Category: Letters & Commentary
By Michele S. Byers Are you eagerly waiting for spring? The first daffodils to bloom … chickadee song … snowdrops and crocuses? You’re not alone! Probably since the dawn of...
February 22, 2013 | comments
By U.S. Rep. Rush Holt Politicians are famously reluctant to make commitments – especially about the future, as Yogi might say. Not facing up to the way humans are changing...
February 22, 2013 | comments
By Thomas A. Arnone It is now February and the question on Monmouth County residents’ minds is what is the Board of Chosen Freeholders doing to help restore the shore...
February 22, 2013 | comments
Invitation to Hear Environmentalist Talk About NJ’s Polluted Rivers To the Editor: Our lecture series, Science Mondays, will continue on Feb. 25 at Brookdale Community College’s Lincroft main campus and...
February 22, 2013 | comments
Seeking Support in Middletown for Four Ponds Appeal To the Editor: Many residents of Middletown and its vicinity know that on June 20 of last year the Middletown Planning Board voted...
February 15, 2013 | comments
President Obama delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Here is what area legislators had to say about the speech: Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., D-6th Congressional...
February 15, 2013 | comments
By Michele S. Byers Ever since the serpent tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden, snakes have suffered from bad PR. Many folks flat-out hate and fear them. Even the...
February 15, 2013 | comments
By Jill Iscol and Peter Cookson Jr. With the departure of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, now is the time to reflect on her legacy, not just in...
February 15, 2013 | comments
By Kathleen Sebelius Feb. 1 marked the beginning of American Heart Month, a time to think about what you can do to take care of your heart. The Department of...
February 8, 2013 | comments
By Michele S. Byers What’s slimy and wiggly, can live by the hundreds in your home and transform junk mail and food scraps into a rich fertilizer known as “black...
March 1, 2013 | comments