keansburg before…
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Food fight ruins end-of-year fun
With the school year winding down to an end, it is a time for high school seniors to enjoy their final days before graduating and facing new challenges in life. Unfortunately, the lazy last days of Middletown High School South’s year were marred when a food fight broke out in the cafeteria last week. While…
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Town center would be saving grace for Middletown taxpayers
With great interest, I have been following the plans to construct a town center in Middletown. I am surprised to hear there has been some controversy around the development of an attractive town center that will provide $4 million in property tax revenue, endless amenities, hundreds of permanent jobs and a central place where the…
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Many questions remain about Fort Hancock proposal
The National Park Service held a second public hearing June 1 on the proposed development of Fort Hancock. The Park Service in response to public pressure released information prior to the hearing, and a traffic study was completed and released a day prior to the hearing. Once again the public signed up ahead of time…
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Middletown should look to Rome for future ideas
Last spring, I was in Rome, Italy. As I toured the Coliseum, a structure that was built in 72 AD, I thought of Middletown. I thought of the current proposal for a town square. I thought of the fight that many fellow Middletown citizens have been waging to preserve the 137 acres of open space…
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Regular Republicans need to clean up their acts
Shame on the old guard Republican machine and the regular Republican candidates Bob Reddington and Valerie Niess for the many lies they told during Holmdel’s recent primary campaign. It is amazing that they could reference Township Committee meeting minutes as support for their lies. Voters need go to Town Hall and read the minutes of…
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Confrontation still present with board, superintendent (Copy of a letter to Ronald Riccio, special mediator for the Middletown Township Education Association and the Middletown Board of Education)
Confrontation still present with board, superintendent (Copy of a letter to Ronald Riccio, special mediator for the Middletown Township Education Association and the Middletown Board of Education) I write to you because today I learned of a situation that has left me shaking my head in bewilderment as the "culture of confrontation" you decried in…
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Traffic caused by Brookdale needs to be addressed
Brookdale has grown tremendously from its founding in 1967 to a current student population of 11,876 students in 2001. Brookdale, with its all-commuting student population, is expected to increase its student enrollment by 8-12 percent this fall. Brookdale’s answer to its growing number of students has been to pave more parking lots. Yet Brookdale students…