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  • Hatidje Ramiz

    Mrs. Ramiz, 82, of Jackson, died Aug. 27, 2010, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was born in Cyprus and had resided in Marlboro before moving to Jackson Township three years ago. Prior to her 1996 retirement, Mrs. Ramiz worked as a seamstress in New York City. She was predeceased by a brother,…

  • Harry H. Anderson Jr.

    Mr. Anderson, 68, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died Sept. 11, 2010, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a supervisor for AT&T for 35 years, and an electrician in Monmouth County for five years. Mr. Anderson served in the National Guard for six years and was a member of the…

  • September: Time for reality check

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “If you would be happy your whole life long, become a gardener.” Chinese proverb Last night, in the wee hours of the morning, our nocturnal wanderer, i.e., skunk, left an odorous calling card, waking everybody. The day promised to be another hot and dry one, prompting thoughts on how to coax…

  • Redevelopment project is a good sign for area

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN Every day on my way to and from the office I pass by a location that gives me some small measure of hope for the future. I look at something that I see all too infrequently these days. What I see is a construction crew hard at work redeveloping and…

  • FRHSD board should take action on asst. supt.

    Just when we thought the Breyer State affair with the Freehold Regional High School District was behind us with the retirement of H. James Wasser as superintendent, it reared its ugly head again at the Aug. 30 FRHSD Board of Education meeting with the reappointment of Donna Evangelista as assistant superintendent of curriculum. She is…

  • Lubomir Vitanov

    Mr. Vitanov, 63, of Jackson, died Aug. 27, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and had lived in Howell before settling in Jackson 25 years ago. He was a member of the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local Union No. 9, Manalapan. Mr. Vitanov was predeceased by a sister.…

  • More needs to be done by local officials to rein in Marlboro taxes

    The Marlboro mayor and Township Council president have approved next year’s municipal budget with yet another significant increase in spending and taxes over last year, and that’s on top of the already skyrocketing increases, some almost as high at 40 percent, from the recent property tax revaluation just conducted in Marlboro. While it is true…

  • Enrollment down slightly in Marlboro’s K-8 schools

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — As school opened in the Marlboro K-8 School District last week, approximately 5,800 pupils arrived for the start of the 2010-11 academic year. District spokeswoman Sharon Witchel said that as of Aug. 30 parents were still enrolling children. Administrators are estimating that between 5,788 and 5,813 students will…