Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Daniel H. Ravner
Mr. Ravner, 52, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Freehold, died Sept. 17, 2013, at home. He graduated from Freehold Township High School, Tulane University, New Orleans, La., and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where he earned an M.B.A. He was employed as a senior project manager at Price Waterhouse Cooper, Tampa. Surviving are his wife, Sharon…
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Politicians are sowing seeds of discontent
A long, long time ago when I was an engineering student, I studied surveying. I never understood how a navigator at sea could stand on a pitching deck and line up the horizon with the sun while holding a sextant to his eye and turning the lever. It was once the only way to determine…
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Anita Christine Nielson
Mrs. Nielson, 48, of Howell, died Sept. 5, 2013. She was employed as a surgical nurse for Meridian Health Care System for 25 years, most recently working in Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was predeceased by her father, Michael J. Scotto, in 1999. Surviving are her husband, Darin Nielson; three sons, Gatlin, Brent…
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School bus safety in N.J. is a joint effort
A s students gather at bus stops across New Jersey for the new school year, it is important to stress that school bus safety is a top priority for the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC). By requiring all school transportation vehicles to pass through a meticulous inspection process and drivers to meet specific, mandated…
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Family grateful for support at difficult time
When we experienced the sudden and unexpected death of our beloved Lucille C. Bruno, it left us lost, bewildered and unsure of what to do next. There are no words to express our heartfelt appreciation toward Police Officer Tom Hartman and Detective Dan Valentine of the Freehold Township Police Department, the Freehold First Aid and…
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GUEST COLUMN
Save judicial independence in New Jersey New Jersey Law Journal Last month, the governor announced that he would not reappoint Justice Helen Hoens to the New Jersey Supreme Court, but would instead nominate Judge Faustino Fernandez-Vina, the Camden County assignment judge, to fill her seat. Shortly thereafter, Senate President Stephen Sweeney announced that the Senate…
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VIEWS
Family mourns loss of young life to addiction Jack Murtha We buried my 21-year-old cousin Courtney on the afternoon of Sept. 5, near her lifelong home in Bergen County. She died two days earlier, after a difficult period scarred by a cruel and far-too-common disease. Courtney spent the final years of her life as an…
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Q&A
Credit car with Sharon Peters Q: My daughter’s best friend’s brother told her he never pays for routine service for his car because he uses his “reward dollars” that he earns with a car-brand credit card. We want in on that! But she doesn’t remember the make of the car and he’s teaching abroad for…
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Katsuko N. Duston
Mrs. Duston, 87, of Manalapan, formerly of Long Branch, died Sept. 2, 2013. Born in Japan, she moved to America in 1955 and had resided in Manalapan for the past eight years. She was employed as a seamstress for Waldman’s Manufacturers and then Avalon Dress Manufacturing, both in Long Branch. She was predeceased by her…
