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Kathleen Francis McMahon Abbatiello
Mrs. Abbatiello, 78, of Colts Neck, died March 9, 2013. She graduated from Freehold Regional High School, Freehold Borough. In 1960, she married standardbred horseman Anthony Abbatiello and moved to Five Point Farm in Colts Neck. Surviving are her husband, Anthony; three daughters and sons-in-law, Jean and Craig Sardoni, Christine and John Whelan, and Lisa…
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Ethel Marie Picone
Mrs. Picone, 82, of Marlboro, formerly of Matawan, died March 6, 2013, at home. Prior to retiring, she was an associate for Charles of the Ritz, Holmdel. She was a student at the School for the Deaf, Katzenbach campus, Trenton. Mrs. Picone was predeceased by her husband, Richard, in 1992; a brother, Allen Lewis; and…
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on campus
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, has named the following local residents to the dean’s list for the fall semester: From Colts Neck, Bryan Borut; From Freehold, Alexandra Boncimino, Kristen Musolino, Brianna O’Connor, Olivia Whalen, Amy Wilson, Thomas Mullens, Joshua Lewkowicz, Nicole Cinman, Michael Ippolito, Maxwell Strauss, Noelle Borchardt, Michelle Johnston, Nicole Auditore, Christina Codispoti,…
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A salamander takes part in the annual migration in East Brunswick, Middlesex County, on March 12. Each year as spring approaches, the amphibians cross Beekman Road to reach vernal pools for breeding. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FRIENDS OF THE EAST BRUNSWICK ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
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Sandy response requires bold action
We have all been impacted by superstorm Sandy, which profoundly changed the lives of so many residents on the Jersey Shore. We were also impacted by the supercell storm that hit Freehold on July 28, 2012, damaging many houses. There is much discussion about how to respond to these events in the short term, but…
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New Jersey taxpayers’ money is being wasted on land purchases
In my opinion, the open space tax on homeowners in New Jersey is a multibillion-dollar hoax. There is sufficient evidence to substantiate that allegation. Although it is true that thousands of farmland acreage has been acquired since the state’s open space law was first put on a referendum, the original intent of “preserving and protecting”…
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Creationism and evolution are both theories
This is in response to Greg Bean’s recent column, “What Will You Be Doing on Darwin’s Special Day.” Our scientific knowledge comes [through] understanding information gathered through various scientific methods. This, by definition, is the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observations and experiment, and the formulation and testing of…
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Restricting magazine capacity is not the answer
I was among the attendees at (a recent) hearing at the State House Annex on the firearms bills being proposed by the Committee on Law and Public Safety and I was disappointed to feel that my comments, as well as those of others in attendance, fell on deaf ears. It was apparent from the very…
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Readers weigh in on failure of U.S. Do Not Call Registry
CODA GREG BEAN No column I’ve written in months has generated as much reader response as the Feb. 27 piece concerning the apparently useless National Do Not Call Registry, and the fact that so many of us are being bombarded at all hours of the day by telemarketers — in spite of the fact that…
