Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Red State/Blue State

    Is Rudy’s campaign like three-day-old tuna fish? DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Dave: I know this might upset your…

  • Venese “KiKi” E. Septen

    Miss Septen, 93, of Keyport, died Jan. 28, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Before her retirement, she was an executive secretary at Ganshire Manufacturing, Keyport, and a teacher at Drake Business College, Perth Amboy. She served as a parachute specialist with the Women’s Army Air Corps in Wyoming during World War II. Miss Septen…

  • Nancy Mason deBoer

    Mrs. deBoer, 73, formerly of Red Bank and Brick, died Jan. 1, 2008, at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation, Shrewsbury. She was born in Dundee, Mich. Before her retirement, Mrs. deBoer was an employee in the receiving and shipping departments at Bendix andAllied Signal, both Eatontown. She was predeceased by her husband, William Jay deBoer. She…

  • Joseph P. Addonizio

    Mr. Addonizio, 58, of Ocean Township, died Jan. 1, 2008, at home. Born in Newark, he resided in Ocean Township for 20 years. Before his retirement, Mr. Addonizio was a toll collector for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and a union representative for the Garden State Parkway Authority. He was a communicant of St. Michael’s…

  • William “Bill” Edwin Lane

    Mr. Lane, 58, of West Long Branch, died Jan. 2, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was employed in the information technology department at Jersey ShoreMedical Center, Neptune, retiring after 35 years. He was a communicant of St. Dorothea’s Roman Catholic Church, Eatontown.Mr. Lane was predeceased by his father, Dr. Edwin C. Lane.…

  • Salvatore Chiriano

    Mr. Chiriano, 65, died Jan. 2, 2008, at his home in Girifalco, Calabria, Italy. He immigrated to the United States in 1965 and resided in Long Branch for 11 years prior to relocating to his hometown of Girifalco. Mr. Chiriano is survived by his wife of 42 years, Rosa Stranieri of Girifalco; his three children,…

  • Joseph Patrick Gaddis

    Mr. Gaddis, 52, of Long Branch, died Jan. 3, 2008, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born at MacDill Air Force Base, Hillsborough, Fla., he resided in Puerto Rico prior to relocating to Long Branch in 1975. He was an independent truck driver, most recently contracted with J.B. Hunt. He served with the U.S. Army…

  • Regina Murphy Harden

    Mrs. Hurden, 88, of Ocean Grove, died Jan. 6, 2008, at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Long Branch. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she resided in West Long Branch prior to relocating to Ocean Grove in 2003. She was predeceased by her husband, Stephen Hurden Jr., in 1967; and her siblings, Ellen, Marty, Francis,…

  • When railroads crisscrossed Monmouth County

    A brief history in photographs of riding the rails BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent You don’t have to be a railroad enthusiast to appreciate “Railroads ofMonmouth County.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF ARCADIA PUBLISHING The Blue Comet, a steam locomotive that has a special place in local railroad lore, is featured in “Railroads of Monmouth County,” which surveys…