Category: Brick Bulletin Opinion

Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH This may be enough to make you shake your head with a proverbial tsk tsk. But not only have I NOT adorned the abode with Valentine’s hearts, but I’ll be danged if all of the Christmas décor isn’t hanging around in every nook and cranny. I have garland…

Mr. Mastasio, 85, of Eatontown, died Dec. 1, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, following a battle with myasthenia gravis. He was a professional service representative at Wyeth, Pfizer and Dow Medical, for 38 years. Mr. Mastasio is survived by his wife of 58 years, Jean; a son, John F. Mastasio of Livonia,…

Mrs. Fabiano, 95, of Keansburg, died Dec. 1, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, Gerard “Jerry” Fabiano; a brother, Dominick Giovannetti; and four sisters, Laura Infantine, Mary Carnival, Helen Ross and Julie Beck. Mrs. Fabiano is survived by three sons and two daughters-inlaw, Angelo and Joan Fabiano of…

Mrs. Bellina, 72, of Holmdel, died Dec. 17, 2009, at her son’s home in Middletown. She was a secretary at Drazin and Warshaw, P.C., Red Bank, for 18 years, retiring in 2004. She was predeceased by her husband, John Bellina Sr., in 1999; and two brothers, Patrick Collalto, in 2008, and Frank Collalto, in 1944.…

Mr. Nulle, 63, of Red Bank, died Dec. 25, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, following a lengthy battle with cancer. He had resided in Brick Township and Toms River before relocating to Red Bank in 1994. He coowned and operated Surf Burger, Red Bank, and was the prior owner and operator for 15…

Mr. O’Shea, 79, of Aberdeen, died Dec. 29, 2009, in Holmdel. He was a retired lithographer at Meehan-Tooker, East Rutherford. Mr. O’Shea was predeceased by a brother, James Joseph O’Shea Jr. He is survived by his wife, Marie Arnold O’Shea; a son, James J. O’Shea III of Aberdeen; two daughters and a son-in-law, Paula Marie…

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen E. Cottrell, 25, of Browns Mills, died Dec. 15, 2009, in Burlington County. Born in Long Branch, he had lived in Howell, Manasquan, and Port Richey, Fla., before assignment to Joint Base McGuire- Dix-Lakehurst in February 2009. Sgt. Cottrell had served as a special police officer for Freehold Township.…

Coda • GREG BEAN I gave up making New Year’s resolutions a long time ago, because I never kept them, and I got tired of starting my new year with personal failure. But as our economy begins to heal and we feel the glimmer of optimism as a new decade begins, it might be time…

Ocean View PATRICIA A. MILLER Kathy Russell’s 12 years on the Brick Township Council came to a very quiet end at her last council meeting on New Year’s Eve.   There was one person in the audience. Only five of the seven members of the Township Council attended the 11-minute meeting. Russell, the only Democrat…