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  • Runway madness

    Around Town Around Town • AMY ROSEN I am sitting in an airplane on a runway at Hollywood International Airport in Florida as I write this column. It is Christmas break and I’d rather be outside in the sun before returning to frigid New Jersey.   After waiting 90 minutes to board our delayed flight,…

  • M. Carol Weiss

    Mrs. Weiss, 69, a resident of Manalapan for 49 years, died Dec. 27, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Mrs. Weiss and her husband owned and operated Manalapan Brake Parts and Weiss Towing, Manalapan. She was also a secretary at LaVoie Laboratories, Morganville and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Englishtown where…

  • Scouts announce 2009 Women of Distinction

    The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore kicked off the holiday season by unveiling the five Women of Distinction honorees Dec. 2 at Woodlake Country Club in Lakewood. The honorees, all examples of women making a difference in their communities, are Sylvia Allen, Kathleen Ellis, Maj. Wendy Galloway, Sister Rosemary Jeffries and Gina Petillo. “I…

  • Lisa Ann Paul

    Lisa Ann Paul, 52, of Toms River, died Dec. 12, 2008, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. She was born in Newark and resided in Freehold most of her life before moving to Toms River. Prior to her retirement she was a title researcher in the Freehold area. Lisa is survived by her mother, Geraldine…

  • This can’t be happening

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN It was so easy for me, two or three years ago, to poke fun at senior citizens and all of the demands they make. Cheaper movie tickets, property taxes frozen in place forever, lower-price early-bird dinners — all of the things that everyone should be able to enjoy in…

  • Resident clarifies request to tape meetings

    Ispoke at the Dec. 17, 2008, Manalapan Township Committee meeting. I said I believe that the school board meetings of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District and the Freehold Regional High School District should be placed on Channel 77. I did not say just the Freehold Regional High School District (meetings) as your reporter wrote in…

  • Theodore Bloom

    Mr. Bloom, 83, of Marlboro, died Dec. 13, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. Born in Brooklyn, he lived there until moving to Marlboro 39 years ago. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II and was a comptroller for a trucking company in Carlstadt before retiring. Mr. Bloom…

  • Using property taxes to fund school systems is all wrong

    If there is injustice anywhere in the property tax system, it is not in the pricing or valuation of our homes. The tax rate will only be changed to reflect the dollar amount needed to fund future budgets anyway. The way education is funded is by far the biggest fallacy of the system. There is…

  • Peter L. Burzi

    Mr. Burzi, 24, of Manalapan, died Dec. 13, 2008. Born in Freehold, he lived in Manalapan all of his life. Mr. Burzi, a 2002 graduate of Manalapan High School and 2007 graduate of NJIT, was a computer analyst for Dulcian Inc. in Woodbridge. His mother, Grace, died in 2006. Surviving are his father, Peter of…