Category: Independent Opinion

  • YMCA serves all even in tough economy

    As our nation, state and local region comes to terms with the significant and serious economic downturn, I wanted to again share The Community YMCA’s commitment of serving all regardless of the ability to pay. In particular, we feel it is so important that families have the opportunity of YMCA participation, fellowship and program opportunities,…

  • Dayna Yurgelonis Fisler

    Mrs. Fisler, 34, of Middletown, died Feb. 8, 2009, at home. She was an administrative assistant at Quest Resources, Wall. She was predeceased by her grandfather, Vincent Tafuri. She is survived by her husband John Fisler; two sons, John and Jake Fisler; her mother, Lorraine Yurgelonis of Middletown; a brother and sisterin law, Cory and…

  • Joseph Andrade

    Mr. Andrade, 85, a resident of Freehold for 20 years, died Jan. 16, 2009, at The Manor Nursing Home, Freehold. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and worked for the Singer Co. in Elizabeth and as a systems analyst for Lockheed-Martin in Wayne prior to his retirement in 1989. Mr. Andrade…

  • Matthew J. Pfleger

    Mr. Pfleger, 49, of, Hackettstown, died Feb. 10, 2009. He resided in Middletown and in Fort Collins, Colo., before relocating to Hackettstown. He was a greenskeeper at Minebrook Golf Course, Hackettstown. Prior to that, he was director for Middletown Parks and Recreation, Branchburg Parks and Recreation, and was employed at various golf stores. Mr. Pfleger…

  • Angela DiStasio Lupo

    Mrs. Lupo, 92, of Hazlet, died Jan. 31, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was predeceased by her husband, Carmine, in 2002. She is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, Francis and Sandra Lupo of the Lincroft section of Middletown, and John Lupo of West Trenton; two sisters, Fay Siconolfi of Buffalo, N.Y.,…

  • Sister Marie: a fighter even when the odds are stacked against her

    Forever Young Forever Young • ADELE YOUNG News that St. Joseph School in Keyport will close despite the valiant efforts of its principal, parents and alumni triggered a deep sadness in me.   As a Freehold Township resident, I don’t have much personal knowledge of St. Joseph’s, but I do know its principal, Sister Marie…

  • Albert Rosato

    Mr. Rosato, 85, of Keyport, died Feb. 4, 2009, at Bayshore Health Care, Holmdel. He was an automotive machinist at Matty’s Auto Parts, Aberdeen, for 40 years, retiring in 2008. Mr. Rosato was predeceased by his wife, Stella Raskyasky Rosato, in 1988; and a sister, Jennie Sardella. He is survived by a son and daughterin…

  • Health reform will bring country out of recession

    Only in Washington would anyone think that problems facing our health care system are separate from the current economic crisis. With incomprehensive or no health insurance at all, more and more families are going into debt paying off their medical bills. When Americans go into debt related to medical costs, the result is bad credit,…

  • Even the best ideas can have unintended consequences

    Coda • GREG BEAN I’ve written before about the law of unintended consequences, that whole thing where a butterfly flaps its wings in South America, and that minor disturbance sets off a chain reaction that ultimately results in a tsunami in Borneo. I saw a particularly interesting chain of unintended consequences during the last big…