Category: Independent Opinion
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Walter Luzler
Mr. Luzler, 91, of Middletown, died Dec. 1, 2009, in Red Bank. He was an agent at Aetna Life Insurance Co., retiring in 1990. Prior to that, Mr. Luzler owned Waldot Music Studios, and toured the country when he was a teenager as a virtuoso accordionist with the Major Bowes Amateur Show in the 1920s.…
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James R. Gordon
Mr. Gordon, 57, of Keyport, died Dec. 4, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He resided in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, prior to relocating to Keyport. Mr. Gordon was a social worker with the State of New Jersey, Division of Youth and Family Services, Red Bank, for 28 years, retiring in 2007,…
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New zero-tolerance policy may change sports world
Coda Coda • GREG BEAN I see this on television from time to time, and I think it’s a good idea. So here it is: Warning! Part of this column deals with adult subject matter— and that subject matter is sex. When I was growing up, we didn’t have any professional sports teams in…
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Mildred F. Hopkins
Mrs. Hopkins, 88, of Red Bank, died Dec. 19, 2009, in Whippany. Born in Tinton Falls, she was raised in Red Bank and the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. Mrs. Hopkins was the cafeteria manager at Red Bank Primary School, and a cafeteria worker at the Red Bank Public School System for 23 years, retiring…
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Applications now taken for VSA arts of New Jersey awards
VSA arts of New Jersey, New Brunswick, is accepting applications for the 2010 Arts Achievement awards and fifth annual Dare to Imagine awards. Deadline for applications is Jan. 11, and recipients will be announced in March. The Arts Achievement awards include the Student Arts Excellence awards presented to students with disabilities who are classified (mainstreamed,…
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Dorothy A. Jameson
Mrs. Jameson, 89, of Aberdeen, died Dec. 2, 2009, at her daughter’s home in Keyport. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Jameson was predeceased by her husband, Charles Jameson, in 1988; a brother, James Bennett; and a sister, Catherine Bilotti. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Veronica and John Kirkpatrick of Keyport; a son and daughter-in-law,…
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Wind turbines affect public health
In a presentation to the New York State Legislature’s Energy Committee in March 2006, titled “Wind Turbine Syndrome,” Dr. Nina Pierpont cited numerous public health issues associated with siting wind turbines too close to homes, hospitals and schools. Dr. Pierpont graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1991. She holds a Ph.D. in…
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Go team!
ERIC SUCAR staff The Matawan Cheer Squad supports their classmates during a game at the fourth annual Student-Faculty Charity Basketball night held at the Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School gymnasium in Cliffwood on Dec. 17. Admission to the game was a new or unopened toy to be donated to a local family shelter. ERIC SUCAR staff
