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Creative expression may be therapeutic for veterans
GUEST COLUMN ORD ELLIOTT No matter how well-adjusted returning or returned veterans appear, they are likely carrying wounds that cut deep, and that pain sticks with them for the rest of their lives When I came back from the Vietnam War, I filed all that pain away as “personal,” but it invariably came out in…
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Ammiano, Cook score win in Freehold Twp.
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Voters elected Republicans Anthony Ammiano and Thomas Cook to three-year terms on the Township Committee in the Nov. 6 election. According to unofficial results provided by the township clerk, Ammiano received 8,145 votes and Cook received 7,730 votes. That was enough to turn back a challenge…
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Stephen R. Spizzirri
Mr. Spizzirri, 26, of Freehold Township, died Oct. 24, 2012, as a result of a motor vehicle accident. He was born in Ridgewood and was a lifelong Freehold Township resident. Mr. Spizzirri was a graduate of Freehold Township High School, class of 2004, and a parishioner of St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, Freehold Township. He…
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Betty Lois Schmitz
Mrs. Schmitz, 86, of Howell, died Oct. 23, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring, she was the owner and operator of Colonial Acres, a residential health care facility in Millstone Township, for 27 years. She was predeceased by her husband, George Schmitz in 1995; and a brother, Alfred Yarnall. Surviving are…
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Joseph J. Lang
Mr. Lang, 83, of Howell, died Oct. 20, 2012, at home. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving during World War II. He was predeceased by his wife, Beatrice Lang, in 1999. Surviving are two daughters, Brigette Lang of Ocean Grove and Maureen Gregory of Howell; three grandchildren; and two sisters, Elizabeth Zappulla of Howell…
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Paul W. Pitts
Mr. Pitts, 65, of Jackson, formerly of Freehold, died Oct. 18, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was employed as the director of engineering for the past 10 years at Main Steel, Tinton Falls. Prior to that, he worked for Main Tape for 14 years. Surviving are his wife of 21 years, Jody…
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Rachel A. Lauzon
Mrs. Lauzon, 85, of Jackson, formerly of East Brunswick, died Oct. 30, 2012, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Prior to retiring in 1993, she was employed as a bookkeeper for the North Village Apartments, North Brunswick. She was a 35-year breast cancer survivor. Mrs. Lauzon was predeceased by her husband, John “Jack” Lauzon in May;…
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Dennis Michael Galamb
Mr. Galamb, 66, formerly of Sewaren, died Oct. 8, 2012, at the Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale, Pa. He was a business owner and entrepreneur in the entertainment and sports industries along with his wife, Mertie, for many years. He was a builder and architect of all the family homes. He moved to Lake Ariel, Pa.,…
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Raymond Joseph Jones
Mr. Jones, 86, of Morganville, formerly of Hazlet, died Oct. 4, 2012 at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was a retired philatelic clerk with the United States Postal Service. Mr. Jones served in the U.S. Army during World War II, in France and Germany, as a crewman in the tank division. Surviving are his wife…
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