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Being a first aid squad member has many benefits for residents
A new year, coupled with the troubled economy, has many New Jerseyans re-examining their future and re-evaluating priorities. One sure way to positively impact many lives, including your own, is to join your local volunteer first aid squad. Shrinking municipal budgets, New Jersey’s aging population, congested roads and the ever-present threat of terrorism are just…
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Helen Steinitz
Mrs. Steinitz, 89, a resident of Manalapan for 50 years, died Feb. 25, 2009, at Pine Brook Care Center in Manalapan. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church in Englishtown and St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Manalapan, and a longtime member of the Manalapan Historical Society. Mrs. Steinitz…
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Auto industry column struck positive chord with readers
Coda Coda • GREG BEAN I get a lot of reader response to this column. Sometimes, I opine about something that rubs some people the wrong way, and I hear about it. Once in a while, though, I write something that strikes a positive chord with readers, and I hear about that, too. That…
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Florence Walthers
Mrs. Walthers, 88, of Hazlet, died Feb. 25, 2009, at home. She was a former nurses’ aide at St. Luke’s Hospital, Long Island, N.Y. She was predeceased by her husband, Harold Walthers, in 1981. She is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, James and Sue Walthers of Howell, and Patrick Walthers of Hazlet; and…
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Drinking-age debate important to the future of young lives
Guest Column • Stephen Wallace Behind the fusillade of faulty arguments proffered by the Amethyst Initiative in support of lowering the minimum legal drinking age to 18 lurks an inconvenient truth: doing so would only exacerbate the current epidemic of underage drinking, further jeopardizing young lives at a critical juncture in their physical, social, and…
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Betty Jane Oakley
Mrs. Oakley, 86, a resident of Freehold for 63 years, died Feb. 24, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. She was a member of the Old Tennent Presbyterian Church in Manalapan for over 40 years. Mrs. Oakley was predeceased by her husband, Charles, in 1991; and a sister, Marion Allen. She is survived…
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John J. Caliendo Sr.
Mr. Caliendo, 94, of Morganville, died Feb. 24, 2009, at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation, Shrewsbury. He resided in Matawan for 25 years, prior to relocating to Morganville. He was the proprietor of Rural Auto Body, Old Bridge, for 41 years, retiring in 1989. Prior to that, he was a welder at Kearny Shipyards, and worked…
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Joann Sutterfield
76, of Freehold Township Joann Sutterfield Mrs. Sutterfield was born in Newark and had lived in Irvington and Glen Ridge before moving to Freehold Twp. 13 years ago. Mrs. Sutterfield was a bookkeeper and payroll clerk for Toyota Motor Sales, Port Newark, NJ, retiring in 1998. From 1998 to December, 2008, she was a sales…
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Rose M. Sica
Mrs. Sica, 83, of Freehold Township, died Feb. 25, 2009, at Hartwyck at Edison, Edison Township. She was a communicant of St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, Freehold. Mrs. Sica was predeceased by two brothers, Ralph and Peter Colatrella. Surviving are her husband, Arsenio “Sam” Sica; two daughters, Camille Bevere and her husband, Raymond, and Donna…
