Category: Brick Bulletin Opinion

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. He…

Bloopers • ADELE YOUNG At this time every year, we like to look back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into a few of Greater Media Newspapers’ publications during the year. Damning with faint praise One of our Word on the Street respondents wrote…

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 co-owned and operated Surf Burger, Red Bank, and was the prior owner and operator for 15…

Mrs. Garrigan, 77, of Brick Township and formerly Holmdel, died Dec. 10, 2009. Before her retirement, she was an actress and model in Las Vegas and New York, and appeared on TV in “The Steve Allen Show,” “The Perry Como Show” and “The Martha Rae Show.” She was also voted Mrs. New Jersey and was…

Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH The Christmas season was a whirlwind, wasn’t it? I started decorating about the time the catalogs started rolling in. I bought gifts as carolers heralded out their glorious tunes, sent out my Christmas cards on December the 18th and was quite proud of me as this was the…

Mr. Horowitz, 48, of Manalapan, died Dec. 2, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, after a long battle with cancer. He had lived in Matawan before moving to Manalapan 14 years ago. Mr. Horowitz was business development manager for 15 years with Paragon Computer Professionals of Cranford. He was vice president of business development…

As hard as this is to write, sadly it is long overdue. The total years in the rescue community of the individuals contributing to this email is well over 100, so please listen with an open mind. As a fellow rescuer who has been active since 1967, I ask the following: How could you adopt…