Category: Independent Opinion

  • Grace Margaret Hill Guzowski

    Mrs. Guzowski, 86, of Middletown, died Feb. 5, 2009. She was a clerk at IBM, Newark, retiring in 1953. She was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Adolph J. Guzowski, in 1996. She is survived by a son, Michael Paul Guzowski; two daughters, Barbara Louise Flannery of Lakewood, and Mary Buckland of Lowman, N.Y.;…

  • William D. “Bill” O’Neill

    Mr. O’Neill , 65, of Hazlet, died Jan. 27, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was a police officer for the Keansburg Police Department, retiring in 1988. He is survived by his wife, Karen Knichel-O’Neill; a son, William O’Neill; a daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer O’Neill-McGonigle and Raymond Mc- Gonigle; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Alice…

  • Robert William Keeley

    Mr. Keeley, 72, of Yorktown, Va., and formerly of the Middletown area, died Feb. 2, 2009. He was a retired dock builder and diver at Phoenix Marine, Keyport. He was predeceased by his first wife, Irene Keeley; and three brothers, Anthony, William and Edward Keeley. He is survived by his wife, Iris F. Keeley; four…

  • Hazlet BOE looks to maximize buses

    George: Savings could offset cost of full-day kindergarten BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer HAZLET — The township public school district is conducting a transportation study in conjunction with plans to redistrict schools. At the Jan. 26 meeting, the Board of Education approved Transportation Advisory Service (TAS) as transportation consultant to conduct the study, at a…

  • Joseph V. O’Shea

    Mr. O’Shea, 79, of Cheesequake Village, Old Bridge, died Jan. 26, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He had resided in Matawan before relocating to Old Bridge in 1988. Mr. O’Shea is survived by a son, Timothy O’Shea of Point Pleasant Beach; a daughter, Susan Smith of Colchester, Conn.; four grandsons; and two great-grandsons. Arrangements…

  • Photo

    Girl Scouts from Union Beach, Keyport and Keansburg took part in the “World’s Biggest Pajama Party” on Jan. 23 at Union Beach Memorial School. The Scouts collected over 100 assorted new pajamas and books to donate to the Pajama Program of Middletown, which provides pajamas and books to children around the world who are often…

  • Catherine L. Pryor Zimmerman

    Mrs. Zimmerman, 88, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died Jan. 28, 2009, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Zimmerman. She is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Joanne and Sam Connor of the Leonardo section of Middletown, Katherine and Leon Van Dyke of Cliffwood Beach, and Marie Zimmerman…

  • Visiting nurse comes through during hard times

    In President Obama’s speech at the Lincoln Memorial, he said that what gives him the greatest hope of all “is not the stone and marble that surrounds us today, but what fills the space in between. It is you … ” As I listened to his words, I too found myself feeling hopeful about the…

  • Patricia J. Frey Ebner

    Mrs. Ebner, 69, of Middletown, died Feb. 3, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a dispatcher at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, for 20 years, retiring in 2006. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Ebner, in 1987. She is survived by three daughters, Veronica Callahan of San Diego, Calif., and Jennifer Ebner and…