Category: HUB Opinion
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William Clyde Morgan
Mr. Morgan, 82, of Shrewsbury, died July 1, 2009, in Shrewsbury. He was employed in residential construction, and handcrafted several homes in Monmouth County. He also owned a swimming pool franchise. He was a construction official in Shrewsbury and Little Silver. He was predeceased by a sister, Midge; a son, David; and a granddaughter, Emily.…
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Kathleen Lynn “Honeygram” Isaksen
Mrs. Isaksen, 59, of the Belford section of Middletown, died June 27, 2009 in Long Branch. She was a hairdresser. She was predeceased by her husband, Chris Isaksen, in 2005 and her father, Thomas Rummell. She is survived by a son, Chris Isaksen of Keansburg; a daughter and son-in-law, Lori and Bill Michalski of Tinton…
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Henry V. Zebrowski
Mr. Zebrowski, 80, of Eatontown, died June 30, 2009, at Care One, Jackson. He was as a postal worker at the U.S. Postal Service, Eatontown, and a bailiff at the Freehold Courthouse. He was predeceased by two brothers, Theodore and Frank Zebrowski. He is survived by a sister, Victoria Wade of Red Bank; and several…
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Ruth Ann Monprode
Mrs. Monprode, 88, died June 30, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Red Bank and the Monmouth County area for 57 years. She was a registered nurse at the Atlantic Highlands Nursing Home, retiring in 1982. She was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Frank H.…
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It’s the Light
‘It’s the Light,” an exhibit of oil paintings and photographs by Pat Halsey, is at the Oceanic Library in Rumson through July 31. “Line of Trees” The show includes digital photographs created by Halsey of a series of trees with light shining through the branches, or with fog forming the negative spaces. Some photographs will…
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Estelle S. Brown
Mrs. Brown, 84, of Hampstead, N.C., and formerly Fair Haven, died March 13, 2009, at home. She was predeceased by a son, Bradford Otis Brown. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, B. Otis Brown; a daughter and son-inlaw, Roxanne P. and Joseph N. Saunders III; a sister, Emma Sears of Fair Haven;…
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One GOP friend would rather not talk politics
Coda • GREG BEAN Iemailed my old writing buddy, Dave Simpson, a while back, crowing over the latest debacle in what used to be the national Republican Party, and he was less than amused. “I get so upset about this Fairness Doctrine thing that I think it may be better if we avoid discussing politics…
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‘Earth, Wind and Sky’
An exhibit of photographs by environmentalist and nature photographer Bill Dalton is at the Terner House Gallery in Ocean Township. “Earth, Wind and Sky” will run through July 31. The Terner House Gallery is located adjacent to the Ocean Township Library on Deal Road in Oakhurst. Hours are Monday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday and…
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Legislation would help some returning veterans
Coda • GREG BEAN This Fourth of July was certainly a bittersweet holiday in our home. Those who know me know that our son Coleman, an Army sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, took his own life last September. In the months since, our family has learned a lot about the problems faced by…
