Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Raymond T. Allen
Mr. Allen, 86, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 11, 2014, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He worked in sales for Right-O-Way Air Freight, Newark. He was predeceased by a brother, Frank Allen. He is survived by his wife of 60…
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Colts Neck resident objects to added hours for filming
Colts Neck had an ordinance that limited filming (for television and film productions) to no more than three consecutive days in any one location and no more than a total of six days in any one calendar year. An amended ordinance that was adopted by the Township Committee on Jan. 29 allows the six-day limit…
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Zeau Conover DuBois Brown
Mrs. Brown, 80, of East Rupert Vt., formerly of Freehold, died Jan. 13, 2013, at home after a sudden illness. She was a graduate of Lasell College, Newton, Mass., and worked as a reporter for the Freehold Transcript, the Long Branch Daily Record, and as a feature writer for the Red Bank Register. She was…
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Gov. accepts responsibility, unlike Obama
Unlike Robert Salman (News Transcript, Letters to the Editor, Jan 22), I am proud of our Governor’s response to “Bridgegate.” I do not agree with some of his policies and if the future shows he was directly involved my opinion will change, but for now he has been doing the right things. He accepted full…
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Reader explores reasons for store vacancies
I read with interest your recent article referencing storefront vacancies that have “blemished many of New Jersey’s retail corridors.” The so-called experts you mentioned in the article were quick to indicate that the reluctance of banks to extend financing to small operators and Internet sales, which are not subject to sales tax, are major factors…
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Cable company’s service frustrates customer
I recently spoke on the phone with an agent of a cable television company who could not figure out the answer to my problem. With the escalating cost of service, there is less service and there are more annoying problems. I have had servicemen and supervisors in my home to fix these problems over the…
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ARE WE THERE YET
Suddenly, Mom has become Typhoid Mary Lori Clinch I was not a pretty sight yesterday morning. When I woke up, I had a scratchy throat and a stuffy head, and I was suffering from general malaise. I’m not quite sure what malaise is, but I’m quite confident I had it. Before presenting myself to Pat,…
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James Edward Martin Jr.
Mr. Martin, 65, of Freehold, died Jan. 17, 2014, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was employed as a presser at Colts Neck Cleaners and had previously been employed at the Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital. He was an associate minister at the Macedonia Freehold Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Freehold. Mr. Martin was…
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Josephine DeFalco
Mrs. DeFalco, 86, of Howell, died Jan. 14, 2014. She was employed as a school dietitian for the New York City school system in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mrs. DeFalco was predeceased by her husband, Fiore S. De- Falco. Surviving are two daughters, Theresa DeFalco and her husband, Mitch, of Spotswood, and Jo-Ann Tedeschi and her husband,…
