Category: Independent Opinion
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NJDOT has created false façade about condition of bridge
It certainly is interesting how the commissioner of the NJDOT has defined urgency and danger. It is also interesting that depending upon the convenience of the situation, those definitions are prone to change. In both federal and state court, the NJDOT characterizes the Highlands Bridge as a near death trap, unsafe and dangerous. Last year…
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Maryann J. Rotolo Murphy
Mrs. Murphy, 62, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died July 10, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a secretary at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, for 25 years, retiring in 1989. She is survived by a son, Michael Murphy; a brother, Nicholas Rotolo; five sisters, Paula Zaborney, Antoinette Pantaleo, Irene Bailey, Rose…
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AARP grateful for passage of health care reform bill
With the passage of S1557, the New Jersey Legislature took a big first step toward health care reform in New Jersey. S1557 mandates that New Jersey’s children have health insurance, and sets forth market reforms that will bring younger people into the individual insurance market. The bill will expand the N.J. Family Care health insurance…
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Catherine Lorraine Cahill
Mrs. Cahill, 80, of the West Keansburg section of Hazlet, died July 4, 2008. She was a telephone operator at Power Paging for more than 20 years She was predeceased by her husband, John Thomas, in 1998. She is survived by four daughters and three sons-in-law, Maria and James Stipeck, Michelle and Kenneth Cama, Joan…
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Jean B. Betts
Mrs. Betts, 65, of the New Monmouth section of Middletown, died June 30, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was an administrative assistant at General Technical Services, Wall, for 15 years. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Russell Betts; a son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Cheryl Betts of the Port…
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Alice Mancine
Mrs. Mancine, 75, of Keyport, died June 30, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a packer at Saint-Gobain Containers, Carteret, retiring at age 62. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Joyce Mancine Jr. of Keyport, and Richard and Chris Mancine of the Iselin section of Woodbridge; a daughter and…
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Robert “Bob” A. Himmelberg
Mr. Himmelberg, 46, of Middletown, died July 1, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a lead financial analyst at AT&T, Middletown. He is survived by his wife, Mary Murray Himmelberg; two sons, Matthew and Jack; a daughter, Mary Kate; his parents, JoAnn and Robert F. Himmelberg; a brother and sister-in-law, Thomas A.…
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John W. O’Connor
Mr. O’Connor, 81, of Hazlet, died July 1, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was a security receiver at Pathmark, Hazlet, retiring in 1997. He is survived by his wife, Dawn Hardina O’Connor; four daughters and sons-in-law, Jacqueline O’Connor and Robert Blihar of Neptune, Julia O’Connor and Timothy Cotton of Matawan, Alice T. and…
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Felisa A. Pinto
Mrs. Pinto, 88, of Keyport, died July 3, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by a son, Rogelio Pinto. She is survived by her husband, Bernard L. Pinto; five children, Dionisia P. Bizarra of Darien, Ill., Juanito Pinto and Mercedes P. Pascua, both of the Philippines, Severo Pinto of Alberta, Canada, and Norma Pinto of…
