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SusanMarie Davison
Mrs. Davison, 56, of Burke, Va., formerly of Manalapan, died onApril 20, 2012, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., after a battle with cancer. She was a graduate of Manalapan High School, class of 1974, and Ann May School of Nursing, class of 1977. She served in theU.S. Air Force as a…
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This ‘grassroots’ protest is a long way from the grass
CODA GREG BEAN The far-right group One Million Moms was back in the national news last week, calling for yet another boycott of J.C. Penney, this time for running an ad in a Mother’s Day catalog that featured two women in a presumably same-sex marriage (they were wearing matching wedding rings), their children and a…
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Emanuel “Manny” Dublin
Mr. Dublin, 94, of Manalapan, died May 2, 2012, at home. He was born in Newark and had lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before retiring to Delray Beach, Fla., in 1986. He and his wife moved to Manalapan four years ago to be near family. Prior to retiring in the mid-1980s, Mr. Dublin owned and operated…
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Patricia Nardone
Mrs. Nardone, 72, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died May 3, 2012. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Seton Hall University, West Orange, and was employed as the director of quality control for Burry-Lu Inc., Elizabeth. Surviving are her husband, Vincent Nardone; and a sister, Phyllis Gil. A funeral service was held…
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Kathleen R. Flynn
Ms. Flynn, 63, of Delray Beach, Fla., died March 31, 2012. Born in New York City, she had lived in Staten Island, N.Y., for 30 years before moving to Florida 10 years ago. She earned an associate’s degree fromThe College of Staten Island. Ms. Flynn owned the Early Bird Luncheonette in Staten Island for five…
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Catherine B. Hopwood
Mrs. Hopwood, 78, of Holmdel and formerly of Keansburg and Colts Neck, died April 29, 2012, in Holmdel. She was a communicant and former Eucharistic minister at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Keansburg. Mrs. Hopwood was preceded in death by husband, Walter Hopwood. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-laws, Mary and Louis Femiano of Howell, and…
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Joan S. Clayton Bergstrom
Mrs. Bergstrom, 74, of Howell, died April 30, 2012, of cancer. Prior to retiring in 1966, she was employed as a school bus driver for the Howell Township Board of Education for 30 years. Surviving are four children, April Cottrell of Bordentown, Sherri Clayton of Wall, Chad Clayton of Freehold and Robin Coles of Florida;…
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Between the bridges: A Brooklyn excursion
DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN I ’ve always been curious about what existed between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges in Brooklyn’s resurging DUMBO district. Although I lived just a short walk away in both Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights for several years in the ’90s, and have walked across the Brooklyn Bridge many times, I never…
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Martha BellWright
Mrs. Wright, 89, of Hamilton Township, formerly of Freehold, died April 30, 2012, at home. Prior to retiring, she was employed by the Pine Brook Nursing Home, Englishtown, as a certified nurse’s aide. She was predeceased by a son, Nathaniel Wright; a daughter Martha Wright; and her husband, Major Wright. Surviving are four daughters, Augustine…
