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Peter M. Purchia
Mr. Purchia, 95, of Manalapan, died March 18, 2011, at The Manor Care Center, Freehold. Born and raised in New York, he lived in the Bronx until retiring to the Covered Bridge section of Manalapan. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran. For many years, he was the manager of the automobile…
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Law would end ‘legal fleecing’ of taxpayers
There are certain abuses of the pension system that, more than others, erode the public’s trust in government and give public servants a bad name. On the top of that list is the practice of double dipping, when politicians and public servants use multiple public jobs to line their pockets. I am the primary sponsor…
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Walter DeWitt Lott Sr.
Mr. Lott, 93, of Chestertown, Md., died March 20, 2011, at Chester River Hospital Center, Chestertown. He was raised on a farm in Freehold until he moved to Maryland in 1961. Mr. Lott served as town councilman in Freehold for many years and was a deacon at the Freehold Reformed Church. He was a life…
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Writer: It is 2011 and school bus drivers deserve a living wage
This letter is in response to a letter from Madeline Hattan (“Wages Paid to Marlboro School Bus DriversAre a Shock to Resident,” News Transcript, March 16). Please remind your readers the year is 2011, not 1981. Thirty years ago Ms. Hattan may have had a valid argument and $12.50 (per hour) may have been a…
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Dr. L. Glenn Barkalow
Dr. Barkalow, 85 of Freehold, died March 9, 2011, at home. He was born on a farm in the Adelphia section of Howell and moved to Freehold, where he attended Freehold High School. He graduated from Princeton University in the Navy’s V12 program, went to medical school at Long Island College of Medicine and had…
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Johanna “Joy” Moreto
Mrs. Moreto, 73, of Freehold Township, died March 17, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a former commissioner of the Freehold Township Parks and Recreation Department. Prior to retiring, she was the office manager at Brooks Insurance Agency in Englishtown. She was predeceased by a daughter, Eileen Spadavecchia, in 2000. Mrs. Moreto…
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March 2011: The rational optimist
GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “So much is written of the gardener’s role in the creation and enjoyment of flowering beauty and so little said of the relish of honest labor that gardening requires.” Author unknown M arch — a roller-coaster month full of promises, but unreliable to the last day. Spring officially starts this month,…
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Commuters take hit with parking permit hike
Well, Manalapan Township Committee, you’ve done it – you have managed to pass a tax increase without raising the municipal tax rate that you were so proud of keeping flat. I am referring to the 34 percent increase in commuter parking fees, which was passed by the committee on Feb. 23. I find it interesting…
