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Kee “Keesan” Yohance Jackson
Mr. Jackson, 36, died April 3, 2010. He resided in Freehold prior to moving to New Brunswick and was a graduate of New Brunswick High School. He was predeceased by his father, Tommy Jackson. Surviving are his mother, Mary Haynes Booker, and stepfather, Derwin Booker, of New Brunswick; a sister, Kishi Jackson, of New Brunswick;…
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SHARE grants would save in the long term
GUEST COLUMN BRIAN J. VALENTINO On the day of his inauguration, Gov. Chris Christie inherited a gaping $2 billion hole in the state’s budget and swiftly set about the people’s business in meeting our constitutional mandate guaranteeing a balanced budget. Shortly thereafter, he declared a State of Fiscal Emergency via Executive Order No. 14, effectively…
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Louis Herrera
Mr. Herrera, 79, of Freehold Township, formerly of Newark and Elizabeth, died April 5, 2010, at home. He was born in Havana, Cuba, and was a professional baseball player with Club Marianao of the Cuban professional league. He later played in the U.S. minor leagues in Tennessee. Mr. Herrera continued his commitment to the game…
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Kathleen M. Prongay (née Murphy)
Mrs. Prongay, 65, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died April 3, 2010, at JFK Medical Center, Edison. She was born in Jersey City and spent most of her life in Monmouth County. She worked as an alcohol and drug counselor at New Hope Foundation, Marlboro. Surviving are a son, John Prongay; a daughter, Michele…
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Pinelands answers Earth Day’s call, but more work lies ahead
GUEST COLUMN JOHN C. STOKES Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, delivered the following message during the first celebration of Earth Day, an event he founded, on April 22, 1970: “Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency, quality…
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Dorothy M. Symons
Mrs. Symons, 90, of Farmingdale, died April 6, 2010, at home. She was born in Newark and had lived in Kenilworth prior to settling to Farmingdale in 1973. Mrs. Symons was predeceased by her husband, Charles, in 1992. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Richard C. and Beverly Symons, of Dayton, and James M. and…
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Let the public be heard
IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN After weeks of debate, discussion and public hearings, New Jersey residents will have their say on budgets that have been proposed by local boards of education in the April 20 school election. This has been a budget season unlike any other I can remember in almost 30 years in this…
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Joan Moroney
Joan Moroney, 84, of Freehold Township, died April 7, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Mrs. Moroney served as a trustee, Eucharistic minister, RCIA and Pre- Cana leader, and religious education teacher at St. Rose of Lima Church, Freehold, and was a president of St. Rose of Lima School PTA, St. John Vianney High…
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April 2010 — spring ahead!
GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.” — C.W. Earle, 1897. Those are true words and they are still valid today. Combing out the tangles of winter in your lawn, raking is an act of faith to awaken the grass to warmth and light. Now…
