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Harriet S. Badanes Sadow
Mrs. Sadow, 90, of Jupiter, Fla., died Aug. 13, 2009, at Mangrove Bay Assisted Living in Jupiter. She was born in Freehold and had resided there before moving to Florida in 1975. Her husband, Joseph Sadow, died in 1985. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce and Peggy Sadow and Gary and Merri Sadow; four…
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Sides should settle their issues out of court
At the Aug. 12 Manalapan Township Committee meeting, I made a brief statement supporting Manalapan Police Chief Stuart Brown, asking Township Committee members to resolve their differences over an insubordination incident involving Committeewoman Michelle Roth and our chief and to end a new and unnecessary lawsuit being thrust upon us taxpayers. In any confrontational situation,…
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Roy Michael Himes
Mr. Himes, 58, of Freehold, died Aug. 14, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was born in Brookville, Pa., and had resided in Freehold since 1955. Mr. Himes was a U.S. Navy veteran and a buildings and grounds worker at Marlboro High School. He was predeceased by his parents, Edward Neil and…
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Police do what many are unwilling to do
This letter is being written in response to an Aug. 12 letter from a Manalapan resident asking the mayor to downsize the Manalapan Police Department (“Writer Says It Is Time to Downsize Manalapan Police Department”). Shame on you! The law enforcement officers throughout our country perform a service that for the most part gets little…
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Irwin Kleinman
Mr. Kleinman, 72, a resident of the Morganville section of Marlboro for 39 years, died Aug. 10, 2009, at home. He was an operations manager for several computer companies, retiring 15 years ago. A life member of the Morganville First Aid Squad, Mr. Kleinman was a member of Free Sons of Israel, Battleground- Adelphia Lodge…
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Foundation can help residents obtain public information
As alluded to by former Greater Media Newspapers executive editor Greg Bean in a recent column, the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government has taken the lead in a number of issues to increase transparency, accountability, honesty and democracy in government at all levels by defending and expanding public access to government records and meetings.…
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Mary Palmeri
Mrs. Palmeri, 93, of Howell, died Aug. 11, 2009, at the Specialty Hospital at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. A parishioner of St. Veronica Catholic Church, Howell, she was a 30- year member of the Howell Senior Center and a seamstress with the ILGWU. Mrs. Palmeri was predeceased by her husband, Matteo, in 1997. She is…
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Times are tough, but Americans must hang on to hope
Many have said there is a great similarity between what this country is experiencing now and what it experienced during the 1930s and the 1940s. And well this may be. Having lived the “high” life for so many years with prosperity oozing from everyone’s pores and the ongoing effects of a warlike situation across the…
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Richard A. Soltz
Mr. Soltz, 58, a resident of Howell since 1990, died at home Aug. 11, 2009. He was a tractor trailer driver for Federal Express, Newark, for 24 years retiring in 2008, and a former New York City cab driver. A U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam, Mr. Soltz ran in three New York City Marathons and…
