Category: Independent Opinion

  • Mock election, C-SPAN bus raise teens’ civic awareness

    Middletown North students debate issues in class campaign BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Ayla Nucu is at something of a crossroads. The 18-year-old Middletown High School North student will vote for the first time this Election Day. While she considers herself a Democrat, she’s come to an important realization about Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican…

  • Angelo “Gig” DeGeorge

    Mr. DeGeorge, 88, of Fair Haven, died Oct. 15, 2009, at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation, Shrewsbury. He was a foreman at Ricciardi Construction Company, Orange, for several years, retiring in 1985. He was also a partner with his brother-in-law at A & B Gulf, Red Bank. Mr. DeGeorge was predeceased by a sister, Caroline DeGeorge;…

  • Celebrate the arts for Arts & Humanities Month

    Although this year is mostly described as an off-year election in most of the country, here in New Jersey it’s an important election year, as three very different candidates vie for the governor’s office. Interestingly, October (when the campaigns will run hottest) is also National Arts and Humanities Month. For more than two decades, the…

  • Susan Sciorsci

    Mrs. Sciorsci, 60, of Keyport, died Oct. 17, 2009, at home. She resided in Monmouth Beach prior to relocating to Keyport six years ago. She was an officer manager for eight years, and employed in the automobile industry for 40 years, most recently at Buhler and Bitter, Eatontown and Hazlet. She is survived by four…

  • Approve proposition 1, preserve natural resources Nov. 3

    Here is a question all New Jerseyans should ask: “Where are we going?” New Jersey’s voters should ponder this when picking a governor Nov. 3. Even more importantly, they should firmly establish the state’s direction by approving Proposition 1, the Green Acres, Clean Water and Farmland Preservation Act that will provide $400 million to the…

  • Frances Barbara “Penny” Lach Miltner

    Mrs. Miltner, 82, of Yulee, Fla., died Oct. 23, 2009, at home. She resided in Matawan for more than 20 years, Lakewood, and Omaha, Neb., prior to relocating to Yulee two years ago. Mrs. Miltner was a retired bookkeeper at House of Prill, Perth Amboy; and a bookkeeper for the Sisters of the Good Shepherd,…

  • Dolores Ann Willbergh

    Mrs. Willbergh, 63, of Tennessee, and formerly Middletown, died Oct. 12, 2009, at home. She resided in Middletown, and New Egypt prior to relocating to Tennessee in 2001. She was employed at Hancock Fabrics, Midland Plaza, Tennessee. Prior to that, she was a mortgage broker at DC Reilly and Associates, Middletown, for several years. She…

  • Ralph D. “Buddy” Yeager

    Mr. Yeager, 55, of Hazlet, died Oct. 12, 2009, at The Manor in Freehold, following a battle with cancer. He was a truck driver at Harbison Walker Refractories, Rahway. He is survived by his wife, Geraldine Richio Yeager; a son, Vincent Yeager; a sister and brother-in-law, Claremarie and Michael Vadala of Bethlehem, Pa.; and two…

  • Helen Beck Gombos

    Mrs. Gombos, 99, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 16, 2009, at Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Piscataway. She was a member of the North Brunswick Senior Citizens. She was predeceased by her husband of 70 years, Louis Gombos, in 2006. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Donald and Janet Gombos of Monroe Township;…