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  • Sandy was a heartbreaker

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN The heartbreaking words and pictures that emerged from newspaper, radio and television coverage of Sandy, the post-tropical storm that struck New Jersey on Oct. 29, were overwhelming. There is no way I can even begin to conceive of the property damage and personal trauma that so many people suffered during…

  • Richard H. “Dickie” Gibson Jr.

    Mr. Gibson, 65, of Howell, died Nov. 1, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was employed by Stavola Asphalt and Contracting Company for more than 25 years, retiring as maintenance foreman for the company’s asphalt plants in 1997. An avid hunter, he was also a well-known local farmer. Mr. Gibson was predeceased by…

  • We couldn’t imagine such destruction — now we can

    CODA GREG BEAN The electric power to our neighborhood in East Brunswick, near the Milltown border, went off at around 10 p.m. Oct. 29, a few hours after Sandy made landfall on the Jersey Shore. It was a long, dark night with plenty of big wind, but when the sun came up Tuesday morning, there…

  • The beach is beaten, but it will return

    AROUND TOWN AMY ROSEN This summer I got the best assignment ever — to tell the world about the great things to see and do at the Jersey Shore via TheBeachBeat.com, a Greater Media Newspapers online publication that made its debut in June. I spent the summer walking the boardwalks and getting to know the…

  • on campus 

    Andrew Craig Stein, son of Bert and Marlene Stein of Marlboro, graduated from the medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. Dr. Stein is a 2004 graduate of Marlboro High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Lehigh University,…

  • Time to move on to a different topic

    If he were alive today, Thomas Jefferson would be turning in his grave. Several weeks ago, Raymond Kostanty wrote an opinion piece offensive to Jews and African Americans. The following week, several letters expressed offense at Mr. Kostanty’s offensive piece. Then last week, several more writers were offended by the offense taken by those offended…

  • Ron Paul values life, freedom, Constitution

    A n element of the 1 percenters controls the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the mainstream media. An election play is about to take place, with the appointed contenders (Mitt Romney and Barack Obama). No matter what the vote count (is), the 1 percenters win and the people lose. The wasted vote is for…

  • Resources available for anti-bullying

    Thank you very much for your outstanding articles in the Oct. 10-11 edition of Greater Media Newspapers. I was extremely pleased to see the focus on anti-bullying and New Jersey’s annual Week of Respect. Please let your readers know that Prevention First is a resource for all parents, schools and communities relating to anti-bullying programs…