Category: Independent Opinion

  • 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…

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    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…

  • Irene M. Coppinger

    Mrs. Coppinger, 78, of Hazlet, died Feb. 3, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a factory worker at Western Electric, Kearny, for 10 years. She was also a waitress at Sophie’s Greenville Garden, Jersey City, for 30 years, and a school lunch aide in Jersey City for 10 years, retiring in 1990. Mrs.…

  • $154K grant will fund upgrades to Raritan H.S.

    HAZLET — The Hazlet Township School District has received official notification of $154,655 in construction grants from the New Jersey School Development Authority for projects at Raritan High School. Bernard E. Piaia Jr., director of the Office of School Facilities in the Department of Education, notified the district on Jan. 15 that the projects qualify…

  • Frederick “Curly” J. Della Pietro

    Mr. Della Pietro, 85, of the West Keansburg section of Hazlet, died Feb. 8, 2009, at home. He was a heavy equipment operator at Hazlet Township Road Department and the owner of Curly and Sons Clean-up, retiring in 1986. Prior to that, he was a machine operator at Atco Tile, Keyport. Mr. Della Pietro was…