Category: Independent Opinion

  • Margaret T. “Peggy” Devaney

    Mrs. Devaney, 76, of Middletown, died April 7, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a bookkeeper/manager at Sandy Hook Marina, Highlands, for 33 years, retiring in 1991. She was predeceased by her husband, Eugene P. Devaney Sr., in 1986; two brothers, Robert Conklin and Michael Lynch; and a sister, Eileen Gleason. She…

  • Kevin B. Coleman

    Mr. Coleman, 80, of Hazlet, died April 8, 2008, at Monmouth Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a retired salesman for Moore McCormack Lines, New York City, where he was employed 42 years. He was predeceased by a daughter, Barbara Coleman, in 2004. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Gloria Coleman; two…

  • Efforts recognized during National Volunteer Week

    I n our busy lives, nothing is more valuable than time. It follows that volunteers – people who chose to give their time to make this a better community – are very valuable indeed. Fewer than one-third of adults give their time through volunteer work, according to the Corporation for National and Community Service. That…

  • Vera E. Valentine Bisking

    Mrs. Bisking, 71, of Middletown, died April 9, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by a daughter, Judy Tuzzolino. She is survived by three sons, Roy Brooks Bisking III, Nunzio Bisking and Antonio Bisking; a daughter, Rosalie Lisa Palermo; 17 grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren. A funeral liturgy was celebrated at…

  • Town has ‘gated community’ approach to COAH

    The facts that Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger and Steven Lonegan of Americans for Prosperity N.J. are leaving out of their misleading rhetoric is that Middletown has around 260 units of affordable housing that it has not built from round one and two of its COAH obligation. Middletown has only completed 88 units of new housing,…

  • Sarah Condiotti

    Ms. Condiotti, 41, ofMatawan, diedApril 13, 2008, at home. She resided in Freehold for several years and in Hoboken before relocating to Matawan. She was a teacher/instructor at G.X. Clarke, Jersey City, for more than 10 years. She was predeceased by her father, Max Condiotti. She is survived by her husband, James Mannix; her mother,…

  • George Malachy Beros

    Mr. Beros, 83, of Whiting, died April 10, 2008, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. He was a clerk at JPMorgan Chase, New York City for more than 20 years, retiring in 1990. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Letitia; three daughters and sons-inlaw, Veronica and Joseph Margagliotti of Middletown, Anne-Marie Bennett…

  • Ronald J. Calicchio

    Mr. Calicchio, 59, of Hazlet, died April 12, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was a retired train conductor at NJ Transit, Long Branch, and Pennsylvania Station, New York City, where he was employed 32 years. He is survived by his wife, Theresa Kepich Calicchio; a daughter,Melissa of Jackson; his mother, Dorothy Harris Calicchio…

  • Geraldine M. Gilligan

    Mrs. Gilligan, 85, of Middletown, died April 12, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a retired office assistant at the offices of two area doctors for 39 years. She was predeceased by her husband, David L. Gilligan; a sister, Helen Ruf; and two brothers, Phillip Nesbihal and Edward Nesbihal. She is survived…