Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Sol Fuchs
Mr. Fuchs, 82, of Silvermead, Freehold Township, died Dec. 11, 2007, at Burnt Tavern Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, Brick. He was born in New York City and had lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., and in Jackson before moving to Silvermead in 1984. Prior to retiring in 1982, Mr. Fuchs was the head baker at Rutgers…
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Designate a driver in order to keep holiday season safe
The holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is one of the deadliest and most dangerous times of the year due to an increase in impaired driving. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 1,201 people across America, just during the month of December 2005, were killed in highway crashes involving…
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Wanda E. Wilson
Mrs. Wilson, 86, of Howell, died Dec. 11, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Parkersburg, W.Va., she had lived there and in Elizabeth, Roselle Park and Whiting before moving to Howell in 2000. Mrs. Wilson was a homemaker and attended Ardena Baptist Church in Howell. She was a former member of Order…
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Current property-tax system favors the wealthy
In a recent conversation with a New Jersey senator, one reason given as to why eliminating the property tax and replacing it with an income tax cannot be done is that it could be construed or actually become class warfare. The concern is that the so-called rich would be unfairly targeted to pay more taxes…
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Caroline E. Smalley Chernowetz
Mrs. Chernowetz, 86, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 26, 2007, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Ladislaw Vladimir Chernowetz, died in 1977. Surviving are five sons, William A. Chernowetz, and his wife, Marie, of Great Falls, Va., Gary E. Chernowetz, and his wife, Laura, of Branchburg, Thomas W. Chernowetz, and his wife,…
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My Take
The French connection LINDA DENICOLA Like so many of us, I didn’t question my parents enough about family stories. The few stories that my mother told me were rather fantastical, so I found them difficult to take seriously. They were more like family myths than family lore. One of the stories concerns a greatuncle, two…
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Mary Ann Horvath Coyle
Mrs. Coyle, 82, of Lakewood, formerly of Sayreville, died Nov. 10, 2007, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1878, she was employed as a secretary with IBM, Dayton section of South Brunswick, where she worked for 20 years. Her husband, James J. Coyle, died in 2005. Surviving are two sons, Brian Coyle of Point…
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Are We There Yet?
Mom is growing older, but not any wiser LORI CLINCH When my eldest child was very small, he thought I was the smartest woman in the world. That cute little guy always assumed that his mother knew more than his teachers, could tally quicker than the Count on “Sesame Street,” and never once did he…
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Eric E. Levinson
Mr. Levinson, 25, of Howell, died Dec. 1, 2007, at home. Born in New Brunswick, he was a lifelong resident of Howell. Mr. Levinson graduated from Freehold Township High School and Rowan University, Glassboro, where he was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity. He was a former lifeguard for the Manasquan Beach Patrol and…
