Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Middle school pupils enjoy high-tech NASA lab

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Pupils who attend the New Egypt Middle School received a taste of the future when NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) sponsored a visit from a mobile science lab through the auspices of Burlington County College. “The mobile science lab is part of a $1.5 million grant that…

  • Jackson teacher will be honored by Chabad

    Two local women who have fostered traditional Jewish values in their homes and communities while achieving success in demanding careers will be honored at Chabad of Western Monmouth County’s 23rd annual Jewish Women’s Day program on March 7. The event will begin at 11 a.m. at the Morganville Fire House, Tennent Road, Morganville section of…

  • Myrna Beth Schulman

    Mrs. Schulman, 68, of Jackson, formerly of Middletown, died Feb. 1, 2010, at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, Fla. Prior to her retirement, Mrs. Schulman was a supervisor of medical records at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, for more than 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Paul; two sons and daughters-inlaw, Aaron and Robin…

  • Aida J. Doolittle

    Mrs. Doolittle, 78, of Old Bridge, formerly of Spotswood, died Feb. 18, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Paul Doolittle, died in 2001. Surviving are three daughters, Linda Wnorowski, and her husband, Ken, of Jackson, Cynthia Bootier, and her husband, Roger, and Jane Doolittle, all of South River; a son,…

  • Michael Faresich

    Mr. Faresich, 96, of Howell, died Feb. 14, 2010. He was born in Chiusi, Italy, and came to the United States in 1942. He worked for the maintenance department in the Hudson County Park Commission, Jersey City, until his retirement. Mr. Faresich then worked for the Freehold Township Police Department for 15 years, retiring in…

  • Alexander Vincent Mayer

    Mr. Mayer, 69, of the Toms River section of Dover, formerly of Sayreville, died Feb. 13, 2010, at home. He was co-owner of the Sayreville Bar for 45 years and also worked as the bookkeeper for Mayer Catering, Sayreville. He was predeceased by his parents, Bela and Ann Mayer. Surviving are his wife, Margaret Shurina…

  • Michael Lycosky

    Mr. Lycosky, 62, of Jackson, formerly of Malta, N.Y., died Feb. 18, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He received a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University in 1970 and was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War era. He was predeceased by his parents, Andrew Anthony and Vera Lycosky. Surviving are his…

  • Robert A. Cecere

    Mr. Cecere, 75, of Jackson and formerly Colts Neck, died Jan. 17, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a civil engineer for CMX, Manalapan, until his retirement in 2009. Mr. Cecere was the former co-owner of Donald Alworth Contracting Co., West Caldwell. Surviving are his wife of 52 years, Helen Patricia Cecere;…

  • Public employees refusing to see reality

    Marc Gaswirth’s recent Your Turn guest column (Tri-Town News, Feb. 18) explaining how the state’s contract negotiation rules stack the deck against school boards and taxpaying citizens was excellent. It is vital that concerned citizens contact their state representatives and demand that something be done to end what has become an insult to all of…