Category: News Transcript Opinion
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FTHS senior puts premium on helping people in need
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Dorin Yakubov FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Dorin Yakubov, 17, has been called a humanitarian, a loving person, an exemplary student, and a role model for her peers by teachers who know her. Dorin’s peer leadership efforts and volunteer activities in and out of school were recently recognized by the Freehold…
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Andrew Hegt
Mr. Hegt, 35, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, formerly of Freehold Township, died suddenly and unexpectedly June 14, 2012. He grew up an athlete and went on to play soccer for, and graduate from, Monmouth University, West Long Branch. He then graduated from New York Law School, New York City. Mr. Hegt was employed…
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If you need to scream for help, do it quietly
Raymond Kostanty’s letter to the editor is right, but it does fall short. (“Laws Make It Tough for Citizens to Bear Arms,” News Transcript, May 16). Any knife is illegal to carry, including a butter knife. Mickey Mouse personal alarms, whistles and devices that make loud noises may also be illegal by virtue of Manalapan’s…
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Siok-Tin “Susan” Sodbinow
Mrs. Sodbinow, 52, of Princeton, died June 11, 2012, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City. She was born and raised in Melaka, Malaysia, and came to the U.S. in 1985, settling in New York City. She received dual bachelor’s degrees from Hunter College and the Fashion Institute of Technology, both of New York…
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You heard it here first: a cure for Old-Timers’ disease
CODA GREG BEAN This may be the best argument for requiring students in K-12 school programs to learn a foreign language that I’ve ever heard. And if you’re like me, and becoming a bit more forgetful with every passing year, it’s a pretty good argument for ordering a Berlitz course and becoming fluent in anything…
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E. Jane Cecelski
Mrs. Cecelski, 83, of Englishtown, formerly of Freehold, died June 7, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a graduate of St. Rose of Lima School and Freehold High School. Mrs. Cecelski was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Freehold, where she served as a Eucharistic minister. She was predeceased…
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Philip R. Engel Sr.
Mr. Engel, 66, of Freehold Township, formerly of Middletown, died May 28, 2012. He was a U.S. Army veteran reservist, having served during the Vietnam War. He owned and operated Benton Bindery, Carlstadt, for the past 35 years. Mr. Engel was predeceased by a brother, Ronald Engel. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; two…
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Nicholas G. Albanese
Mr. Albanese, 82, of Freehold, formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., died June 6, 2012, at home. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and the recipient of two bronze service stars. Mr. Albanese was one of the founding fathers of the Children’s Ragamuffin Parade in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and was a member of…
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Patricia Vallone
Mrs. Vallone, 75, of Jackson, died June 6, 2012, at her home. She and her husband were proprietors of Vallone’s Cannolis, Carteret. Mrs. Vallone was predeceased by her husband, James Vallone. Surviving are her children, James Vallone Jr. and his wife, Geobanna, of Englishtown, and Donna Haberman and her husband, James, of Middletown; three grandchildren;…
