Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Patricia Mary DeMasi
Mrs. DeMasi, 77, of Howell, died Sept.16, 2012, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Mrs. DeMasi and her late husband owned and operated Fort Plains Horse Farm Inc., a riding academy which brought many students to horse shows and which her children are running today. Later, Mrs. DeMasi trained thoroughbred horses. She was predeceased…
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Louise Jones
Mrs. Jones, 93, of Howell, formerly of Linden, died Sept. 16, 2012, at Bartley Healthcare, Jackson. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Jones was predeceased by her husband, Richard Jones, in 1980. Surviving are a son, David Jones of Jackson; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services were private. Memorial donations SolAmor Hospice, 1415 Hooper Ave., Suite…
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Vera Reschetnikow
Mrs. Reschetnikow, 95, of Brick Township, died Sept. 18, 2012, at home. She was born in Russia and was a member of St. Mary’s Russian Orthodox Church, Jackson. Mrs. Reschetnikow was predeceased by her husband, Igor, in 1981; and a grandson, Stephen. Surviving are three children and their spouses, George and Pat, Margaret and Gary…
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Leone Louquet Wilson
Mrs. Wilson, 93, of Freehold, died Sept. 10, 2012. She was a 1937 graduate of Freehold High School, Freehold Borough. Mrs. Wilson was an artist and received a scholarship from the Freehold Woman’s Club to attend the School of Industrial Arts, Trenton. Over the years she held many jobs, most notably her favorite at Mc-…
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Bruce Cossaboom
Mr. Cossaboom, 76, of Brielle, died Sept. 11, 2012, at Ocean Medical Center, Brick Township. He was the son of the late Dr. Ralph Forman Hobart Cossaboom and Dorothy Bennett Brown Cossaboom. He was the grandson of Dr. Harvey Brown, a prominent Freehold physician. Mr. Cossaboom served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves from 1959-1965.…
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Arline Lyttle
Mrs. Lyttle, 90, of Eatontown, formerly of Hazlet, died Sept. 16, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring, she was a sales associate for Bradlee’s department store, Hazlet. Before raising her family, Mrs. Lyttle was a secretary for the Philip Morris Company. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph, in 1983. Surviving…
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Virginia Bruschi
Mrs. Bruschi, 78, of Jackson, died Sept. 19, 2012, at home after an eight-year battle with cancer. She was a communicant of St. Mary of the Lake Roman Catholic Church in Lakewood. Surviving are her husband of 56 years, Ludwig A. Bruschi; a son, Luddy Bruschi; a daughter, Antonette Miller; two brothers, Sal Trippi and…
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For the record
Marlboro resident Wendy Berk said that in her recent comments to the Marlboro Township Council, as reported in the News Transcript, regarding notification to residents about burglaries in the community, her point was that there were not multiple media reports of recent burglaries in town, and that a more effective method of reaching residents might…
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Court had reasons for elevating act to a hate crime
On Sept. 5-6, unknown perpetrators painted swastikas and other anti-Semitic slurs in the Monmouth Heights development in Manalapan. After the News Transcript published an article titled “How Do You Stop Hate Crimes?” Manalapan resident Raymond Kostanty wrote a letter to the editor which begins by positing a very intelligent legal question before transitioning into a…
