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Albert Pikowski
Mr. Pikowski, 90, of Freehold, diedApril 16, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He lived in Freehold and Englishtown before moving to The Villages, Howell, in 1986. Mr. Pikowski was a long-boom operator with the Operating Engineers Local 825 in Springfield, retiring in 1982. He was predeceased by a brother, Joseph, and two sisters,…
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Builders Club puts books in hands of Camden pupils
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Pupils at Camden’s Cramer Elementary School will no longer be lacking reading material after receiving a donation of 2,700 books from children at the Marlboro Middle School, Route 520. Handcarts loaded with boxes and plastic containers sat in the entrance of the school showing all who entered the…
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Howard J. Ketcham
Mr. Ketcham, 85, a 60-year resident of Farmingdale, died April 17, 2008, at Jersey Shore UniversityMedical Center, Neptune. Before his retirement in 1988, he was a truck driver and crane operator for New Jersey Gravel and Sand Co., Wall, and a part-time worker for Ed Brown at Allaire Airport inWall. Mr. Ketcham was predeceased by…
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Stephanie Gotz
Miss Gotz, 21, of Howell, died March 25, 2008, at home. She was a chiropractic assistant for Dr. Renay M. Friedman, Freehold for the past three years.Miss Gotz had a talent for promoting new and up-and-coming musical performers such as the Jonas Brothers. She was predeceased by her mother, Karen, in 2003, and her “pop-pop.”…
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Council must make real cuts to school budget
The parents of Freehold Borough and the members of the school board need to understand why the 2008-09 K-8 budget was rejected by the voters. I’m certain that all of the voters under ideal circumstances would love to provide our local schools with all that they request. Unfortunately, circumstances are less than ideal. Freehold Borough…
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Samuel Curlis Gravatt
Mr. Gravatt, 81, a resident of Millstone since 1932, died April 18, 2008, at home. He was a construction superintendent and heavy equipment operator before his retirement. Mr. Gravatt was also a bus driver for the Millstone Township schools. Surviving are his wife, Helen Globis Gravatt; a son, Gary B. Gravatt and his wife, Rita,…
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Vada J. Smith
Mrs. Smith, 73, of the Morganville section ofMarlboro, diedApril 17, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She had previously lived in Spotswood, where she was an assembly line worker for Grief Brothers until retiring in 1976. Mrs. Smith was predeceased by her sisters, Patricia Kraley and Mildred Welsh. She is survived by two sons,…
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Approval of another deer hunt is new low for Board of Recreation
The Monmouth County Park System and the Board of Recreation Commissioners are once again disregarding public opinion on the deer hunt in our county parks. Most Monmouth County residents oppose allowing hunting in our county parks. Some parks will be closed to everyone except hunters, and park rangers will stand at the park entrances and…
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Annie Lee Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Fitzpatrick, 87, a resident of Englishtown since 1952, died April 24, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, after a brief illness. She was a dietician at Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital for more than 30 years. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was predeceased by her husband, Needham Fitzpatrick, and a daughter, Frances (Bea) Delores Fitzpatrick. She is…
