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Carmine Casola Sr.
Mr. Casola, 75, of Marlboro, died April 12, 2009, at home. He was the founder and owner of Casola Farms, located throughout central Monmouth County. He developing one of the largest hay and straw businesses in the Monmouth County area and one of the state’s largest growers of fresh fruits and vegetables. He originated the…
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Dora Tosches Hughes
Mrs. Hughes, 91, of Freehold, died March 22, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in Jersey City and had resided there before moving to Freehold four years ago. Her husband, Charles Hughes, died in 1984. Surviving are a daughter, Dorothy Ippolito; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Services were held…
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Robert Pincus
Mr. Pincus, 85, a resident of Marlboro for 19 years, died March 26, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a chemist with Warner-Lambert-Parke-Davis, Morris Plains, for 20 years, retiring in 1986. Surviving are his wife, Edith (Kronick); his children, Jonathan and his wife,…
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Hunting bills spark anger in area residents
We are angry and extremely opposed to bill S802/A1669, which will allow hunting on Sunday with bow and arrow, five months out of the year (mid-September to late February) in wildlife management areas. Presently, bow hunters are allowed six days out of the week to hunt. Now they want seven days a week to hunt…
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John Obertlik
Mr. Obertlik, 99, of Howell, died April 1, 2009, at home. He was born in Guttenburg and had lived in Cliffside Park before settling in Howell 25 years ago. Mr. Obertlik was the owner and operator of Service Motor’s Auto Body Shop in North Bergen, and an exempt fireman with the Guttenburg Fire Company. He…
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Reader says community newspapers provide a very important service
I feel very confident that the News Transcript that I read and all of the other weekly newspapers that Greater Media Newspapers puts out will continue to flourish, even in these apparently dire times where large newspapers are going into bankruptcy. I say this because I can sit at home and get all the current…
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Paul Pappas
Mr. Pappas, 88, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died April 1, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Athens, Greece, he had resided in Brooklyn for 70 years. Mr. Pappas, a veteran of the U.S. Merchant Marines during World War II, worked as a mechanical engineer for 30 years at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and…
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Development fee providing money for affordable homes
We agree with state Sen. Jennifer Beck’s recent comments that New Jersey needs more housing people can afford. However, Sen. Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) does not propose to do anything new or different that will help build these homes or create jobs. Instead, she proposes that New Jersey return to failed and unfair policies of…
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Resident asks for help on issue of sewer line charges
I do commiserate with the letters to the editor that were published previously (about the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority) — one from Marlboro and two from Manalapan. Let me start with Marlboro — you were 100 percent when you told them why can’t we look for a better deal? How would you like it if…
