• Eric Harold Foster Jr.

    Mr. Foster, 67, of Freehold, died Nov. 19, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a graduate of Freehold High School. Mr. Foster was a two-term Freehold Borough councilman, serving as council president, and was on the Economic Development Committee, Finance Committee, and Water and Sewer Committee. He also served on the Borough…

  • Leonard Jackson

    Mr. Jackson, 70, of Freehold, died Nov. 14, 2010, at home. He was born in Opportunity, Ala. Mr. Jackson was a buildings and grounds maintenance man at the Monmouth County Hall of Records, Freehold, where he was employed from 1985 until his retirement in 2007. He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy L. Jackson, in…

  • Theresa A. Digravina

    Mrs. Digravina, 76, of Manalapan, died Nov. 9, 2010, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was born in Manhattan and lived in Staten Island, N.Y., before moving to Manalapan 23 years ago. Mrs. Digravina was a bookkeeper for Grace National Bank in New York City. Afterward she was a homemaker. Mrs. Digravina was…

  • Gladys Violet DuBois Soden

    Mrs. Soden, 87, of Englishtown and Freehold, died Nov. 8, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to retiring, Mrs. Soden worked at the Freehold Raceway. She was predeceased by her husband, Marvin Soden; two brothers, Arthur and Fred DuBois; and four sisters, Anna Vader, Luella Davison, Marie Shutzer Shiroky and Evelyn Hopkins. Surviving…

  • Theodore D. Schofield

    Mr. Schofield, 79, of Marlboro, died suddenly in Aruba. He was born in New York and lived in Holmdel prior to moving to Marlboro 22 years ago. He was the chief financial officer for Hyundai Securities in New York City for over 20 years. Mr. Schofield was a survivor of the 9/11 terrorist attack on…

  • New Jersey higher education deserves support

    The Lumina Foundation recently released a state-bystate report on the higher educational needs of America, for success in the 21st century. It projects that New Jersey alone will have to successively increase the number of college graduates it produces annually by 5,600 per year, every single year, until 2025, to meet one of President Barack…

  • When the engine blows, and it’s 20 below

    CODA GREG BEAN I’ve been getting a real kick out of those “You always remember your first Subaru” ads, with lots of wistful people fondly remembering things that happened in their cars. There’s one with a young guy looking into the backseat of his Subaru, and you get an idea what he’s remembering, but the…

  • Marlboro gets recycling grant from Monmouth County

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders distributed two more 2010 municipal recycling grants to improve recycling in municipalities. Keansburg and Marlboro received their grant money at freeholder meetings last week. “This means a lot to us; we have a muddy yard,” said Keansburg Mayor James Coccuzza, who received a $7,500 grant. “We have gravel and…

  • District launches e-newsletter

    MARLBORO — The Marlboro K-8 School District recently launched its first districtwide electronic newsletter, E-School Notes, as its newest communication tool to reach parents and guardians. According to a press release, it is hoped that over time the entire Marlboro community will receive information from the school district via email communiqués. This new venture is…

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