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  • Helena T. Otterbine

    Mrs. Otterbine, 73, of Aberdeen, died Nov. 15, 2008, at home. She had resided in the Iselin section of Woodbridge, and the Bronx, N.Y., before relocating to Aberdeen. She was predeceased by a sister, Patricia Lovelock; and two brothers, Brennan and Desmond McDermott. Mrs. Otterbine is survived by her husband, Joseph Otterbine; her children, Mary…

  • Committee dedicated to honoring veterans

    On behalf of the Marlboro Township Veterans and Volunteers Committee, I wish to thank all those who attended and supported our recent Veterans Day events. The Marlboro Township Veterans and Volunteers Committee held events to honor and thank our hometown heroes. Thanks to the Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System for hosting…

  • Haroutun G. Karakashian

    Mr. Karakashian, 71, of Middletown, died Nov. 22, 2008, at home. He was a display manager for Sears Roebuck, Middletown, for 33 years, and a self-employed contractor for 25 years. He also owned and operated with his brother a dry cleaning business in Hazlet for 32 years. He was predeceased by a brother, Vicken Karakashian.…

  • When Chris Christie leaves, there’ll be big shoes to fill

    Coda • GREG BEAN For a while there, you couldn’t walk out into the parking lot of nearly any diner or bar in Monmouth County without tripping over the bagmen with sacks of bribe money for local politicians. There was so much bribe and kickback money floating around, in fact, that briber Tony Spalliero had…

  • Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser

    Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: As you know, I’m working hard to be a good loser, telling anyone who will listen that Barack Obama will soon be our president, and we must support him. I’m trying to be a lot nicer than your side was to George W.…

  • Assessment of Gov. Corzine was accurate

    This is a letter to Greg Bean, executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. I am 52 years old, own a townhome, cannot find work due to the financial disaster that is upon us, and have lived in East Brunswick since August 1987. By way of background, I am a 1977 graduate of the University of…

  • William J. Faistl

    86, of Freehold Township, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II   Mr. Faistl was born in Weehawken, NJ, and had lived in Toms River before moving to Freehold Twp. in 2007. He was a former parishioner of St. Justin Catholic Church, Toms River, where he was a member of their Holy Name Society,…

  • Any proposal to lower the legal drinking age is unwise, irresponsible

    As a senior at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, I am appalled by the Amethyst Initiative, the proposal by more than 100 college presidents to commence conversation on lowering the drinking age to 18. I wholly agree with Mothers Against Drunk Driving that this plan is a mere ploy designed to enable college presidents to circumvent…

  • Robert John Smith

    Robert John Smith, 13, of Freehold Township, died Nov. 11, 2008, at home after a long battle with Sanfilippo syndrome. His father, Robert “Skinny” Smith, died in July 2008. Robert is survived by his mother, Kathryn Connolly Smith; a brother, Sean P. Smith; a stepsister, Nicole Smith; his grandmother, Joan Smith; six aunts and uncles;…