• Francisco Acosta

    Mr. Acosta, 72, of Old Bridge, died Sept. 4, 2010, at home. He was employed as a bus driver with NJ Transit for more than 20 years. Surviving are his wife, Raquel Acosta; a son and daughter in-law, Carlos and Lisa Acosta; a daughter and son-in-law, Marlene and Lee Jupinka of Old Bridge; his mother,…

  • Melvin “Mike” Butrica

    Mr. Butrica, 90, of Milltown, died Aug. 30, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He served on the Milltown Board of Adjustment and was a 40-year Democratic Committeeman and a member of the Milltown Democratic Social Club. He was predeceased by a grandson, Thomas Zdunek, and by several brothers and sisters. Surviving are…

  • Rudolph Kovacs

    Mr. Kovacs, 82, of Sayreville, died Aug. 31, 2010, at home. His wife, Elisabeth, died in 2003. Surviving are two daughters, Susan Restine, and her husband, Paul, of Monroe and Linda Kovacs, and her husband, Grant Brown; and three grandchildren. Services were held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Perth Amboy. Entombment was in Franklin Memorial…

  • Julia Koval Poklikuha

    Mrs. Poklikuha, 96, of Brick, formerly of South River, died Aug. 28, 2010, in Monmouth County Care G.L. Thompson Nursing Home, Allenwood section of Wall. Prior to her retirement in 1968, she was employed by Carter-Wallace, Cranbury, where she worked for 20 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael, and by a son, Gerald.…

  • Harriet S. Matthews

    Mrs. Matthews, 93, of Freehold Township, died Sept. 9, 2010, at the Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Hazlet. She was born in Irvington, raised in Union Beach and had resided in Keyport before moving to Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, Ray Matthews, in 1984; a son, Ray, in 2007; and a granddaughter, Michelle,…

  • Patrick Campbell

    Mr. Campbell, 87, of the Leonardo section of Middletown, died Sept. 3, 2010, in Neptune. A veteran of the U.S. Army during Word War II, he was a member of the Leonardo First Aid; the American Legion Post 338, where he was the service officer; and a member of the Monmouth County Democratic Club. Mr.…

  • Robert Burns

    Mr. Burns, 96, of Hazlet, died Sept. 3, 2010, at his daughter’s home in Hazlet. He worked with Local 32B, New York City, retiring in 1982. Mr. Burns was predeceased by his wife, Alice Patricia Gilroy Burns, in 1987; and his brothers and sisters. Surviving are two daughters, Jane Patricia Breen and Catherine Helen Love;…

  • Dominick F. “Ace” Manzo

    Mr. Manzo, 87, a resident of Aberdeen for 55 years, died Aug. 30, 2010, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. A World War II veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, he was the founder and owner of Ace Construction Co., now named Ace Manzo Inc., and D. Manzo & Son, which was established more than 60…

  • Senate must act to avert another environmental tragedy

    The devastating Deepwater Horizon oil disaster has killed thousands of birds, hundreds of endangered and threatened sea turtles and dozens of marine mammals. It has impacted hundreds of miles of coastline and severely damaged the tourism-and fisheries-based economy of the region. The full extent of the environmental and economic impacts may not be known for…

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