Category: Independent Opinion
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Common sense, apology are needed from councilman
As usual, the Independent has accurately reported the facts. I am specifically referring to the article entitled "Panel Rescinds Censure, Approves New Ethics Law." The article indicated a Holmdel Township censure, now rescinded, was passed by a four-to-one vote because Terence Wall violated the township’s ethical standards by releasing confidential information regarding the former Nike…
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Officer should not be punished for answering call of duty
After reading all the articles in the different tabloids about the situation that exists in Middletown, I have to ask the question, "What is Police Chief John Pollinger’s priority?" As a taxpaying citizen of Middletown, I am appalled my family safety, as well as the safety of the community, would be jeopardized to satisfy a…
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Middletown ‘bashers’ should re-examine behavior
To all the Middletown teacher bashers who equate their teachers’ quest for respect with a betrayal of civic loyalty post-Sept. 11: are you just as upset with all the 8 mpg SUVs that cruise our highways feeding Middle Eastern coffers? To those who wonder if township youngsters will regain the "lost respect" for their teachers:…
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Prayers, blessings go out to families of victims
We’ve known for weeks this holiday season would be like no other. We are all aware, as if we were truly all one household, of families that will face an empty chair at the table this season. We feel for the families, in particular those families in Matawan and our surrounding communities, that lost a…
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DARE is part of solution, not the ultimate cure-all
DARE is part of solution, not the ultimate cure-all In today’s edition, Greater Media Newspapers presents a special report on the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program that is offered in a majority of area schools. These schools in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties are not alone in offering DARE. According to the Internet Web…
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Athletic league head praises town for support
I am writing on behalf of the Hazlet Youth Athletic League to express my sincere thanks to the Hazlet Police Department and the fire companies from North Centerville, West Keansburg and Hazlet for their support after a recent Pop Warner championship achieved by the Hazlet Hawk Junior Pee Wees. The volunteers from the town’s three…
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For the record
New Middletown Mayor Patrick Parkinson hopes to acquire a new train station shuttle for the township. An article in the Dec. 24 Independent incorrectly stated that he wanted to acquire a new train station.
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Board pres. defends Veterans Day action
Board pres. defends Veterans Day action A reader recently wrote to your newspaper criticizing the Keyport Board of Education for its celebration of Veterans Day by keeping the Keyport public schools open. The Keyport Board of Education, along with a number of other Boards of Education across our nation, made a very deliberate and reasoned…
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Township employee shouldn’t be serving as mayor
During the first week of January in Middletown, a mayor is going to be sworn into office, whose full-time job is the director of the Sewerage Authority in the same town. Does anyone else think something is wrong with that? Why isn’t that a big deal? A police officer can’t be a mayor or a…
