Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Margaret Mary Carbin

    Mrs. Carbin, 90, of East Windsor, died Dec. 15, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton. She had resided in Millstone Township for 57 years and in Cream Ridge for 11 years before moving to East Windsor Township. Mrs. Carbin was a sandblaster for Washington Forge Co., Englishtown, where she was employed for 31…

  • Marianna J. Blanco

    Mrs. Blanco, 52, a resident of Manalapan for 20 years, died Dec. 17, 2008, at home. She was a unit leader for Pomptonian Food Service at Pine Brook School and volunteered at Taylor Mills School for 16 years. Mrs. Blanco was predeceased by her father, Aniello DiSpigna, and her father-in-law, Peter Blanco. She is survived…

  • Diane Auliano

    Diane Auliano, 56, of Manalapan, died Dec. 19, 2008, at CareOne in Holmdel. Born in Brooklyn, she lived on Staten Island before moving to Manalapan 22 years ago. Miss Auliano was a secretary for the Freehold Board of Freeholders for over 12 years before retiring last year. She is survived by her two sons and…

  • Discovering family history, one creased letter at a time

    Coda • GREG BEAN It seems like when the kids move out, they’re never really gone because they leave so much junk behind. But at our house, it isn’t the kids who are responsible for all the accumulated archeological detritus. My wife and I save things as well. Boxes and boxes of photographs. Birthday cards.…

  • Proposed solution will lead to problems

    Iread with great interest and dismay a letter to the editor published in the Dec. 17, 2008, News Transcript written by Ray Kalainikas and concerning the home mortgage crisis (“A Workable Solution to the Current Foreclosure Crisis”). And as every letter written by this person, and published, it lacks any semblance of practical implementation. He…

  • 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…