Category: Independent Opinion
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District ready to name new schools chief
Details of contract under review for Matawan/Aberdeen MATAWAN – The Board of Education is down to the final candidate in its search for a new superintendent for theMatawan Aberdeen Regional School District. At the Jan. 28 board meeting, board President Lawrence O’Connell said that the search team has completed its site visits and interviews. “We…
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Walter H. Baumann Sr.
Mr. Baumann, 60, of Augusta, Ga., and formerly Middletown, died Jan. 21, 2008, at Trinity Hospital, Augusta. He was predeceased by his wife, Geraldine F. Zinner Baumann in 2007. He served with the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, Walter H. Baumann Jr. of Middletown, and Dennis and…
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Brian C. Jones
Mr. Jones, 47, of Hazlet, died Jan. 21, 2008, at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark. He was born in Baltimore. Mr. Jones was employed atMcDonald’s, Leonardo section of Middletown and Aberdeen. He was a volunteer at Ronald McDonald House. He was predeceased by his parents, Frances Thompson and James H. Jones. He is survived…
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Harland Glynn Call
Mr. Call, 97, of Shadow Lake Village, River Plaza section of Middletown, died Dec. 28, 2007, at home. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Call was involved with the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. He was also an avid railroad advocate. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church,…
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Raymond Z. Piasecki
Mr. Piasecki, 81, of Surrey Downs, Howell, died Jan. 23, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was born in Newark and had lived in Hazlet andMiddletown for 13 years before moving to Surrey Downs 15 years ago. Mr. Piasecki earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the New Jersey…
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One more person at polls does make a difference
How can anyone think his vote doesn’t matter after what occurred in the recent Matawan mayoral election?! Paul Buccellato lost to incumbent Mary Aufseeser by one vote! Mr. Buccellato pursued a recount that turned up one more vote for him- and that tied the race. All we needed was one more person to have gone…
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Ruth Mae Rockwell
Mrs. Rockwell, 86, of Middletown, died Jan. 23, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Newark, she resided in West Long Branch prior to relocating toMiddletown in 1948. She was predeceased by a sister, Florence Elkovics. She is survived by her husband, Fred Rockwell; a son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Linda Rockwell, and a…
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Hunting doesn’t contribute to society’s greater need
While I understand we all have civil liberties and those who hunt have a right to do so, I am not sure how anyone can justify that a park is an appropriate site for the killing of any creature to take place. I believe parks were designed for people to get back in touch with…
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John H. Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson, 80, of Morganville, died Jan. 24, 2008, at home. Born in East Orange, he resided in the PortMonmouth section ofMiddletown, and East Keansburg prior to relocating to Morganville 22 years ago. He was circulation manager at Greater Media Newspapers, East Brunswick, for 10 years, retiring in 1993. Prior to that, he was circulation…
