Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Falling property values threaten fairness of tax system
It is not surprising that struggling New Jersey homeowners are looking for any shelter they can find as an economic storm batters the state. A savvy few have found some relief by exercising their rights to go before local boards of taxation and have property values reduced to reflect the prices of today’s depressed real…
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Beatrice Sagotsky
Mrs. Sagotsky, 97, of Freehold, died April 6, 2009, at home. She was raised in Hightstown, attended elementary school in a one-room schoolhouse, and graduated from Hightstown High School in 1930 as the class valedictorian. During her high school years, her first book of poetry was published. A second book, a self-help book educating people…
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Charlie’s birthday: Keep the date open
Are We There Yet? Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH I always thought there could never be anyone who enjoys a birthday more than I do. With a whole day seemingly designed with me in mind, I’m as happy as a kid with a cake. I adore a birthday lunch with loved ones,…
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Anna C. Stewart Smythe
Mrs. Smythe, 100, a resident of Freehold Township since 1922, died April 19, 2009, at Applewood Healthcare Center, Freehold Township. A member of the Freehold High School Board of Education, Mrs. Smythe served as a public health nurse for MCOSS, as head nurse at the John L. Montgomery Medical Home for ten years, and director…
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William “Bill” D. Kline
Mr. Kline, 56, of Manalapan, died April 15, 2009, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City. He had been employed by IBM for the past 27 years. Mr. Kline was a graduate of Rutgers University, receiving a Bachelor of Science in music in 1976 and a Bachelor of Science in computer science in 1982.…
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Elizabeth A. Fama
Mrs. Fama, 63, of Manalapan, died April 18, 2009, at home. She was a graduate of the Monmouth County Vocational School Nursing Program in 1995, practicing as an LPN for Monmouth Cardiology in Freehold for 10 years. She was predeceased by a brother, Michael Hudacko, and a sister, Rosemarie Mangiero. Surviving are her husband of…
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Students should have looked at other side of AIDS issue
The April 8 edition of the News Transcript carried an article about the four Manalapan High School students who won awards for their idea of curing AIDS via gene transplants from resistant people (“Teens Honored for Idea to Cure AIDS”). While their objective of an AIDS cure seems noble and well intended, it is too…
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Public is invited to attend Rutgers Day on April 25
In recognition of Rutgers University’s unique relationship with the people of New Jersey, we are opening our doors to the public for the first-ever Rutgers Day on April 25. In difficult economic times, it is more important than ever to connect the university’s resources to those we serve. On Rutgers Day, all New Jerseyans are…
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Elizabeth A. Fama
63, of Manalapan Elizabeth A. Fama Mrs. Fama was born, raised and lived in Bayonne before settling in Manalapan in 1972. Mrs. Fama was a graduate of the Holy Family Academy in Bayonne, NJ. She was a parishioner of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and a member of the Ladies of St. Joseph’s. Mrs. Fama was…
