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  • Resident calls on N.J. Legislature to pass car sticker law

    After reading your Nov. 5, 2008 article “State Puts Focus on Inexperienced Drivers,” I was delighted, moved and proud. The proposals made by Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools James Wasser to identify young drivers and Project Lundy are issues that I hold near and dear to my heart. It was on Jan.…

  • Norma N. Frudden

    Mrs. Frudden, 88, of Freehold, died Nov. 7, 2008, at Applewood Estates, Freehold Township. A registered nurse for many years, she retired from the Manalapan Regional School District after 25 years as a school nurse. Mrs. Frudden was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, John J. Frudden. Surviving are four daughters and sons-in-law, Pat…

  • Eleanor Poss

    Mrs. Poss, 72, of Indian Rocks Beach, Fla., with sons living in New Jersey, died Nov. 5, 2008, in Florida. She had lived in Jersey City until moving to Florida 10 years ago. Mrs. Poss was a senior clerk typist for the Hudson County Juvenile Detention Center for 25 years before retiring in 1998. Her…

  • Braves once again

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN The evening of Nov. 14 was a step back in time for me when I attended the 30-year reunion of the Manalapan High School class of 1978. A good number of people showed up at the American Legion hall in Freehold Borough for an evening of friendship and memories.…

  • Evelyn Marie Taylor Abate

    Mrs. Abate, 81, of Freehold Township died Nov. 5, 2008, at home. She was born in Spring Lake and had resided in Freehold Township all her life. Mrs. Abate was a waitress at Van’s Freehold Inn, Federici’s, Freehold, and Spring Lake Golf and Country Club. She also took great pride in working the elections for…

  • For the Record

    Shawn Brennan was a loan representative working for Market Yard Mortgage, Freehold, at the time he committed loan fraud. He was not a mortgage broker, according to the owner of the company. The information about Brennan that appeared in a Nov. 19 News Transcript article came from a press release that was issued by the…

  • Anthony G. Cappuccio

    Mr. Cappuccio, 73, of Howell, died Nov. 8, 2008, at home. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Louise; two sons, Joseph and Anthony; a daughter, Dena; two daughters-in-law, Cynthia and Karma; and two granddaughters, Isabella and Sofia. A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Veronica’s Catholic Church in Howell, followed by entombment…

  • Gearing up for Black Friday is not for the faint of heart

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Ishould have realized that the holidays were approaching the instant I received my first Christmas catalog. Of course it was mid-July at the time, so I tossed the catalog in my “things to read” pile and headed out to do yard work in hopes of mulching my worries…

  • Rosaline “Rose” Stryker Kennedy

    Mrs. Kennedy, 83, a lifelong resident of Freehold, died Nov. 6, 2008, at Montgomery Care Center, Freehold Township. She was a cashier at the 33 East Car Wash, Freehold, for 33 years before her retirement in 2000. Her first husband, John R. Stryker, died in 1970. Her second husband, Edward Kennedy, died in 1988. A…