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Dominick Paul “Don” Castronovo
Mr. Castronovo, 67, of Jackson, formerly of Long Valley, died April 23, 2012. Prior to retiring, he was employed in the insurance business. He predeceased by his wife, Barbara, on April 3. Surviving are two children, Danielle Wheeler and her husband, Scott, and Paul Castronovo and his wife, Amy; and three grandchildren. A funeral liturgy…
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Paul G. Hobbs Jr.
Mr. Hobbs, 60, of Piscataway and formerly of Old Bridge, died April 18, 2012, at home. A Navy veteran, he was the plant manager for Sunshine Biscuit, Sayreville, for 20 years before becoming the plant manager for Saker ShopRite Bakeries in Freehold. He was plant supervisor for Automatic Rolls, Edison, before his retirement. Surviving are…
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Donald Michael Petzold
Mr. Petzold, 76, of Jackson, and formerly of Jamesburg, died April 14, 2012, at CareOne at Raritan Bay Medical Center. He was a vice principal at Cedar Ridge High School in Old Bridge for 26 years, retiring in 1992. Prior to that, he had worked for the State Home for Boys in Monroe for 10…
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Elizabeth “Bette” Pillar Scott
Mrs. Scott, 87, of East Brunswick, died April 14, 2012, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a star player in the New Brunswick Women’s Basketball League in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She was a communicant of Corpus Christi Church, South River, and a member of the Corpus Christi Altar Rosary…
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business briefs •••
Harmony Bank, Jackson, recently reported a 2012 first-quarter net profit of $152,000, or 10 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $52,000, or 3 cents per share, for the same period a year ago. The net interest income for the period ending March 31, 2012, totaled $1.15 million, an increase of $271,000, or…
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ARE WE THERE YET
He’s a cool one, that darn Douglas … LORI CLINCH I t has been said that I can’t stand to lose an argument. I would profoundly disagree with that. Yet, I must admit that I do love to debate an issue now and then. Take the other day, for instance, when I was leaning on…
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Relay for Life organizers have big fundraising goal
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — Organizers of the second annual Jackson Relay for Life will hold their event from the evening of May 11 to the morning of May 12 at Jackson Liberty High School, 125 North Hope Chapel Road, Jackson. Participants in the Relay for Life will walk around the track at…
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Race to Educate returns to Howell
HOWELL— The Howell Township Education Foundation (HTEF) will hold its third annual Race to Educate, a 5K race/walk on June 2 at Howell Middle School South. The race/walk will begin at 9 a.m. and will benefit the HTEF, a nonprofit organization that was established in 2005 to promote and sponsor programs designed to enhance and…
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Former owners of Mulligan’s plead guilty to tax evasion
Two law partners, former owners of Mulligan’s Bar and Restaurant in Howell, admitted their respective roles in a conspiracy to evade taxes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced on April 26. Donald Grasso, 65, of Brielle, and Dale Orlovsky, 66, of Toms River, law partners and former owners of Mulligan’s, each pleaded guilty to separate…
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