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  • R. Geneva “Pat” Spishock

    Mrs. Spishock, 86, of East Brunswick, died Sept. 25, 2008, at home. Prior to retiring, she was a substitute teacher for the East Brunswick public schools. Her husband, Michael, and a daughter, U.S. Navy Capt. Patricia M. Spishock, predeceased her. Surviving are two daughters, Gloria Knoblock, Phoenix, Ariz., and Cindy Criss and her husband, Robert,…

  • Manalapan residents deserve to hear a debate among candidates

    The time-honored tradition of full debates between candidates has been breached by the Republican candidates for Township Committee in Manalapan. The Republican candidates refused to participate in the format proposed by the League of Women Voters because it would permit the candidates to respond directly to the statements made by each other on the issues…

  • Joseph Giordano

    Mr. Giordano, 85, of Middletown, died Sept. 25, 2008, at Regency Park Care Center, Hazlet. He was a retired plumber at Local 14 Plumbers and Pipe fitters Union, Lodi. He was predeceased by his wife, Katherine Russo, in 2004; a brother, Ralph; and a sister, Marion. He is survived by three children and their spouses,…

  • A mistaken course of action on 287g in Monmouth County

    On Aug. 22, 2007 New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram issued Law Enforcement Directive No. 2007-3 which was intended to provide rules of engagement to New Jersey law enforcement agencies during encounters with suspected undocumented immigrants. The directive was hastily crafted in reaction to the murders of three college students in Newark on Aug. 4,…

  • Diane “Jody” Platania Olkiewicz

    Mrs. Olkiewicz, 58, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Sept. 23, 2008, at home. She received a master’s degree in education from Jersey City State College (now New Jersey City University), Jersey City. She was employed by the Bayonne Board of Education as an English teacher for the past 35 years. Surviving are her…

  • Family appreciates response from friends, first responders

    We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our friends and neighbors who rallied around us and gave us so much love and support over the last few months since our son was injured in a car accident on Route 18 in Old Bridge. We are grateful that our son is doing…

  • Salvatore Mattioli

    Mr. Mattioli, 100, of Manalapan, died Sept. 27, 2008, at home. Born in Sicily, he had been a farmer in Italy before retiring to the United States. He was predeceased by his wife, Giorgia, in 1997. Mr. Mattioli is survived b his eight sons, Orazio, Carmelo, Giuseppe, Giovanni, Antonio, Gaetano, Francesco and Michele; a daughter,…

  • James T. Carney

    Mr. Carney, 88, of Freehold Township died Sept. 27, 2008, at Care One at Jackson. He was born in New York and had resided in Freehold for most of his life. Mr. Carney served in the U.S. Army during World War II and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. He was the proprietor of…

  • Eileen Slate Hill

    Mrs. Slate of Freehold Township died Sept. 24, 2008, at Applewood Estates, Freehold Township. She had a long career as a registered nurse, retiring in 1988 from Riverview Hospital as a hospice nurse. Mrs. Hill was predeceased by her brother, Charles Tyler in 1972 and her sister, Elizabeth Egan in 1979. Surviving are two daughters…