Category: Independent Opinion

  • Family thanks supporters in advance of benefit for son

    I would like to thank everyone who is helping to put together "Rock for Rick," a benefit to be held for our son, Ricky Ashmore Jr., on Feb. 10 at TJK Stadium, Keansburg. Ricky has a rare and deadly form of muscular dystrophy that can kill him. But through experimental stem cell replacement therapy, he…

  • Town center opponents are missing the bigger picture

    That those opposed to the town center are not interested in honest give and take is apparent from their insistence upon referring to the project as a mall. It is not a mall. Anyone taking the time to look at the plans can understand that. Yet they continually use the term in order to demagogue…

  • Club extends thanks for outpouring of holiday gifts

    The members of the evening and daytime groups of the Woman’s Club of Middletown would like to thank the residents of Middletown Township and the surrounding areas for their overwhelming support of the club’s recent "Holiday Gift Trees" project. The trees were based at the New Monmouth Road and Route 35 branch, and the Harmony…

  • 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. DOROTHY A. DIGGINS, 70, of Hazlet died Jan. 13 at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived there until moving to Hazlet 42…

  • Board continues Village Pharmacy plan to Feb. 27

    Board continues Village Pharmacy plan to Feb. 27 Applicant offers to donate historic Pickets Post building By darlene diebold Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The owner of the Village Pharmacy, Vince Matthews, now plans to demolish the former Pickets Post gift shop building on Holmdel Road to make way for a new pharmacy. Matthews, through his…

  • Foundation urges public to keep eye on Hook proposal

    Everyone who lives in Monmouth County and many out-of-state visitors know Sandy Hook is a very special place. It is one of the few natural beaches left in New Jersey. Fort Hancock occupies approximately 140 of the 1,665 acres that make up Sandy Hook. It is of significant historical importance as the buildings on Officer’s…

  • Hooray for the public!

    Hooray for the public! The state has finally passed the Open Public Records Act, which will give the public greater access to public records. The act overhauls New Jersey’s "Right to Know" law, something the New Jersey Press Association and others have been pushing for for many years. Under the old law, only records that…

  • Principal thanks PTO for exemplary efforts

    As principal of the Cliffwood Elementary School, I would like to publicly thank the PTO for all it does for our student body. I have been totally amazed and impressed by the hard work and dedication of this small group of parents and family members that work endless house for our school and our children.…

  • Congratulations to new Mid’town mayor

    On behalf of the members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2179, and the Ladies Auxiliary, we wish to extend our sincere congratulations to Patrick W. Parkinson on being elected mayor of Middletown Township for the year 2002. We wish you and your family great success and good health during the ensuing year. Mary…