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Cynthia Bosner
Mrs. Bosner (nee Richman), 83, of Galloway, formerly of Old Bridge, died Jan. 19, 2012, at AtlantiCare Medical Center, Galloway. She was employed as a speech therapist for the Old Bridge Board of Education and also taught classes at Kean University in Union. Surviving are two sons, Kenneth Westreich and his wife, JoAnn, and Alan…
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Deferred compensation has us in tough spot
I read in Greg Bean’s recent column of his and others’ displeasure with public workers’ sick and vacation day buy-backs and other benefits they receive when retiring. You are right that some of these stories are appalling, but perhaps you vent your spleen in the wrong direction. These benefits and others like pensions, health, dental…
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Taras Ulashkevich
Mr. Ulashkevich, 83, of Marlboro, died Jan. 13, 2012, at home. He was a retired builder. Mr. Ulashkevich served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1953. He was predeceased by a son, Mark Ulashkevich. Surviving are two sons and a daughter-in-law, Gregory Ulashkevich, and Paul andAndra Ulashkevich; and Anna Ulashkevich, his former wife.…
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Clinical Trial Awareness Month for pancreatic cancer is in January
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading cause of cancer death in the United States; it is the most lethal cancer, with a five-year survival rate of just 6 percent. Despite that, pancreatic cancer receives the least amount of federal funding among the leading cancer killers. January is Clinical Trial Awareness Month. The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network…
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Giovanni “John” Caputo
Mr. Caputo, 85, of the Cream Ridge section of Upper Freehold, died Jan. 16, 2012. Prior to retiring, he was the owner/operator of Cabro Trucking in Jersey City. Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Elizabeth; five daughters and four sons-in-law, Sylvia Infante and Lenny Calvin, Anna Caputo, Giovanna and Tony Carro, Elsa and Anthony…
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No more Twinkies? Now that’s a real nightmare
CODA GREG BEAN Here are three stories you might have missed due to the 24/7 coverage of the South Carolina Republican primary and Newt Gingrich’s marital peccadilloes last week. We start with Zingers and Ding Dongs: Over the last few years, the crummy economy has made most of us feel like Job, that Old Testament…
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on campus •••
Fallon Larissa Alvarez, daughter of Lori and Frank Alvarez of Howell, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester and has graduated from the University of Montana, Missoula, where she earned a Bachelor ofArts degree in English. Alvarez was also initiated into Mortar Board Inc., a national honor society that recognizes college seniors.…
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Philip Kleinberg
Mr. Kleinberg, of Marlboro, died Jan. 6, 2012, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He attended the Farmingdale Agricultural Institute and earned a Masters in Special Education degree from Michigan State University. He was employed as a special education teacher for high schools in Bethpage and Roslyn, N.Y., retiring in 1992. He was the largest collector…
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‘Ground zero’ tourism, then and now
DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN The morning the Towers fell, I was commuting from Brooklyn to my east midtown office building. At the time I was working as a staff travel writer – covering beats ranging from the cruise industry to New York – for a weekly trade magazine targeting travel agents. At 8:46 a.m., while…
