Perhaps denial of liquor li­cense is discriminatory
     I have patronized the Garibaldi Restaurant in Keyport many times, both to dine out and to take home food. I have been there in the evening and the daytime, and I do not see the negative portrayal of the restaurant by residents as fair.
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Board confused about deer and tick connection
     The Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners should be ashamed of themselves for even considering allowing hunting in our parks.
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Hazlet Hunter takes strong offense to letter
     I must really take strong offense to the letter from Anita Linke of Holmdel printed April 21. I am a father of three and grandfather also, but I can assure you I do not derive an intense thrill from inflicting fear in the deer I hunt.
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Back-room politics alive and well in Republican Party
     The matter of infighting in the Monmouth County Republican Party is interesting.
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Parent of autistic child outraged by reader’s opinion
     I believe the person whose letter to the editor stated, "If I had a child that became distraught because the cafeteria was in a new location, I’d question my fitness as a parent for sending such a child to public school in the first place," owes the special education population a public ap...
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Candidates express concern for seniors and taxes
     A recent letter to the editor (Independent, April 14) from Mr. Eldred Stenzel about taxes in Holmdel rightly points out how older residents’ interests are often not recognized, though seniors contribute much to stabilize the fiscal base of our town.
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