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Joseph S. Spiessbach
Mr. Spiessbach, 83, of Jackson, died Dec. 6, 2011, of leukemia. After graduating from Seton Hall Preparatory Academy, he served as a U.S. Army photographer, and later worked for Bachrach Studios in New York. Mr. Spiessbach was a founder of the Holbrook Little League and helped to inaugurate the first parochial sports programs in Howell.…
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Dugan school staff members are honored
MARLBORO — Frank J. Dugan Elementary School art teacher Victoria Andalucia and media specialist Susan Palmer recently received honorable mention recognition in the Gale and Library Media Connection 2011 TEAMS competition (Teachers and Media Specialists Influencing Student Achievement) for their submission “LearningAboutAfrica in a BigWay,” a comprehensive multi-cultural project for students in grades one through…
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Help is available to victims of sexual abuse in Monmouth County
The recent scandal unfolding at Penn State University serves as a stark reminder that sexual abusers can be anyone and anywhere. They can be someone we know and trust; in fact, more than 80 percent of sexual assaults are committed by people we know, acquaintances, dates, neighbors and family members. And victims of sexual assault…
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Frank Carmine Romano
Mr. Romano, 76, of Howell, died Nov. 27, 2011, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Prior to retiring in 1992, Mr. Romano was employed as a facilities manager for the Mobil Oil Corp., Pennington, for 31 years. Surviving are his wife of 47 years, Marilyn; a…
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Cards for everyone, except Vera
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH The reason for the season. While I’m not one to ring my own bell, I must admit that I keep it in mind. I never write Merry X-mas (other than just now), make sure to display as many shepherds as Santas, and alternate religious hymns with my fa-la-la-las as…
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Peter Charles Cutolo
Mr. Cutolo, 90, of Freehold Township, died Dec. 2, 2011, at home. Prior to retiring, he was a general organizer for Local 144, a large union serving New York City hotel, hospital and nursing home employees. Mr. Cutolo was a veteran ofWorldWar II. He was predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Kathryn DiSabato Cutolo…
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Woe at U.S. Postal Service is being felt in Milltown
CODA GREG BEAN A s you’re listening to all the gloom and doom stories about what will happen next year when the U.S. Postal Service reduces its services even further to save money, here are two pre-cutback vignettes fromthe post office this holiday season, courtesy of the East Brunswick Post Office. SceneOne: There are about…
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Joan Samanich
Mrs. Samanich, 81, of Freehold and upstate New York, died Dec. 8, 2011, at the Madison Center, Old Bridge. Prior to retiring, she was employed for more than 25 years as a school bus driver for the Freehold Township Board of Education. She was predeceased by her husband, Emanuel, a sister Blanche Zelinsky, and a…
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Christopher A. Ingstrup
Mr. Ingstrup, 48, of Freehold Township, died Nov. 22, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a 1981 graduate of Freehold Township High School. Prior to retiring in 2000, he worked at ShopRite, Freehold, for 25 years. More recently, he was involved in buying and selling baseball memorabilia. Mr. Ingstrup was predeceased by…
