Category: Independent Opinion
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Newspaper’s health care reform coverage praised
The Sept. 3 issue of the Independent contained more useful information about the health care reform issue than I have seen anywhere else in the last six months. Thank you for including explanations from our representatives about the intent and content of HR 3200 — this is the type of news coverage I would love…
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Robert H. Moss
Mr. Moss, 79, of Middletown, died Sept. 3, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a certified public accountant and a member of the executive management at American Federation of Musicians, New York City, retiring in 1992. He was predeceased by two brothers, Jack and James. He is survived by his wife, Bertha…
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Columnist provided balanced account of governor’s race
Iwant to compliment Managing Editor Mark Rosman on a good analysis of the election for New Jersey governor (“Corzine and Christie: A Couple of Characters”). His column was fair and balanced – a great breath of fresh air from Greg Bean’s ultra-liberal and extremely biased opinions. I understand an opinion column is not obligated to…
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Gerard DeFonzo
Mr. DeFonzo, 55, of Middletown, died Sept. 10, 2009, at home. He was a safety inspector at Total Safety, Cherry Hill. Prior to that, he was a car salesman. He is survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Angela and Charles DeModna of Middletown; a brother and sister-in-law, Peter and Phylis DeFonzo of Lithia, Fla.; five…
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Thomas Comer
Mr. Comer, 63, of Middletown, died Sept. 7, 2009, at home. He resided in Millstone Township, Bermuda, and Bell Canyon, Calif., prior to relocating to Middletown eight years ago. He was an accountant, insurance broker and CEO at Swett & Crawford Group, Atlanta, Ga., retiring in 2005. He is survived by his wife of 38…
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Lois Frederick
Mrs. Frederick, 82, of Middletown, died Sept. 6, 2009. She is survived by five children and their families, Vicki Potapow, Sheila Lightcap, Robin Havener, Mark Frederick and Joy Frederick; a brother, Leon Reeves; two sisters, Ruth Hardin and Sue Reeves; and eight grandchildren. Arrangements were by John F. Pfleger Funeral Home, Middletown. Memorial donations may…
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Robert J. Wolf Sr.
Mr. Wolf, 74, of the Belford section of Middletown, died Sept. 6, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was an electrician at I.B.E.W. Local 164, Maplewood, for 40 years, retiring in 1997. He was predeceased by first wife, Marylou Wolf, in 1995. He is survived by his wife of 13 years, Lois Wolf;…
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Veronica Elizabeth Lynch Early
Mrs. Early, 87, of Hazlet, died Aug. 22, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She resided in Chesapeake, Va., the Belford section of Middletown, and Shrewsbury prior to relocating to Hazlet. She was a former housemother at St. Vincent DePaul Nursing School, Chesapeake. She was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Donald Early.…
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Julia T. Lonardo
Mrs. Lonardo, 88, of Holmdel, died Sept. 8, 2009, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. She was predeceased by her husband, Fred Lonardo. She is survived by two children, Rose and Ronald Kubik of Hazlet, and Enrico and Elizabeth Lonardo of Holmdel; a brother and sister in-law, Dominick and Anna Vitrone of New Jersey; a…
