Category: Independent Opinion

  • Preschoolers raise funds for arthritis foundation

    HOLMDEL – The township Preschool Center raised more than $1,925 for the Arthritis Foundation during its Jingle Bell Jump fundraiser Dec. 5. HPC’s connection with the foundation is a result of director Diana Pepitone’s own experience – her daughter Nicole has arthritis. While many fundraisers are walks, Pepitone knew this form of exercise is hard…

  • Todd Edward Schanck

    Mr. Schanck, 41, of Freehold, died Dec. 4, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was born in Long Branch and was a 1984 graduate of Middletown High School South. Mr. Schanck was the owner of Extreme Lawn and Landscape, Freehold, for 25 years. He was a member of West Monmouth Baptist Church, Freehold…

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    DANIEL HULSHIZER staff Tom Jackson of Holmdel talks about the robot his team from High Technology High School in Lincroft built for the RobotRocks competition at Middlesex County Community College, Edison, Dec. 17.

  • Susan B. Hyer Steidle

    Mrs. Steidle, 87, of Union Beach, died Dec. 4, 2007, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Holmdel, she resided in Union Beach the past 56 years. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Union Beach. She was a member of Union Beach Senior Citizens. She was predeceased…

  • Eleanor Meyer

    Mrs. Meyer, 94, of Middletown, died Dec. 17, 2007, at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she resided in Middletown for more than 20 years. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, New Monmouth section of Middletown. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Meyer in 1982. She is survived by a son…

  • Anna T. McCarthy Corcoran

    Mrs. Corcoran, 96, of Holmdel, died Dec. 8, 2007, at Bayshore Healthcare, Holmdel. Born in New York, she resided in Hazlet 20 years prior to relocating to Bayshore Senior Healthcare. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard Corcoran Sr.; a son-in-law, Donald Nostrom; three sisters, Margaret O’Keefe, Dorothy Graham and Florence Duff; and three brothers,…

  • Ann V. Trayers Rebernik

    Mrs. Rebernik, 66, of Hazlet, died Nov. 28, 2007, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Queens, N.Y., she resided in Elizabeth prior to relocating to Hazlet 30 years ago. She was a communicant of Holy Family Roman Catholic church, Hazlet. She was predeceased by her husband, William P. Rebernik, in 2003. She is survived…

  • Education shouldn’t be funded by ZIP code

    Gov. Jon Corzine has a plan to revamp education funding. It appears to be just more smoke and mirrors. The sales pitch is “the current model leaves too many children out of luck simply because they live in the wrong ZIP code.” Pithy, but meaningless as far as the overburdened property taxpayer is concerned. Two…

  • Melody T. Bastedo

    Melody T. Bastedo Miss Bastedo, 62, of Leesburg, N.C., died Dec.7, 2007, at home. She was born in Red Bank. She is survived by a son, Wayne Kozatiwitz of Matawan; a daughter, Denise “Cookie” Keenan of Howell; two brothers, Bill and Bob Bastedo; five sisters, Ruth Paltridge, Jane Rosato, Nevada Varga, Candy Caramazza and Sharon…