Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Jackson community pulled together to find family’s lost dog
We lost our dog on April 13 in the woods off Don Connor Boulevard in Jackson. My husband was out walking the woods and A.J. (our dog) took off after a deer. He was not familiar with the area and we could not find him. Not being close to home, we did not have a…
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Senior Property Tax Freeze program must be ‘unfrozen’
New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. Combine these steep property tax rates with a faltering economy and skyrocketing home energy costs, and you will discover a real hardship for many older New Jersey residents living on fixed incomes. The Senior Property Tax Freeze is now being, well, frozen, which will affect…
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When social networking sites seem very anti-social
CODA GREG BEAN Istopped watching Jack Cafferty and Don Lemon, and most of the other anchors on CNN, when they started reading Twitter comments about the issues as part of their news presentation. There you’d have Jack or Don talking about a serious matter, like the nomination of a Supreme Court justice, and then they’d…
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Carl W. Bonilla
Mr. Bonilla, 55, of Middletown, died at his residence on April 9, 2010. He lived most of his life in Bayonne before moving to Aberdeen and most recently to Middletown. Mr. Bonilla was predeceased by his parents, Carlos and Lena Camillery Bonilla, and a brother, Mark. He is survived by three brothers, Raymond Bonilla and…
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Teaching: A great but misunderstood profession
As a current elementary school teacher for the Howell K-8 School District, I wear many hats. I am an educator, a nurse, a caregiver, a counselor, a friend and a colleague, to name a few. I am also a decision maker, a problem solver, an artist, a singer, a poet and an author. M y…
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Grethe Devaux
Mrs. Devaux, 80, of Jackson, died April 17, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, William J., in 1992. Mrs. Devaux is survived by her sons, William M. Devaux of Bangkok, and Steven J. Devaux and his wife, Carmen, of Farmingdale; and a grandson. A memorial visitation was held…
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Veronica J. Moore
Mrs. Moore, 86, of The Villages, Howell, died April 23, 2010, at home. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had lived in Staten Island, N.Y., and Freehold before moving to The Villages in 1996. Before becoming a homemaker, Mrs. Moore worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She was a parishioner of…
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Seymour Kopf
Mr. Kopf, 84, of Jackson, died April 25, 2010, at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was born in Paterson and had lived in Freehold Township and Paterson before settling in Jackson. Mr. Kopf was a self-employed certified shorthand reporter from 1963 until his retirement in November…
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Student describes ‘can-do’ attitude in winning essay
Daughter of baseball great Jackie Robinson visits local school as part of award package BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Before the civil rights movement, before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., before Rosa Parks, there was Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sharon Robinson (above), the daughter of Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie Robinson,…
