Category: Independent Opinion
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Why was Oceanic Bridge allowed to deteriorate?
Iread with interest your article in the Dec. 24 issue regarding the replacing of the Oceanic Bridge. While I applaud the efforts of Todd Thompson to assure that any replacement span would replicate the “ … aesthetic and practical aspects of the present bridge …,” I fear that what is in the cards is really…
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Angelo “Sonny” V. Pesce
Mr. Pesce, 79, of Farmingdale, died Dec. 29, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He retired as the chief financial officer/controller for the brokerage firm of Quick & Reilly in New York City. Mr. Pesce was also a member of the Howell Senior Citizen’s Club. Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Beatrice; two…
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Joseph J. Falco
Mr. Falco, 89, of Keyport, died Dec. 26, 2009, at home. He was a truck driver for the N.J. Department of Transportation for 30 years, retiring in 1982. He was predeceased by his wife, Tessie, in 2007. He is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Louise Falco of Keyport, and Theresa and Jeffrey Smith…
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Bow hunting is not a solution to deer dilemma
I am a resident of Holmdel and am outraged over the deer hunt that is taking place here. I have attended each town meeting where alternative means of deer population control methods were presented to and ignored by the town committee. The surrounding homeowners where the hunt is taking place were not sufficiently notified of…
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ElizabethAdams
Mrs. Adams, 82, of Freehold, died Jan. 9, 2010, at home. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had lived in Belford and Middletown before settling to Surrey Downs, Freehold, in 1997. She was a former member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Middletown. Mrs. Adams was predeceased by her husband, Robert; and…
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William J. Chanley
Mr. Chanley, 74, of Sayreville, died Jan. 6, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1997, he was employed by Amerchol Corp., Edison, where he worked as a maintenance mechanic and boiler operator for 10 years. He was predeceased by his father, Benjamin. Surviving are his wife, Marie Russo-Chanley; a daughter, Audrey Haimowitz of…
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Lady Slipper acquisition a coup for citizens, environment I
It was a pleasure to read Jacqueline Hlavenka’s story in the Independent about the recently preserved “Lady Slipper” preserve in Holmdel. The acquisition of this property was a coup for local citizens and the regional environment. It is an exceptional 12-acre natural site, abundant with wildlife, which is part of the six-mile-long Waackaack Creek Greenway…
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Stella Dorothy O’Connor Benedickson
Mrs. Benedickson, 78, of Howell, died Dec. 29, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, after a courageous battle with kidney cancer. She was born in London and had resided in Hazlet and Manalapan before moving to Howell. Mrs. Benedickson was a member of the Women’s Republican Club and the Women’s Jaycees, both of…
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Antoinette Caruso
Mrs. Caruso, 82, of Union Beach, died Dec. 23, 2009, at home. She was an administrative secretary in the Fine Arts and Modern Language departments at St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, retiring in 1999. She was predeceased by her husband of 46 years, Gaetano Caruso, in 2003; a sister, Anna Baratta; and a brother, Philip…
