Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Leocadia Janowski

    Mrs. Janowski, 78, of Freehold, died Feb. 22 at home. She was born in Bayonne and had resided in Marlboro for over 50 years before moving to Freehold. Mrs. Janowski and her husband, Eugene, who died in 2006, were the owners of the Fireside Tavern, Marlboro Township. She was predeceased by a sister Florence Serafin.…

  • Doris E. Robbiani

    Doris E. Robbiani, 82, of Farmingdale, died Feb. 29 at her residence. She was born in Jersey City and worked as a secretary at Calumeck & Hecklar, New York City. She was on the Memorial Day Parade Committee and painted the sign each year. Mrs. Robbiani is survived by her husband of 58 years, Raymond.…

  • Township, school district to seek Safe Routes money

    PLUMSTED – The Plumsted Township Committee and the Board of Education are working together to jointly submit a grant application for the federally funded Safe Routes to School Program. Mayor Ron Dancer said that based on the federal enabling legislation, no matching funds are required from either the school district or the township. All traffic…

  • Barbara Lane

    Ms. Lane, 63, of Cranbury, died Jan. 31 at home. She was born in Spring Lake Heights and was raised in Freehold Borough before moving to Hightstown, then settling in Cranbury in 1990. She was a supervisor at Mc- Graw Hill Publishing, Hightstown, before retired after 25 years of service. Ms. Lane is survived by…

  • Wind better energy source than nuclear power

    According to Ocean County Freeholder John P. Kelly, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is the only agency with the authority to extend or end the life of the Oyster Creek Generating Station in Lacey. It may have the authority, but the NRC has never shut down a nuclear power plant. Historically, all of the nuclear plants…

  • Sylvia Galansky

    Mrs. Galansky, 96, of Jackson, died at Care One at Jackson Feb. 1. Born in Newark, she lived in Manalapan for 25 years before moving to Jackson three years ago. She was a member of ORT of Covered Bridge of Manalapan. Mrs. Galansky was predeceased by her husband, Irving, in 2003. She is survived by…

  • Marie G. Schuon

    Mrs. Schuon, 89, of Lakewood, died Dec. 29, 2007, at Ocean County Medical Center, Brick. She was born in Krefeld, Germany, and had resided in Brick for 22 years before moving to Lakewood three years ago. She was a member of the German American Club, Howell, and a communicant of St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Brick.…

  • Fight continues to defeat multiple sclerosis

    March 10-17, MS Awareness Week, is a time to take action. As someone who lives with the daily unpredictability of multiple sclerosis, I want to let the people of this community know why fundraisers such as the Walk MS event scheduled for April 13 in Belmar, Hamilton and throughout the state are so important. Just…

  • James E. Capper Jr.

    Mr. Capper, 85, of Howell, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. He was born in Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y., and had lived in Lakewood before moving to Howell in 1971. Mr. Capper was a warranty adjuster for Pine Belt Chevrolet (formerly George Hughes Chevrolet), Freehold. He had been employed there…