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  • Muriel D. Massa

    Mrs. Massa, 92, of Freehold, died April 24, 2007 at home. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Freehold. Mrs. Massa was predeceased by her husband, Daniel, in 1985; and a son, Daniel A., in 1988. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Robert F.…

  • Coda

    The scary sump pump and other tales of dread Greg Bean My home repair motto is: If you can’t fix the problem with a hammer, get a bigger hammer. That says a lot about the kind of do-it-yourself homeowner I am. In other words, I’m no kind of do-it-yourselfer at all. Many more of my…

  • Angelo Paul DiFalco

    Mr. DiFalco, 98, of the Greenbriar section of Marlboro, died April 19, 2007, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New York City, he had lived in Hopewell Junction before moving to Marlboro 18 years ago. He was a district manager for Hiram Walker, Long Island, N.Y., and later became traffic safety…

  • Green Scene

    May 2007 – Bring cachet to the flowerpot Gotti Kelley “I love Spring anywhere, but if I could choose, I would always greet it in a garden.” – Ruth Stout A gardener’s Mecca is indeed the time in spring and early summer when pale leaves break through the soil and you envision carpets of color…

  • Stanley J. Balcerzak

    Mr. Balcerzak, 66, of Manalapan, died April 24, 2007, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Jersey City, he had lived there before moving to Manalapan 36 years ago. He worked for Paul’s Trucking, Avenel section of Woodbridge, as a Pathmark tractor-trailer driver for 22 years. Mr. Balcerzak served in the U.S.…

  • Rose Bass

    Mrs. Bass, 88, of Freehold Township, died April 14, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in New York City and had lived in Arizona, Texas and Staten Island, N.Y., before moving to Freehold Township in 1981. Prior to retiring in 1990, Mrs. Bass was employed for 10 years by the Freehold…

  • Samuel Rubin

    Mr. Rubin, 88, of Manalapan, died April 24, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he had lived there before moving to the Covered Bridge Community of Manalapan 22 years ago. He was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps, serving from 1942 to 1945 as a staff…

  • Idea of teachers and students carrying guns is way over the line

    “… guns are used against their owners at a much higher rate than they are ever used to protect them.” I simply have to respond to the letter published in last week’s News Transcript (“Gun-Free School Zones Do Not Deter Attackers,” May 2) advocating the end of “gun-free” school zones. In the letter, the author-writer…

  • Karen F. Bartolett Gordaychik

    Mrs. Gordaychik, 56, of Freehold, died April 18, 2007, at home. Born in Neptune Township, she was a lifelong resident of Freehold. She and her husband formerly owned and operated Eclipse Limousine Services, Marlboro. She was a volunteer for the Freehold Rotary Club. Mrs. Gordaychik was predeceased by her parents, Dr. Harry F.B. and Eleanor…