Category: Independent Opinion

  • Parents express gratitude for support

    To the Keyport police who directed traffic on Friday, Aug. 3 and stopped the busy shore traffic on Saturday morning so we could bring Jenn past her house one last time, we thank you. To all the teachers and students of Keyport Central School, Keyport High School and the PTA, who for a whole year…

  • Square will aesthetically improve Middletown

    As a lifelong resident of Middletown and founding member of the Alliance for Middletown’s Future, I strongly support the proposed town square at Middletown (Route 35 north). The local town square developer (Mountain Hill Group) has presented a visionary plan for Middletown that will greatly enhance the Route 35 area around Kings Highway and Kanes…

  • Town square would redefine identify of Middletown

    For many years as president of the United Neighbors Association, our own little "UN" (United Nations) in town, I have always tried to represent the residents and taxpayers in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, as well as those in the township. Now that Middletown is at the crossroads over whether to site a Town…

  • Environmental club is a group with a purpose

    Correspondent By Lynne Beckenstein HOLMDEL — The Holmdel High School ECO club has established itself as a force for conservation. Its purposes are to guide students in taking an active role in preserving local ecology and to promote environmental awareness. Club members are passionate toward their cause, said past President Roseann Wu, who was valedictorian…

  • It’s back to neighborhood schools in Hazlet

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Hazlet Middle School Principal Richard Sherman (l-r) and Assistant Principal Elaine Hayden show students the exterior of the school’s new media center Friday. The students (l-r) are Kaity Creasy, Monique Zuffanti and Brittany Lebretore, all 13 and entering eighth grade, and Pat Dean and Bryan Broderick, both 12 and entering seventh grade. Renovated…

  • Keyport all spruced up for the new school year

    SARAH McCOLGAN Keyport Schools Superintendent John Dumford sits proudly in the finished classroom at Keyport Central School. Referendum work about complete; preschool program to begin By darlene diebold Staff Writer KEYPORT — When the district’s 1,250 students and faculty return to school Sept. 5, they will be greeted by newly renovated schools. School officials have…

  • Mat-Ab looking toward December referendum Five portable classrooms added to Matawan Middle School

    Staff Writer By Alison Granito Mat-Ab looking toward December referendum Five portable classrooms added to Matawan Middle School FARRAH MAFFAI Construction workers build foundations to support trailers brought in to house portable classrooms at Matawan Avenue Middle School last week. ABERDEEN — A critical year lies ahead for the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District. Topping the…

  • Writer suggests town square promoter taking his signs too seriously

    I read with amusement Mr. Philip Scaduto’s lamentation (Aug. 8, 2001) about casualties in the Great Sign War currently raging in Middletown. It’s not the Blue vs. the Gray, but rather the pro-"town square" greens (the color choice I assume is ironic) and the anti-"town square" reds. My jaw dropped open, however, when Mr. Scaduto…

  • Preservation of Marlboro State Hospital is sought Open letter to the Marlboro Township Council:

    Preservation of Marlboro State Hospital is sought Open letter to the Marlboro Township Council: The Monmouth Conservation Foundation has made known to the council on several occasions in the past it would like to see as much of the Marlboro State Hospital site preserved as open space as is possible. The question "Why is this…