Category: Independent Opinion

  • Letters Nike issue involves land use, not crisis housing

    Letters Nike issue involves land use, not crisis housing Over the years there have been various attempts to address the homelessness problem. In fact, a federal role was created when then-Sen. Al Gore (D-Tennessee) served as chief sponsor of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. President Ronald Reagan signed this act into law on…

  • Middletown administrators respond to criticism of teachers

    The best response to last week’s guest column regarding the teachers of Middletown would probably be to ignore it as simple emotional nonsense. To do so, however, would be unfair to so many dedicated teachers we have come to know and respect in our more than 50 years of combined service to Middletown. One would…

  • Middletown Food Circus sign nothing to clown around about

    The gratuitous slur over the former Food Circus sign (letters, Independent, July 11) needs a response. The history of highway signage exaggerated by size, shape and color is a long and exciting one. They are built to capture the motorists’ attention, which is the reason for the Food Circus sign as the store is not…

  • Hospital’s treatment irks Holmdel resident An open letter to Bayshore Community Hospital:

    Hospital’s treatment irks Holmdel resident An open letter to Bayshore Community Hospital: Please do something about your preadmission testing. When I am given a time to arrive, be sure your staff is ready to receive me. I should not find a dark room and a locked door. When you give me a four-page, none-of-your-business form…

  • Support your local library

    The availability of $45 million in state library construction funding has book lovers and library directors taking note. According to Middletown Library Director Susan O’Neill, this is the first time in 10 years that such funding has been offered. Funding is limited to a certain percentage of any project, according to O’Neill. In Middletown’s case,…

  • Residents’ safety shouldn’t be compromised

    The Independent Fire Company of Belford has been vigilantly safeguarding the lives of Belford residents for more than 77 years. Our members represent the finest the fire service has to offer. Our business is saving lives and protecting property, and we are very good at it. Pat Cambeis’ aggression (letters, Independent, July 3) toward the…

  • Guest Column Gabrielle Girard It’s time for Middletown teachers, board to get practical

    Guest Column Gabrielle Girard It’s time for Middletown teachers, board to get practical Over the past few years I have followed the travails, contract disputes, strikes, public whining, and complaining by Middletown teachers. But upon reading in the Independent of the most recent "possible strike," I was too disgusted to remain silent. Middletown teachers claim…

  • Mount Laurel compliance shows Holmdel is not elitist

    Recently, there have been articles and letters in the press that have castigated our community because of a campaign of misinformation with regard to the Phillips Park/Nike site issue. Attacks on Holmdel seem to be very popular and words such as elitist, insensitive and affordable housing are bandied about. It is time to substitute facts…

  • Complaints based on emotional issues rather than the facts

    In the latest development in the Phillips Park controversy in Holmdel, national security needs are being invoked by Committeeman Terence Wall in his third complaint against the Monmouth Housing Authority application. As noted in the Independent, July 18, article, his complaint is being made pursuant to Title 24, HUD Section 581.6 which states that "a…