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You can use a chainsaw to correct rude behavior
Coda • GREG BEAN We live in a state where we are regularly witness to, or victims of, rude behavior. And most of us not only tolerate it, we enable it. You know the kind of situation I’m talking about. You’re at the boarding counter at the airport when you’re told your flight to Cleveland…
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Samuel Jacob “Jack” Grossman
Mr. Grossman, of Delray Beach, Fla., who lived most of his life in the area, died Aug. 6, 2009. Born in Poland in 1919, he was brought to America the following year, where his parents started a new life as chicken farmers in Farmingdale. At age 20, Mr. Grossman bought his own chicken farm in…
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A real case of puppy love
Around Town Around Town • AMY ROSEN I always wanted a dog. From the time I was a child, if anyone asked me what I wanted for my birthday, without hesitation I answered, "a dog." Since we did not have a backyard for a dog to roam around in, my parents did not think it…
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Frank “Mike” A. Dunn
Mr. Dunn, 74, of Middletown, died Aug. 5, 2009, following a lengthy illness. He resided in Freehold and Marlboro prior to relocating to Middletown. He was a retired corporate executive at ITT, New York City. During retirement, he was an auditor for the state of New Jersey and a financial consultant. He is survived by…
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Former St. Rose principal takes post in South Amboy
SOUTH AMBOY — When one diocese closed a door, another opened a window. Such was the case for Sister Marie Connolly, who is the new principal at South Amboy’s Sacred Heart School, which is part of the Diocese of Metuchen. She comes from St. Joseph Elementary School, a Diocese of Trenton school in Keyport that…
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Lillian Kingston
Mrs. Kingston, 89, of Wheatland, Pa., and formerly of Freehold, died Aug. 2, 2009. She was a packer for the Washington Forge Company, Englishtown, where she was employed for 28 years before her retirement. Prior to that she was employed at the A.& M. Karagheusian Rug Mill, Freehold. Her husband, Joseph W. Kingston, died in…
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Corruption a topic, anywhere you look
Guest Column • Arthur Z. Kamin With New Jersey’s tattered governmental ethics reputation what it is — in all candor, it isn’t easy these days being an international traveler who hails from the Garden State. My wife, Ginny, and I just returned after touring Australia, New Zealand and Fiji as part of a group of…
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Alexander James Godbolt
Mr. Godbolt, 78, of Trenton, died Aug. 3, 2009, at Franklin Care Center, Franklin Township. He was a retired brick mason and a U.S. Army veteran. Surviving are two sons, Alexander Godbolt Jr. of North Brunswick and Dwayne Woods of Freehold; a daughter, Arline Berges; four siblings, Charles Godbolt of Howell, and Richard Godbolt, Alma…
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Clean energy can be our 21st-century moon shot
Guest Column • Doug O’Malley Alot of heat — and not so much light — has been made about the U.S. House vote earlier this summer to pass the American Clean Energy and SecurityAct, which will start to move this country to a clean energy economy. A bipartisan majority of New Jersey’s Congressional delegation showed…
