Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Employee wants to know why she can’t have job back
I have been a loyal employee of the Freehold Borough School District since 1992, working with many dedicated, caring, honorable and professional staff members. My husband taught at the Freehold Intermediate School for nearly 35 years. Between us, we have over 50 years of service to the Freehold Borough School District. In February of this…
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Philip J. Stryker Sr.
Mr. Stryker, 74, of Keyport, died June 9, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Before his retirement, he was a cable splicer at Atlantic Cordage, Edison. Prior to that, he was a furnace operator at Anaconda Copper, Perth Amboy. Mr. Stryker is survived by his wife of 51 years, Virginia Redfield Stryker; two sons, Eugene…
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Some will kick when she’s down, and others won’t
Red State/Blue State DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: I heard some of your wild-eyed liberal friends on the radio last weekend, with their…
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Jean M. Anderson
Mrs. Anderson, 87, of Jackson and formerly of Freehold Township, died June 2, 2008, at The Manor, Freehold Township. She was a waitress at the American Hotel, Freehold, the Colts Neck Inn, Freehold Gardens in Freehold Township, and the Buttonwood Manor in Matawan. Surviving are four daughters and three sons-in-law, Carole Mc- Donald of Manchester,…
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Attorney general says: Stealing gas a bad idea
Coda GREG BEAN So, N.J. Attorney General Anne Milgram, who grew up in East Brunswick, says her office will file criminal charges against government employees believed to have stolen gasoline from public agencies. Here’s my question: It’s a good idea, but why have they waited so long? Last December, a state auditor found a whole…
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Dorothea Brown Bennett
Mrs. Bennett, 89, of Tinton Falls, died May 21, 2008. She resided in Freehold prior to relocating to Seabrook Village in Tinton Falls. She was employed at Mennen Company, Morristown, for several years, retiring in the early 1980s. She was predeceased by her husband, Raymond. She is survived by a brother and sister in-law, Edward…
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‘Do you have any gas in that darned old thing?’
Are We There Yet? LORI CLINCH Summer is in full swing. Isn’t that nice? Yes sir, the birds are singing, the sun is shining, and the gas prices are bringing me down. Back in the good old days I was the queen of running the gas tank on low. Much to my father’s dismay, a…
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Sylvia Arbesfeld
Mrs.Arbesfeld, 88, ofManalapan, died June 9, 2008, at Jersey Shore UniversityMedical Center, Neptune. Born in NewYork City, she resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to the Covered Bridge adult community in Manalapan in 1971. She was a telephone salesperson forAbraham& Strauss Stores in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mrs. Arbesfeld was predeceased by her husband, Morris, in 1994.…
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Carmen Irizarry
Mrs. Irizarry, 62, of Freehold, died June 10, 2008, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, she moved to the Freehold area 37 years ago. Mrs. Irizarry was predeceased by a brother, Antonio Cruz. She is survived by her husband, Guadalupe Irizarry Jr.; a daughter, Migdalia Irizarry; four brothers, Reinaldo,…
