• Matawan players honing skills on American Legion team

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer The Keyport American Legion Post 23 team has thus far compiled a 3-4-2 mark in the Monmouth County American Legion League. Uncooperative weather has cost the team, which includes players from Matawan Regional High School, a few games as well. Nevertheless, coach John Kaye, who coaches the Matawan High School…

  • Grandparent impressed by graduates of St. Mary’s

    I would like to acknowledge and share the achievements of the 2009 St. Mary, New Monmouth section of Middletown, graduates. In addition to receiving the spirituality, discipline and knowledge that comes with a St. Mary’s education, these exceptional students carried over their academic prowess to the athletic arena. In 2009, the girls and boys of…

  • Unemployed won’t be patronizing local businesses

    I strongly disagree with Middletown Deputy Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger’s argument that "Taxing alcohol at eateries is not progressive" (Independent, June 18) — not because it ignores the fact that the people who can afford to buy wine and liquor in restaurants are the people who can most afford to pay taxes in general, but because…

  • National parks shouldn’t be corporate parks

    President Obama promised more transparency in his administration, but not surprisingly the National Parks Service (NPS) apparently missed the memo. Hence, details of James Wassel’s long-overdue funding plans to rehabilitate 36 Fort Hancock buildings for commercial use at Sandy Hook are considered “propriety information.” We taxpayers have a right to know how Wassel’s inexperienced company…

  • Lodge names Holmdel H.S. educator Teacher of the Year

    Sandra W. Whitten HOLMDEL — A Holmdel teacher has been named New Jersey Educator of the Year and was recognized by the Board of Education at the June 24 meeting. On April 14, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons recognized Holmdel High School’s Sandra E. Whitten as New Jersey State Educator of the…

  • Holmdel welcomes new math and science supervisor

    HOLMDEL — At the June 24 meeting the Holmdel Board of Education (BOE) appointed Cresenda Jones to the position of supervisor of math and science K-12. According to a press release from the district, the Holmdel BOE conducted a search over the last few months for a mathematics and science supervisor, and after a careful…

  • Legislation would help some returning veterans

    Coda • GREG BEAN This Fourth of July was certainly a bittersweet holiday in our home. Those who know me know that our son Coleman, an Army sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, took his own life last September. In the months since, our family has learned a lot about the problems faced by…

  • Plumsted to institute employee furloughs

    PLUMSTED — According to Mayor Ron Dancer, it has become economically necessary for the Plumsted Township Committee to implement employee furlough programs as additional cost control measures. Furlough programs authorize an employee to have an approved leave of absence without pay for one or more days that are preapproved. The two types of furlough programs…

  • Freedom Fest 2009: bigger and better

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The seventh annual Freedom Fest will be almost twice as large as last year, and will run an extra day. That’s according to Nick DeMauro, Upper Freehold Township, who has been chairman of the event since its inception. Freedom Fest began Tuesday and runs through Sunday, July 12, at the…

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