Category: Independent Opinion

  • Ever want to slap a landlord? Apparently we do.

    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 last year. Damning with faint praise One of our Word on the Street respondents wrote…

  • Inez DeLaurentiis

    Mrs. DeLaurentiis, 88, of the Shadow Lake section of Middletown, died Jan. 9, 2010, at home. She was employed in the claims department at NY Life Insurance Company, Freehold, for 10 years. Surviving are her husband of 68 years, Edmond M. DeLaurentiis; two sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Sandy DeLaurentiis of California, and Gregory and…

  • Yolanda “Viola” Ferrogine

    Mrs. Ferrogine, 93, of Davidsonville, Md., and formerly Middletown, died Jan. 20, 2010, at Riva Terrace Six, Davidsonville. She volunteered for Deborah Hospital Foundation for several years. Mrs. Ferrogine was predeceased by her husband, Frank Ferrogine, in 1997; three brothers, Peter, Napoleon and Thomas; and a sister, Josephine. She is survived by a son and…

  • Lillian J. Carson

    Mrs. Carson, 84, of Lakewood, died Jan. 10, 2010, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was the retired chief switchboard operator at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, for several years. Mrs. Carson was predeceased by her former husband, Samuel B. Spagnoli; a brother, Thomas; and three sisters, Mary, Margaret and…

  • Kenneth W. Crocker Jr.

    Mr. Crocker, 39, of the Leonardo section of Middletown, died Jan. 18, 2010, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was employed in the mortgage field for several years. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) eight years ago, he raised funds for MS through Team Special K. He was predeceased by an infant brother; his maternal…

  • Mid’town District plans for freshman academies by 2011

    Ninth-graders would share teams of teachers BY TOM SHORTELL MIDDLETOWN — The school district is looking to create a freshman academy curriculum to ease the transition to high school by 2011. According to Jim Stefankiewicz, Middletown School District assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, the district’s aim is to create a program within the high…

  • William E. Feehan

    Mr. Feehan, 48, of Egg Harbor Township, died Jan. 10, 2010. He had resided in Hazlet and Upper Freehold Township prior to relocating to Egg Harbor 17 years ago. He was a carpenter with Local 1743, Wildwood. He was also the drummer for The Rose Hill Band for more than 25 years. Mr. Feehan is…

  • Elizabeth M. “Betty” Cassidy

    Mrs. Cassidy, 87, of Brighton Gardens, Middletown, died Jan. 20, 2010, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Red Bank, she resided in Shrewsbury, prior to relocating to Middletown. She was a retired secretary/dispatcher for the Shrewsbury Police Department, where she was employed more than 20 years. She was predeceased…

  • Jane M. Gato Lockwood

    Mrs. Lockwood, 63, of Middletown, died Jan. 3, 2010, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was an administrator at Social Security, Hoboken, and Iselin, for 25 years, retiring in 2005. She is survived by her husband of 21 years, Harry J. Lockwood; an aunt, Mary Mingolo of Hoboken; and several nieces and nephews. A Mass…