Category: Independent Opinion

  • With tsunami of greed, it’s time to build an ark

    We have become overwhelmed today with a sea of issues — political, economic, ethical, and cultural— to a point where reality and truth no longer seem clear, from a global, country, state, community, family, and even personal perspective. The overflows of media and money have diluted our perception and in fact may have disabled our…

  • Edward Waldron

    Mr. Waldron, of the Navesink section of Middletown, died March 30, 2009, at home. He was employed at Bendix, and the U.S. Army at Fort Monmouth, both in Eatontown. Following retirement from the Army, he was employed part time at Monmouth Park Racetrack, Oceanport. He was predeceased by a sister, Anna Marie Masterson. He is…

  • Blood drive will aid MRHS grad

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Jawann Brown ABERDEEN — Community members in the township and neighboring Matawan are being asked to turn out and show support for one of their own. A blood drive will be held April 22 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Matawan Regional High School lower gymnasium for…

  • Dorothy Smith Ingstrup Pivarnick

    Mrs. Pivarnick, 74, of Middletown, and formerly the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge Township, died April 2, 2009, at home, following a battle with heart disease. She resided in the Iselin section of Woodbridge, and Perth Amboy, prior to relocating to Laurence Harbor in 1964. She was employed at McKittrick’s Restaurant, Laurence Harbor, retiring…

  • Amanda L. Stewart

    Miss Stewart, 23, of Howell, died March 26, 2009, at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, after a brief illness. She was a 2004 graduate of Freehold Township High School and a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City. Miss Stewart had been employed by Macy’s in Freehold as a visual merchandiser for…

  • Roland M. Smith

    Mr. Smith, 71, of Princeton, died Feb. 23, 2009. He resided in Holmdel for 22 years, prior to relocating to Princeton. He was a student loan specialist for the State of New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority. He was predeceased by his wife, Barbara Smith. He is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law,…

  • Ann Towney

    Mrs. Towney, 95, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died Feb. 17, 2009, at home. Her husband, William, died in 2004. Surviving are a daughter, Linda Kurimsky of Laurence Harbor and Union Beach; a son, William Towney of Laurence Harbor; a brother, Edward Stancik of Holmdel; a sister, Eleanor Stancik of New York…

  • Carol Ann Roche

    Mrs. Roche, 63, of Old Bridge, formerly of Keyport, died Feb. 12, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was predeceased by her parents, Charles and Olga Morse, and by a grandson, Michael. Surviving are her husband, James Roche; a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Daniel Ladjack; a grandson and a granddaughter.…

  • Sandra M. Barbarotta Policastro

    Mrs. Policastro, 88, of Hazlet, died March 18, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank Policastro, in 1980; a sister, Jane Micchelli; and a brother, Ben Barbarotta. She is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Catherine and John of Hazlet, and Linda Nausedas of Middletown; a brother, Dominick…