Category: Independent Opinion

  • Reader says Committeeman Wall’s political tactics are disgusting It is absurd that an elected official who is not even running for office would stoop to the level of invading someone’s’ privacy for personal gain. Terence Wall, Township Committeeman, has created an investigation squad in Holmdel that could affect your life as well. The question is,…

  • Fairview soccer field expansion in Middletown is just more sprawl I thought that Gov. Christie Whitman and her Republican friends in Middletown wanted to preserve our open areas and cut down on "sprawl." My definition of sprawl would definitely include a large soccer field and facility in a residential area like Fairview. I thought the…

  • Solidarity counts Saturday I t’s time for county residents to send a resounding message to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the federal Environ-mental Protection Agency and anyone else who will listen that we are fed up with ocean dumping in any way, shape or form. If you feel as strongly about this as the…

  • Obituaries Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. PETER J. RAGUSA , 90, of the Cheesequake Village section of Old Bridge, formerly of Hazlet, died May 10 in Country Manor Health Care Center, Tenafly.…

  • Obituaries Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. KRISTINA MARIE MEYER, 13, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died May 9, in Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia. Born in Red Bank, she was a lifelong…

  • Brookdale students meet with Matawan residents By paul dowd MATAWAN — On Thursday night eight architecture students from Brookdale Community College in Lincroft discussed design problems and opportunities for downtown buildings at a meeting held at the Community Center. The students are working on design plans to enhance the downtown streetscape as part of a…

  • ON GUARD Gladiators entertain the royal court while the Royal Executioner Sarah Reinold (inset) stands guard at the third annual Madrigal Dinner sponsored by the Matawan Regional High School Vocal Music Department Friday. SEAN GUTHRIDGE

  • YOUNG ARTISTS Maureen Leach of Poricy Park, Middletown, shows off her daughter Caity’s painting at a young artists’ exhibit at the park’s Nature Center. The works, by some 80 students ages 5-14 of the Around the Corner Art Studio in Freehold, will be on display through May 28. The park, located on Oak Hill Road,…

  • Keyport businessman praises ferry proposal A special thank you to the owner of NY Fast Ferry, John Koenig, and his associate Mike Cummins, for the invitation to all concerned people about the proposed ferry service in Keyport. A group of over 100 enjoyed a complimentary, two-hour cruise to see firsthand what they are proposing for…