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  • William James Shortlidge

    Mr. Shortlidge, 80, of Englishtown, died Jan. 8, 2012, at home. Born in Union, he was a former resident of Mountainside and Monroe. Mr. Shortlidge was a graduate of Union High School and Union County College, where he earned his certification in teaching. Prior to retiring, he was a carpenter and then a teacher of…

  • Higgins can make Freehold post-partisan

    Over the past few decades, the United States has become infected with political partisanship. The malady makes people grouchy, uncooperative and generally unable and unwilling to work together for a common good. The tiny borough of Freehold has not escaped this virus. Partisanship grew in the petri dish of both major parties and neither party…

  • George Edward Gann III

    Mr. Gann, 35, of Freehold, died Dec. 24, 2011, at home. Born in Landstuhl, Germany, he worked as a patient care associate with Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Mr. Gann was a member of the East Freehold Volunteer Fire Company and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was predeceased by a brother,…

  • Freehold Borough public school students will benefit from generosity

    We, the music teachers of the Freehold Borough K-8 School District, would like to thank and recognize Star and Barry Tobias for a very generous matching grant opportunity pledged to the district’s music department this past year through the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation. The 4 to 1 grant challenged the Freehold Borough Educational Foundation to…

  • Kathleen M. (Kenny) Fitzpatrick

    Mrs. Fitzpatrick, 79, of Marlboro and a resident of Hazlet for 39 years, died Dec. 27, 2011, at home. She retired from Brookdale Community College and was a Monmouth County committeewoman. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was predeceased by her husband of 49 years, Eugene, and a son, Kevin Fitzpatrick. She is survived by her children, Mary Karp…

  • Neighbors from many developments oppose Catena plan

    I would like to respond to some of the comments made in Managing Editor Mark Rosman’s Dec. 21 column concerning Ray Catena’s effort to change Manalapan’s master plan in order to open a car dealership in a prohibited zone. Residents from Pride’s Walk and Monmouth Heights, those most immediately impacted by this proposal, have come…

  • Herbert Bernicker

    Mr. Bernicker, 83, of Jackson, formerly of Parlin, died Dec. 24, 2011, at Care One at Jackson. He was employed as an insurance agent for the Leo Calmenson Company in New York City and was a member of the Wendell Willkie Lodge, Knights of Pythias, for over 50 years. Surviving are his wife, Arlene Greenberg…

  • Resident is grateful for quick response to an emergency

    Yesterday (Jan. 3) proved to be one of the scariest days of my life. The pipe that connects our gas meter to the New Jersey Natural Gas line corroded after 30 years of service. I had smelled that pungent odor of gas for a few days as the connection was breaking down and we thought…