Category: News Transcript Opinion
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News Transcript was correct to publish letter
I have to strongly disagree with the letter to the editor that Michael Goldstein wrote (Oct. 17) in regard to the News Transcript being complicit in printing a letter to the editor from Raymond Kostanty several weeks earlier. Mr. Kostanty has a legal right to his opinion, whether you or I agree with it or…
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Reader says letter had no place in newspaper
For several weeks now, I have been reading responses to Raymond Kostanty’s recent letter to the editor of the News Transcript that cited Jews as “clannish.” This was as hateful as the letter he wrote last February when he labeled gays as interested in marriage purely for supposed financial benefits. While I uphold Mr. Kostanty’s…
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Carmen J. Rivello
Mr. Rivello, 75, of Freehold Township, died Sept. 20, 2012, at home. He began a career with Allstate Insurance, Freehold Township, 44 years ago as an insurance agent, and recently retired as the agency owner. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Mr. Rivello was involved in many charities and was a charter…
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John C. Mayerski
Mr. Mayerski, 87, of Colts Neck, formerly of Freehold Township, died Sept. 22, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran of World War II, where he served on the USS Pert (PG95). Mr. Mayerski was employed as a disaster control officer for Naval Weapons Station Earle, Colts Neck.…
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Wanda L. Shoptaw
Mrs. Shoptaw, 77, of Slanesville, W.Va., died on Sept. 30, 2012, at the Heartland of Keyser, W.Va. She was born in Neptune and was employed as a teacher’s aide for the Freehold Learning Center elementary school in Freehold Borough. Mrs. Shoptaw was predeceased by her husband, Earnest J. Shoptaw; and a daughter, Leeann Martin. Surviving…
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Mary Tihanitch
Ms. Tihanitch, 98, of Jermyn, Pa., formerly of Toms River, died Oct. 4, 2012. A funeral service was held at St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Mayfield, Pa. Interment was in St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Jackson. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Clayton & McGirr Funeral Home, Freehold Township.
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Leonard Stier
Mr. Stier, 74, of Marlboro, died Sept. 24, 2012, at Wedgwood Gardens, Freehold Township. Born in Romania, he immigrated to Paris, France, and then to Toronto, Canada, prior to moving to Marlboro in 1980. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Master of Science from Columbia University, New York…
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Ernest T. Orgo
Mr. Orgo, 89, of Colts Neck, died Sept. 30, 2012. He was a communicant of St. Leo’s Church, Lincroft, and attended St. Leo’s Preparatory School. He then attended Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., until enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corp as gunnery. Prior to retiring, he operated a wholesale retail florist in Newark. He was…
