Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Ever want to slap a landlord? Apparently we do.
Bloopers • ADELE YOUNG At this time every year, we like to look back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into a few of Greater Media Newspapers’ publications during the previous year. Damning with faint praise One of our Word on the Street respondents…
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Henry Monday
Mr. Monday, 89, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 21, 2009, at Sunrise Assisted Living, East Brunswick. He was a graduate of the Stern School of Business at New York University, N.Y., and worked as a controller at Con-Lux Coatings, Edison, for many years. Mr. Monday served in the U.S. Army Air Corp. during World War…
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Manya Borden
Mrs. Borden, 77, formerly of Freehold Township, died Dec. 28, 2009, at Martin Memorial Hospital South in Stuart, Fla. She worked at the Parkway Diner in Lakewood and then for Dr. Ruth’s Chiropractic Office in Red Bank for many years. In 2001, Mrs. Borden and her husband, Herbert, retired and moved to Hobe Sound, Fla.,…
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ADAPT reps present positive message
MEMS pupils given suggestions for avoiding drug and alcohol use when they enter high school BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Responsible adults are constantly exploring innovative ways to warn teenagers about the perils of alcohol and drug use. Sometimes it takes more than lectures from adults to really get through to the youngsters. The answer…
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Beatrice T. Wotton
Mrs. Wotton, 90, of Lakewood and formerly of Howell, died Dec. 25, 2009, at The Leisure Chateau, Lakewood. She retired as a bookkeeper for Frank Muth Builders, Long Beach Island, in 1989. Prior to that, Mrs. Wotton worked for Allen Lunden Advertising, Caldwell. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas G. Wotton; and a sister,…
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New Jersey and Afghanistan: ‘Perfect Together’
Unfortunately, there are many similarities between Afghanistan and New Jersey. I have been stationed in Afghanistan for a little over four months. I am certainly not an expert on Afghan ways or Afghan politics. However, I have seen some very disturbing things that have extremely damaging effects on the population here as well as the…
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School chess players team up for success
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The game of chess is a one-on-one battle of brains and strategy. When two sixth-graders from Pine Brook School entered the International Chess Academy’s New Jersey State Grade Championship, the boys had no knowledge of each other’s plan to participate. The chess tournament was held on the campus…
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This year, let’s resolve to make a difference
Coda • GREG BEAN Igave up making New Year’s resolutions a long time ago, because I never kept them, and I got tired of starting my new year with personal failure. But as our economy begins to heal and we feel the glimmer of optimism as a new decade begins, it might be time to…
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John “Joe” Leo Dailey
Mr. Dailey, 91, of Freehold, died Dec. 10, 2009, while visiting his daughter and son-in-law in Silver Spring, Md. During World War II, he served for nearly five years in the Army. Before and after the war, he worked at Karagheusian Rug Mill in Freehold. Mr. Dailey became a purchasing agent for several electronics companies…
