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  • Use of children for propaganda is quite depressing

    How depressing recently to see the president again using children as propaganda props, then the next day, releasing a video of children reading letters, supposedly written by themselves, begging for gun control. It reminded me of Jimmy Carter, claiming he asked his daughter Amy about what she thought was the most important issue facing the…

  • Robert Mackey Sr.

    Mr. Mackey, 91, of Freehold, died Jan. 16, 2013, at the John L. Montgomery Care Center, Freehold Township, after a long illness. Surviving are two sons and their wives, John R. and Myra Mackey of Neptune, and David and Patricia Mackey of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold Township; a sister, Christine Quiller of…

  • Rebuild the Shore sustainably

    GUEST COLUMN MICHELE S. BYERS For an area with little good news since superstorm Sandy, it was a symbolic victory on Jan. 9 when the Monmouth County beach town of Belmar drove in the first piling to reconstruct its boardwalk. Gov. Chris Christie was on-site, along with TV network news cameras. It’s the start of…

  • George W. Signoriello Sr.

    Mr. Signoriello, 90, of Manalapan, formerly of Staten Island, N.Y., died Jan. 2, 2013. He was a graduate of the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, N.Y. Prior to retiring, he was a district foreman for the New York City Highway Department. After moving to Manalapan, he went to work for the Marlboro K-8 School…

  • Royal A. Cannon Jr.

    Mr. Cannon, 85, of York, Pa., died Jan.16, 2013, at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, Md. Mr. Cannon was a veteran of World War II, where he served as a merchant marine. He was employed as a building construction consultant for many years and later became owner and president of A.S.A.P. Mailing…

  • Plan to deal with debt should not be tough to figure out

    I f our federal government was a family that ran up a huge credit card debt and the family went to a financial adviser, what would the adviser do? First, the adviser would do a thorough examination of the family’s current spending patterns, then establish a new curtailed budget, and finally establish a payment plan…

  • Samuel Sansolo

    Mr. Sansolo, 90, of Englishtown, died Jan. 3, 2012, at the Barbara E. Cheung Hospice, Edison. Born in New York City, he lived in Flushing, N.Y., before moving to Englishtown 26 years ago. Prior to retiring in 1972, he was employed as a homicide detective in the Bronx, N.Y. Mr. Sansolo was predeceased by his…

  • Merry Christmas from the Clinches!

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Have you ever noticed that nothing works properly this time of year? Cars won’t start, appliances break down and, thanks to creaking bones, that first step out of bed is a doozy! My biggest problem lately has been our printer, and it all started back in December when I…

  • Eileen Finnegan

    Mrs. Finnegan, 69, of Freehold Township, died Jan. 4, 2013, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born, raised, and had lived in Bayonne before settling in Freehold Township in 1982. Prior to retiring, she was employed for Black Car News, Manalapan. She was predeceased by her husband, William T. Finnegan, in 2004. Surviving…