Category: Independent Opinion

  • Kudos to the tree huggers

    The full story still has not been written explaining how Holmdel "tree huggers" managed to preserve the beautiful Chase Bank tract in south Holmdel. Holmdel Mayor Art Davey, during a press conference following the property closing Thursday, credited the township’s "two workhorse environmentalists," Township Committee members Russell Dronne and Larry Fink. They come from different…

  • Citizens ‘concerned’ with NIMBY, not open space

    As an educator and 25-year resident of Middletown, I am writing this letter because I feel I’ve been misled by the Concerned Citizens of Middletown on the proposed "town square." Everything you read coming from that group, which was founded by residents of Heritage Hills (a development bordering the town square site), leads people to…

  • Belford resident objects to proposed use of firehouse as pool hall

    The residents of Main Street, Morris Avenue and Church Street in Belford are more upset than they were before the Independent Fire Company held a meeting June 16 with the owner of the proposed family entertainment center/pool hall to introduce him to the neighborhood and the firehouse members. It is a shame the elected and…

  • Enrichment Program director extends thanks to local school officials

    The Matawan Student Enrichment Program offers a wide variety of courses for children, preschoolers and parents on Saturday mornings during the school year. The program has an enrollment of more than 700 individuals per semester, with the students coming from Matawan, Aberdeen and surrounding communities. Our program had concerns recently as to where our "home"…

  • Hazlet resident cautions to beware of township officials bearing gifts

    I, along with most other residents of Hazlet, have received a mysterious present from the township Department of Public Works: a great, green refrigerator box on wheels. Why, this thing is so big you could bury it in the back yard, stock it with canned food and Perrier, and use it as a bomb shelter…

  • Correct choice for Holmdel Nike site is a ‘no-brainer’

    There are two competing proposed uses for the former Nike base site: 1. housing for homeless families with children; 2. increased parking for the Little League fields. When we strip away all the procedural concerns, the home rule rhetoric, whose application was submitted first, etc., those are the choices. Is it difficult to decide which…

  • On Campus

    Ronald M. Cleary, Hazlet, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Drew University, Madison. The senior is majoring in English and psychology. He is the son of Ronald and Judith Cleary, Hazlet. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., has named the following local students to the dean’s list for the fall…

  • Cove Road students learn about coming to America Hazlet school gym transformed into Ellis Island as pupils immigrate

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Cove Road students learn about coming to America Hazlet school gym transformed into Ellis Island as pupils immigrate Fourth-grader Brian Cloonan, 9, speaks with an “official” during the Ellis Island Immigration Day program at Cove Road School in Hazlet. HAZLET — Students at Cove Road School got a good…