State forcing Middletown to urbanize
      In a recent letter about the development at Harmony Road and Route 35, the writer suggested that a moratorium be put on all development in the township. Unfortunately, this would be illegal and unconstitutional. What is more disheartening is that 20 percent of the units being built are lowincome h...
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Young Dems leader decries label
      In its Feb. 20 edition, in the letters section of the newspaper, the Independent printed a letter by Middletown resident Lois Whittom. The letter was titled "Dems imposing socialism on Middletown." Mrs. Whittom directly called me a "socialist" because I am advocating for housing that is affordabl...
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Resident proposes buying open space for Middletown
      Iwould like to see Middletown declare a moratorium on building. The latest assault on our town is the destruction of acres of trees on Harmony Road. For what? More condos. Don't we already have an excess of them, to say nothing about the inventory of houses?
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Local officials not to blame for high taxes in Middletown
      Municipalities around the Garden State are preparing their budgets for the next fiscal year. Efficient local governments are doing all they can to keep local property taxes down, but unfortunately Trenton politicians are making that task difficult.
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Association urges crackdown on tobacco marketing
      Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 people and costing the nation nearly $100 billion in health-care bills each year. About 90 percent of adult smokers begin in their teens or earlier. Every day, another 1,000 kids become regular, d...
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