Category: Independent Opinion

  • It’s time for teachers to participate in today’s economy

    I am writing to express my support for the Board of Education during the negotiations with the Middletown Township Education Association. It is time for the teachers of Middletown to participate in today’s economy and to carry out their civic duties. The economy has been in a recession for a long time. Unemployment rates are…

  • Facts revealed by wife of imprisoned teacher (Editor’s note: This column was written during the Middletown teachers’ strike)

    Facts revealed by wife of imprisoned teacher (Editor’s note: This column was written during the Middletown teachers’ strike) My husband is in jail. He is a good man who lives by the law, has helped to raise three wonderful sons and fought for this country’s freedom in Vietnam. He works full time and [holds] two…

  • Middletown teachers union in need of new leadership

    In a recent weekend issue of The New York Times, Diane Swaim, president of the teachers union for almost 20 years, gives herself credit for breaking laws in the great American tradition of civil disobedience. One has to question her qualifications to teach civics and social studies if she can equate the actions of our…

  • Middletown parents were busy comforting their kids

    In response to "Where were parents to support teachers?" — we were at home comforting our children who were disappointed and saddened to see their beloved teachers being arrested on national TV. We were trying to explain to our children why their teachers chose to disobey the judge and go to jail rather than back…

  • Deeply saddened by judge’s jailing of schoolteachers

    After reading about the Middletown teacher strike at CNN.com, I quickly sought out a local perspective. I soon found your publication online and read Alison Granito’s article "Some Middletown Striking Teachers Jailed Monday." The article provided much information that was not available to me from CNN. I appreciate the Independent providing detailed information on the…

  • Where were parents to support teachers?

    Where were parents to support teachers? I have borne witness to many shortcomings of such a large community, but none that will rip and tear at the hearts of the dedicated people we entrust to educate our children to, day-after-day, and year-after-year. It truly bothers me the same people that send their children to school…

  • Keyport Food Ministerium to relocate after 28 years

    The Keyport Ministerium Food Pantry will move to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 10 E. Front St., Keyport, on or about Feb. 1. It has been located in the Calvary United Church since its establishment in 1983. The pantry has been providing food to the needy in the northern bayshore area since that date. By 1992,…

  • Stominski is grateful for voters’ support

    I want to thank the voters of Monmouth County for their votes of confidence in the recent freeholder election. The entire Board of Chosen Freeholders is proud of the manner in which county government works for all of our citizens. I am especially gratified with the overwhelming support that I received and will endeavor to…

  • Club’s efforts responsible for Bayshore Terrace park

    It is good to see the minipark in Keyport being used for many special occasions. For the record, this park was made available through the efforts of The Woman’s Club of Keyport in 1975 with cooperation from the Keyport High School honor society and the late mayor, Richard Bergen. Rutgers University advised of the planting,…