Category: Independent Opinion
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Grandparents go back to school for a day
Lois Hewitt visited with grandson Zachary Daukshus during Grandparents Day at Keyport High School. KEYPORT — Keyport High School hosted 30 grandparents of students on Dec. 18 for the school’s Grandparents Day festivities. Grandparents ate breakfast with their grandchildren in the school cafeteria. Afterward, 12-graders gave their grandparents a tour of the school and took…
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Gertrude A. Garrigal Lee
Mrs. Lee, 76, of Keyport, died Dec. 19, 2008, at home. Born in Newark, she resided in Keyport for the past 17 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Benjamin, a granddaughter, Rebecca Leigh Wolf, and a daughter, Elizabeth Wolf. Surviving are a son, Edward J. Lee of Matawan; a brother, Eugene Garrigal of Toms…
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Thanks extended to 5K Turkey Trot supporters
On Nov. 29, Matawan held its third annual 5K Turkey Trot. This year’s event was the largest to date, and this was due in part to the overwhelming support received from our town’s emergency services, local business sponsorships, surrounding towns support and of course our dozens of volunteers from our community. Our police department, fire…
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Ernest L. Shutt Sr.
Mr. Shutt Sr., 76, of Keansburg, died Dec. 22, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., he resided in Keyport before moving to Keansburg 2 1/2 years ago. He was a truck driver with L&R Trucking, Carteret, for 35 years, before retiring in 1998. He was predeceased by his wife Joanne in…
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MCSPCA lauded for inquiry into Appolonia case
On behalf of animal lovers everywhere, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) would like to congratulate the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) on its successful investigation of Anthony Appolonia. As described in your article, “Aberdeen man pleads guilty in cat killings” (Oct. 9), Appolonia…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Jerry D. Lodato
Mr. Lodato, 48, of Middletown, died Dec. 17, 2008, at home. He was a self-employed contractor. He is survived by his parents, Rosaria and Frank J. Lodato of Middletown; a brother and sister-in-law, Frank W. and Anne Marie Lodato of Tinton Falls; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Sandra and Robert Bandy, and Sabrina Lodato, all…
