• Keep Holmdel school district moving in right direction

    It has been three years since we Holmdel voters first elected Robin Wetmore to the Board of Education … and in those three years, we have seen our school district move in a positive direction, climbing back to the position it once held as one of the best school districts in the state of New…

  • Liu will be passionate advocate for Holmdel students, parents

    We are writing in support of Mrs. Chiung-yin Cheng Liu’s run for the Board of Education. Our children have been taking group music lessons and private piano lessons with Mrs. Liu for the past six years. Mrs. Liu is a lifelong educator with a special talent for developing potential in children through her encouraging, nurturing…

  • Tai will devote talent and expertise to Holmdel

    I am writing to share my enthusiasmf orD r. Ray Tai’s candidacy for the Holmdel Board of Education. For five of the six years I served on the board, I was privileged to sit beside Ray. During those turbulent years, Ray would sit back quietly and listen to all the different stakeholders. Then he would…

  • Elected officials don’t work across party lines

    The way the Middletown Township Committee spends our money is amazing. In an effort to obtain some federal funds they have, once again, hired a lobbyist for $65,000 to go to Washington and see if they can come back with something to show for their efforts. Hopefully, our town officials have not used our tax…

  • Sure could use a little bit of good news today

    Every day, I wake up with a different song playing on an endless loop in my brain. Why my brain picks that day’s song has always been a mystery to me. Coda • GREG BEAN On days when the song of the day is something by Ry Cooder or Bruce Springsteen, I walk with an…

  • Council honors musician

    DAVE BENJAMIN Jackson Liberty High School senior Paul Maier performs for the Jackson Township Council after receiving a certificate of merit from the governing body. JACKSON — It is not too often that a high school trombonist gets feature billing at a government meeting, but Jackson Liberty High School senior Paul Maier had that honor…

  • Effort will give veterans proper military burial

    Every American veteran deserves a proper burial when the time comes. Proper burial, for a veteran, includes military honors by a uniformed honor guard. Unfortunately, the time has come and gone for more than 900 remains of previously cremated veterans from all branches of service in New Jersey. They are veterans whose remains have not…

  • Corzine: Dire times call for tough choices

    Governor defends budget as maintaining priorities BY JENNIFER AMATO and BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writers In the weeks since delivering his $29.8 billion budget proposal, Gov. Jon Corzine has faced criticism for what one New Jersey radio station has described as “the death of the middle class.” Gov. Jon Corzine Much of the backlash stems from…

  • Initial members named to Going Green panel

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — The going will be green now that the Going Green Committee has been selected to get going. Members of the Jackson Township Council have approved the first reading of an ordinance that creates an expanded Going Green Committee and a resolution that names the committee members. “I am…

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