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School board finalizes budget for coming year
Howell K-8 tax rate to rise 2 cents instead of 3 cents per $100 of valuation BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — After a two-week delay, the Board of Education unanimously approved the Township Council’s $1 million budget cut recommendations at its June 3 meeting. Initially, the board stalled the application of the recommended…
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Time for a truth commission to investigate rail foes
While Washington politics struggle with the advisability of a “Truth Commission” on enhanced interrogation linked to “torture,” Middlesex County is putting another “notch on their political gun belt” preventing action on construction of a MOM rail line for Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties while its citizenry suffer the anguishes of overburdened “rail line transit tortures.”…
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Alina Losik Lysiuk
Mrs. Lysiuk, 69, of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., died May 24, 2009, at home. Born in Poland, she had resided in South River, East Brunswick and Palm Coast, Fla., prior to moving to North Carolina in 2006. She was employed for 25 years as a librarian for Hoechst Celanese Corp., Somerville, before retiring 14 years ago. Her…
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Fred M. Berger
Mr. Berger, 55, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died May 25, 2009, at home. He was the owner/broker of Fred Berger Marketing in Manalapan for 30 years. Mr. Berger is survived by his wife of 33 years, Judy; a son, Adam, of New York City; two daughters and a son-in-law, Jamie and Justin Lieberman…
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Rosemary Geschke
Mrs. Geschke, 81, a resident of Neptune City for 55 years, died May 29, 2009, at home. She worked in the Nutrition Dept. at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Prior to that, she had been a telephone operator for NJ Bell in Spring Lake. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, William…
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Hide the children; he’s got a new power saw
Coda • GREG BEAN Now that the weather is nicer, I’ve been doing some home improvement and maintenance projects. And those who have been reading this column for a long time know that’s about as dangerous for me as driving the wrong way down a one-way street, blindfolded. Although I hate to admit it, I…
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Ann M. Orr
Ms. Orr, 83, of Freehold Township, died May 26, 2009, at CareOne At Jackson. She was born in Shamokin, Pa., and had lived in Queens, N.Y., before moving to Freehold Twp. nine months ago. Ms. Orr was a jewelry buyer for many years prior to retiring in 2000. She was predeceased by a sister, JoAnn…
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Claire Brock
Ms. Brock, 85, of Freehold Township, died May 29, 2009, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. Ms. Brock was born in Jersey City and had lived in Bayonne and Old Bridge before moving to Silvermead, Freehold Township, five years ago. Ms. Brock was a solderer for Western Electric, Kearny, for over 35 years, until her…
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Town owed answers about investigation
In the News In the News • MARK ROSMAN I have to admit that my reliance on common sense can sometimes get me in trouble. Not everyone sees common sense in the same way. That is what has brought us to a difference of opinion with the Freehold Borough Police Department on what I believe…
