Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • William A. Kanzler

    Mr. Kanzler, 74, of Freehold Township, died Nov. 30, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in New York City, he had resided in Freehold Township since 1962 and was a Santa Claus in the Freehold area for many years. Mr. Kanzler was the owner of Four Seasons Sports Center, Freehold Township, for 30…

  • Jonas Graber

    Mr. Graber, 93, of Jackson, died Dec. 9, 2007, at CareOne at Jackson. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he had lived there for most of his life. Before his retirement, Mr. Graber was a New York City postal worker. Once retired, he moved to Florida, where he resided for 24 years before moving to Jackson…

  • Mae L. Allen

    Mrs. Allen, 87, of Freehold, died Nov. 29, 2007, at her son’s home in Jackson. She was born in Freehold and was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Allen was a graduate of Freehold High School, Freehold Borough, and an active member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Freehold. She was predeceased by her husband, Harry W. Allen,…

  • John L. Harrington

    Mr. Harrington, 69, of Marlboro, died Nov. 19, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Covington, Va., he had resided in New York City before moving to Marlboro in 1969. Mr. Harrington had attended Pace University, New York City, and was a graduate of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Prior to retiring, he was…

  • Myra Rhoads

    Mrs. Rhoads, 90, of Freehold Township, died Nov. 11, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Monroe, she had resided in Spotswood and East Brunswick before moving to Lakewood, where she had lived for 20 years. She moved to Freehold Township in 2005. Mrs. Rhoads was a machine operator at the Peter J.…

  • Kelly Gleason

    Ms. Gleason, 41, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Nov. 22, 2007, at Fountain View Care Center, Lakewood. Born in Denville, she was raised in Howell and had resided in Parsippany and Manhattan, N.Y., before moving to Brooklyn in 2003. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in Manhattan, Ms. Gleason was a freelance special-effects…

  • Students’ talent in music, production shines at HHS

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Julian “Jules” Drucker, 16, of Manalapan, gently stroked the strings on his red Ibanez electric guitar, alongside junior Isaac Rosenberg, who was operating the Digidesign interface mixing console, manipulating the sound of a potential song that the two students plan to create in the digital recording studio of Howell High…

  • Supt. tells Howell council school has sufficient space

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – In an effort to dispel rumors about Howell High School being overcrowded, Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools James Wasser came before the Township Council last week to give elected officials a status report of the school’s enrollment and physical capacity to house its students. Wasser…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Fans of the Howell High School football team cheer on the Rebels during the Central Jersey Group IV state championship game at Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, on Nov. 30. Howell defeated West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, 46-13, to win its first gridiron state crown.