Category: Independent Opinion

  • Gov. has not placed New Jersey on a path to stability

    Greg Bean’s column that appeared on Dec. 26 was right on the mark (“Day of Reckoning Is on the Horizon for Budget”). I would like to add that Gov. Jon Corzine and the lame duck Legislature don’t apparently get the message, “the money well has run dry, something realistic must be done.” I really have…

  • Joseph P. Addonizio

    Mr. Addonizio, 58, of Ocean Township, died Jan. 1, 2008, at home. Born in Newark, he resided in Ocean Township for 20 years. Before his retirement, Mr. Addonizio was a toll collector for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and a union representative for the Garden State Parkway Authority. He was a communicant of St. Michael’s…

  • Short commended for work on Township Committee

    It has truly been an exciting year in Middletown government. In January, Middletown swore in a Democrat to the Township Committee for the first time in many years. That committeeman, Patrick Short, said that he would implement change in our local government, and he made progress despite opposition from Republicans on the committee. Short stayed…

  • Karolina Harold Neubacher

    Mrs. Neubacher, 85, of Holmdel, died Jan. 1, 2008, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. Born in Whitehouse, Germany, she resided in Germany prior to relocating to the United States. She was employed in the cafeteria at Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls, for nine years, retiring in 2005. She was predeceased by her husband,…

  • Ann S. Dziejma Arbuthnot

    Mrs. Arbuthnot, 74, of Hazlet, died Jan. 1, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Newark, she had lived there before moving to Hazlet 40 years ago. She was a nurse’s aide for Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel, for five years, retiring in 1989. Mrs. Arbuthnot was predeceased by her husband, Eugene, in 1988.…

  • Dolores Egan Lunney

    Mrs. Lunney, 78, of Middletown, died Jan. 2, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Jersey City, she resided there prior to relocating to Middletown 50 years ago. She was the owner and operator of Lunney’s Market, Middletown, for 20 years, retiring in 2006. She was a communicant of St. Catherine’s Roman Catholic…

  • Attilio Laschi

    Mr. Laschi, 67, of Grand Island, N.Y., died Jan. 1, 2008, at Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, Lewiston, N.Y. Born in Alvignbam, Italy, he resided in the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen and in Matawan before relocating to Grand Island. Mr. Laschi was a self-employed builder. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was predeceased by his…

  • Mary Rose Ryan Betz

    Mrs. Betz, 86, of Holmdel, died Jan. 3, 2008, at Care One at Holmdel. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Wayne and Toms River for 20 years before moving to Holmdel 10 months ago. Mrs. Betz was a customer service representative at Meyer Brothers, Wayne, for 10 years, retiring in 1985. She was a…

  • Frank “Butch” A. Fontanetta

    Mr. Fontanetta, 63, of Union Beach, died Dec. 22, 2007, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Queens, N.Y., he had lived in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge before moving to Union Beach six years ago. He had been an accountant for 30 years, retiring in 1994. Mr. Fontanetta was a communicant of…