• Ellen S. Gilbertson

    Ms. Gilbertson, 82, of Rumson, died Aug. 12, 2010. She was an avid sportswoman and an interior decorator. Ms. Gilbertson was a member of the Sea Bright Beach Club and the Rumson Country Club, where she was the ladies golf champion several times and a past board member. She was a former member of the…

  • Frances E. Patsco

    Ms. Patsco, 72, of Lavallette, died July 31, 2010. She was an administrative assistant for the Elizabeth Board of Education for 25 years, retiring in 2002. Surviving is a son, Joseph and his wife, Cathy, of Little Silver; two daughters, Lorraine Patsco of Jamesburg and Carolyn Cook and husband, Steven, of Belford; two sisters, Lucy…

  • Patricia Ann Granato

    Ms. Granato, 48, of Monmouth Beach, died Aug. 11, 2010, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, after a short illness. She had a long and successful career in marketing and sales in the natural food business and helped launch a number of renowned products, including Smart Water, Clif Bar, and Vans. Ms. Granato is survived…

  • Religious tolerance doesn’t require blind acceptance

    In Mr. Greg Bean’s weakly [sic] musings (“From Another Angle, Things Aren’t as Bad as They Looked,” Aug. 19), he graciously spares publisher Diane Gooch from his “mean-spirited diatribe” and then attacks her for being a person of “privilege.” Mr. Bean makes the argument in his column that religious freedom is one of the things…

  • Think about the horses during carriage rides

    Everyone thinks that the classic horse-drawn carriage is romantic, but no one thinks of the animal. Why should horses have to ride people around the streets when we are perfectly capable of walking around ourselves? If you just picture yourself in the horse’s place then, maybe you’ll understand why they should not have to drag…

  • It may not be too late, Fair Havenites

    In December 2008 the borough made an offer to buy a 1.02-acre waterfront property (Robard’s property) on the Navesink River at the end of DeNormandie Avenue for a price of $1,217,500 in cash, notes and bonds, plus the costs and responsibility for tearing down the house on the property, removing the underground oil tank, providing…

  • Trenton fashion: This fall they’re all wearing black

    CODA GREG BEAN I guess you could say this whole sordid mess is just another black eye for the New Jersey Education Association, but that organization has gotten so many black eyes in the last year you can hardly tell the difference.   It’s certainly a black eye for (now former) N.J. Department of Education…

  • Doctor charged with conspiring to sell prescription drugs

    TINTON FALLS — As a result of a joint investigation, criminal charges were filed Aug. 27 against a Tinton Falls doctor by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Officers arrested anesthesiologist Dr. Barry K. Ray Jr., 36, and charged him with one count of second-degree conspiracy to distribute a prescription legend drug; two counts of fourth-degree…

  • Red Bank ‘StreetLife’

    Above: Nielsen Walzog, of Red Bank, plays the banjo on Aug. 28 as part of StreetLife, a series of Saturday evening outdoor performances held throughout downtown Red Bank during the summer. Right: Heart of New Jersey Chorus members entertain passers-by as part of StreetLife, which is sponsored by Red Bank RiverCenter, the downtown alliance that…

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