• Barry J. Goldberg

    Mr. Goldberg, 74, of Toms River, died May 6, 2010, at Riverview Hospital, Red Bank. He was a mechanical engineer for the first half of his career and worked in the health care industry for the second half. Mr. Goldberg was a lifelong volunteer with the Contact phone crisis hotline and worked for 10 years…

  • Mary Elizabeth McEnroe Ryan

    Mrs. Ryan, 81, of Little Silver and Ponte Vedra, Fla., died May 7, 2010, at McGraw Hospice Center, Ponte Vedra, after a brief illness. Formerly of Middletown, she was active in St. Mary’s Parish and taught for 30 years in the Matawan Regional school district. Mrs. Ryan was predeceased by her husband of 40 years,…

  • Catherine L. Christoph Colmorgen

    Mrs. Colmorgen, 92, of Red Bank, died May 7, 2010. She had been a nurse at Riverview Medical Center, the John L. Montgomery Medical Home and Monmouth Medical Center. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Red Bank. Mrs. Colmorgen was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Carl, in 2001; and a sister,…

  • Marathons should not be allowed to disrupt entire cities

    It is time to apply some common sense to marathons. If a marathon raises awareness or money to help find a solution for a situation, I’m all for it. But why is it necessary to disrupt the business and normal operation of entire cities? The goal of a marathon is to provide a course that…

  • EMT volunteer numbers are on the decline

    The volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) community’s financial fears are becoming reality. In December 2009, then-Gov. Jon Corzine transferred $4 million from the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Training Fund to the general fund to help offset a budget shortfall. As a result, since April 1, the fund reimburses only part of the volunteer EMTs educational…

  • Wildlife rehabilitator says TNR doesn’t work

    Trap-Neuter-Return does not result in a significant reduction of the feral cat population as noted by the American Veterinary Medical Association. Any cat that evades capture is fed and better able to breed. Managed colonies serve as dumping grounds for irresponsible pet owners. Managed colonies exist indefinitely. Feral cats are not wildlife and are not…

  • In my day, sonny, we got numbers in a book

    CODA GREG BEAN If the phone company stops printing and delivering residential white pages, as Verizon has asked regulators permission to do in New York and New Jersey, what am I going to use as a doorstop, or to raise my computer monitor an extra 3 or 4 inches? On the one hand, Verizon’s request…

  • Running for a good cause

    Above: Michael Foggia (765), of Rumson, races to the finish line May 9 during the Rumson-Fair Haven Run which raises scholarship money for high school students at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School. Right: Connor Medrow (747) and Nancy Medrow (746), of Fair Haven, get close to the finish line. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY

  • Handlin: Proposed water rate hike ‘unconscionable’

    N.J. American may institute tiered-pricing structure in Monmouth BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer New Jersey American Water (NJAW) attracted the attention of Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R–District 13) when it proposed to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) a nearly 14 percent rate increase and tiered pricing. Amy Handlin “I have constituents who have…

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