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Extend economic relief to Social Security beneficiaries
For the first time since 1975, Social Security beneficiaries will not receive a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) this year. For over three decades, millions of Americans have counted on these annual increases to help make ends meet. Particularly in this economic climate, having this extra protection is even more critical for the financial security…
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Congress urged to pass responsible health care legislation
Health care reform certainly isn’t easy. But failing to pass a comprehensive overhaul shouldn’t be an option. Right now, more than 45 millionAmericans don’t have health insurance. Given the current recession, that number is likely on the rise. And national health care spending continues to escalate at an alarming rate. Congress’s health care bills certainly…
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Businesses must remove snow from handicap spaces
Heavy snows make it hard for people with disabilities to navigate. It is doubly hard when many businesses block their accessible (handicapped) parking spaces, curb cuts and accessible routes by dumping snow collected from other spaces in them. For example, I have been prevented from entering a medical arts building, Chinese restaurant and bagel shop…
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Sen.’s actions speak louder
Sen. Frank Lautenberg recently fell while in his home state of New Jersey and insisted to be transported to Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York for treatment. His insistence to be treated in a New York hospital would not have been allowed by the health care bill that he recently voted for. Another case…
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WWII veterans of Pacific will tell their stories
Brookdale Community College’s Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution will host a 65th anniversary commemoration on Saturday, Feb. 27. I will be providing a very special battle scene diorama to accompany Gilmon Brooks’ recollections of his Marine landing on Iwo Jima. Gil served when the Marines were a segregated branch of the…
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Wendy A. Russhon
Ms. Russhon, 60, of Brick and formerly of Eatontown, died Jan. 11, 2010, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a legal secretary for Jules Rossi, Esq., Asbury Park, for 18 years. Surviving are two sisters, Jackie Misiewicz of Jackson and Susan Ferioli and her husband, Robert, of Plymouth, Mass.; a godson;…
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Nobuhisa “Nobu” Yamada
Dr. Yamada, 35, of Tinton Falls died unexpectedly Feb. 18, 2010. He was born in Vancouver, Canada, and was a graduate of Northwestern University. Dr. Yamada went on to attend medical school at Rush Medical College in Chicago and completed his residency in anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Surviving are his wife, Kate,…
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Crichton “Mac” Mc Kee
Mr. Mc Kee, 83, a resident of Eatontown for 10 years, died Feb. 17, 2010. A veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II, he worked as a welder for Hudson Engineering in Hoboken and also Geldback Refrigeration Co. in Sparta. Mr. Mc Kee was a steamfitter who helped build the World Trade Center.…
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Edward J. Dusko
Mr. Dusko, 89, of Sayreville, died Feb. 11, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as an instrument mechanic at Hercules Inc., Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 41 years. A member of the Sayreville Borough Council 1961-69, he also served as council president. His wife, Veronica E. Koller Dusko,…
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