Category: Independent Opinion

  • OLD GLORY

    — Students at Ravine Drive School, Matawan, listen to an explanation about the origins of "Old Glory" during a Flag Day musical program on June 14.

  • Small town Memorial Day parade is a wonderful tradition

    by Carolyn Kipel I address my comments to the Rev. I. Nicholas Plant in response to his letter concerning Matawan’s Memorial Day Parade. First of all, I have never seen a Memorial Day Parade without veterans marching. It is my feeling that, by applauding these brave men and women we are also, by extension, honoring…

  • Good luck, class of 2000

    Every graduating class is special, as every student, parent and teacher knows. This year’s has the extra distinction of being the class of 2000, the first of the new millennium and the new century, a fact that no doubt has followed them since they entered first grade 12 years ago in 1988. Keyport High School…

  • Off-campus RHS parking annoys Hazlet residents Problem said to be yearlong and begins at 7:30 a.m. weekdays

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Off-campus RHS parking annoys Hazlet residents Problem said to be yearlong and begins at 7:30 a.m. weekdays HAZLET — About 15 residents who live near Raritan High School on Middle Road expressed concern last week about students parking on their residential streets. Donna Welch, 3 Annette Court, stood in front…

  • Year’s end bittersweet for retiring RHS teacher Biology teacher to leave Raritan High School after 33 years in the district

    Staff Writer By paul dowd Year’s end bittersweet for retiring RHS teacher Biology teacher to leave Raritan High School after 33 years in the district JERRY WOLKOWITZ Retiring Raritan High School biology teacher Anthony Neri signs a yearbook for senior Lou Grasso on Monday. HAZLET — After 33 years, Anthony Neri knew it was time…

  • Obituaries

    ALEXANDER A. ORLANDO, 75, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge died June 6 in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was predeceased by three sons, Anthony Orlando, Robert Orlando and Raymond Orlando. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Clifford Orlando; three daughters, Elizabeth Conomos of Matawan and Sharon Szeles and Deborah Maarlevele, both of the…

  • GOP paved way for population explosion

    There was tremendous irony in reading the latest statistics on Holmdel’s 45 percent population explosion juxtaposed against respective letters of "congratulations" and "thanks" from regular Republican Township Committeeman Terence M. Wall and the candidate he is grooming, Jun-Min Liu (The Independent, June 14). For years, the regular Republican faction (aka the Holmdel Republican Club) dominated…

  • Detective praised by former chief of police

    It was recently brought to my attention that Hazlet Detective Capt. Robert Mulligan was recently awarded the Officer of the Year Award by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4303 West Keansburg section of Hazlet. I had the honor to serve with Detective Mulligan for more than 27 years. I have always praised his…

  • Congressional term limits prevent abuse of power

    Congressional term limits are necessary so we can have a legislature that is of the people, by the people, and for the people, not one based on lobbyists and special-interest groups controlling entrenched politicians. Four years in the U.S. House of Representatives and six years in the Senate should be a sufficient amount of time…