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  • Geraldine A. Sullivan Wilson

    Mrs. Wilson, of The Villages, Howell, previously of Elizabeth, died Dec. 27, 2010, at Care- One at Jackson. She was a graduate of the Drake Business School, Elizabeth. Mrs. Wilson worked in the engineering department at RCA. Harrison. She was a Union County committeewoman for 52 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Woodrow “Dennis”…

  • Residents urged to weigh in on plans for Sandy Hook

    The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on revising its general management plan for Gateway National RecreationArea to guide the park for the next 20 years. In New Jersey, Gateway includes the Sandy Hook unit. There are three concepts being offered for consideration. Each of these concepts has a component of historic preservation.…

  • We’d talk to each other, but we’re just too busy

    CODA GREG BEAN I gave up making New Year’s resolutions a few decades ago, when I finally realized they just made me feel guilty because I seldom had the internal fortitude to keep them. But this year, I think it’s finally time to resolve to take care of a personal problem that is threatening to…

  • Writer has questions about county employee

    I n the recent past, I have been critical of operations and leadership at the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Department. Through public record requests, it was discovered that the department’s public information officer has a 24/7 unmarked vehicle to take home — despite the fact that she lives 4 miles from work and despite critical law…

  • Margaret P. Wilson

    Mrs. Wilson, 67, of Freehold Township, died Dec. 23, 2010, at home. She was employed as a secretary at the former First National Bank, Freehold. Surviving are her husband, Robert Wilson; two sons, Robert Wilson Jr. of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Michael Wilson of Freehold Township; and a brother, Louis Yurek of Gilroy, Calif. Funeral services…

  • John Francis Chiarello

    Mr. Chiarello, 85, of Freehold, died Dec. 22, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife, Gerardine Schockaert Chiarello; two sons, Glenn and Darren Chiarello; a brother, Albert Chiarello; and a sister, Rose Buonocore. Afuneral service was held at the Higgins Memorial…

  • on campus 

    Harrison Bass of the Morganville section of Marlboro, a student at Clark University, Worcester, Mass., was awarded, along with a partner, $3,000 and selected as the winners of this year’s 2010 U-Reka: The Big Idea Contest, sponsored by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship program for their project, “One Green Roof.” With the prize money, the partners…