Category: Independent Opinion

  • School board candidates must file by March 2

    HOLMDEL — The Holmdel Township School District has announced the deadline for filing petitions for Board of Education nominations. The deadline for filing nominating petitions to run for positions on the Board of Education is 4 p.m. March 2, Business Administrator and board Secretary Michael R. Petrizzo announced last week. The election is scheduled for…

  • Olympia DeCarlo Parisi

    Mrs. Parisi, 103, of Keyport, died Jan. 2, 2009, at Victoria Health Care, Matawan. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles Parisi, in 1978. She is survived by three sons, George Parisi of Lakehurst, Daniel Parisi of Bayside, N.Y., and Robert Parisi of Jackson Heights, N.Y.; a daughter, Marjorie Lemma of Keyport; eight grandchildren; 13…

  • A thank you for making Christmas brighter

    On behalf of the Matawan Community Food Pantry, the following people/groups need to be publicly thanked for making Christmas 2008 a little brighter for 40 local families. Generous financial donations were given by Bob Bunyon, William Malley, and Temple Shalom in Aberdeen. Food donations/gifts were given by community members of Matawan/Aberdeen, Matawan Boy Scout Troop…

  • Marietta “Tootsie” Shindle Rolzhausen

    Mrs. Rolzhausen, 96, of Holmdel, died Jan. 2, 2009. She was predeceased by her husband, George H., in 2001; and a son, George J., in 1988. She is survived by a sister, Ruth Halliday of Point Pleasant; and several nieces and nephews. Arrangements were by Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank. Memorial donations may be made…

  • Clubby’ committee at it again in Middletown

    Who decided that Brightbill should be the mayor of Middletown? It looks like the “clubby” Township Committee is at it again. Why did the mayor have to be a Republican? Were the two Democrat members outvoted because they are not in the majority? I for one do not see what her qualifications are. Brightbill was…

  • Molly Grande Chionchio

    Mrs. Chionchio, 95, of Matawan, died Jan. 3, 2009, at Regency Park Nursing Home, Hazlet. She was predeceased by her husband, Nicholas, in 1988. She is survived by two sons and daughters in-law, Nicholas and Judith Chionchio Jr. of South Amboy, and Joseph and Patricia Chionchio of Sayreville; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. A Mass…

  • Daniel Kent Bertolette

    Mr. Bertolette, 50, of Ocean, died Dec. 24, 2008, at home. Prior to relocating to Ocean, he resided in Middletown and Long Branch for 30 years. He was an entrepreneur. He was predeceased by his parents Raymond and Jane Bertolette. He is survived by a son, Daniel; a brother Metropolitan Ephraem Holy Monastery of Saint…

  • Martha Elise Demontreux Kitson

    Mrs. Kitson, 92, of Rumson, died Dec. 21, 2008, at home. She had resided in the West Keansburg section of Hazlet, Monmouth Beach, Highlands and Hazlet before relocating to Rumson in 2003 to live with her daughter. She was a parish secretary at St. Mary’s Church, Colts Neck, for several years. She was predeceased by…

  • Jonathan R. Brown

    Jonathan Brown, 19, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died Dec. 24, 2008, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. Born in New Brunswick, he was raised in Cliffwood Beach and graduated from the Piscataway Vocational School, Piscataway. He worked as a photographer for Picture Me Portraits in Old Bridge. Surviving are his…