• Seeing is believing: the awful toll of war

    Boots signify lives lost at war BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The financial cost of war is often spelled out for the public, tallied in the billions of dollars spent on weapons and technology, but how is the human cost of war illustrated? PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Seventy-eight pairs of military boots arranged…

  • New Jersey preps study of school consolidation

    12 school ‘clusters’ to be studied in Monmouth BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The State Department of Education is moving forward with plans to study the consolidation of school districts and will work with a handful of public colleges and universities to assess its controversial school consolidation feasibility studies. The universities and colleges, which have…

  • Coastal evacuation plan coordinates exodus

    Plan will give county tools in event of natural disaster BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Monmouth County has unveiled a draft plan for coastal evacuation that takes a comprehensive look at the facilities necessary to move residents safely away from coastal areas. The yearlong study of coastal evacuation routes prepared for the Monmouth County Planning…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Young fishermen just had to bring fishing poles and tackle to the youth fishing derby at Wampum Park in Eatontown on June 6; worms were supplied by the Eatontown Recreation Advisory Committee.

  • Edward M. Rosell

    Mr. Rosell, 89, of the Lincroft section of Middletown, died May 24, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was insurance broker and founder of The Rosell Insurance Agency, New York City, and later Lincroft. He is survived by his wife Isabelle Rosell; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Bernard and Mary Rosell of Lincroft,…

  • Regina T. Pindell Kraemer

    Mrs. Kraemer, 80, of the Belford section of Middletown, died June 4, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was a senior bookkeeper at the business office at Middletown Township Board of Education for more than 25 years. She was also a service representative at N.Y. Telephone, New York City, for five years. She…

  • Lt. Col. William F. deSante, USAF (Ret.)

    Mr. deSante, 88, of Fair Haven, died May 26, 2009, at home. He was distribution and transportation manager at Simmons Company, Elizabeth, retiring in 1985, and worked as a consultant until his death. Mr. deSante was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps, enlisting in 1942. His awards and decorations include the Army…

  • Laria D. Stafurik

    Mrs. Stafurik, 50, of Ocean Township, died June 6, 2009 at home. She was a quality assurance manager at MDS Pharmaceuticals, Neptune, for six years. She was predeceased by her parents, Demetrius and Inna Dvoichenko- Markov. She is survived by a son, Mark Stafurik; and a brother, Vlad Dvoichenko-Markov. Visitation will be June 11 from…

  • Luigi Baldi, M.D.

    Dr. Baldi, 80, of West Long Branch, died May 31, 2009, at home. He had a 40-year practice in cardiology at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Dr. Baldi was predeceased by a brother, Ferdinando Baldi, in 2007. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Martha Livingston Baldi; two daughters and a son-in-law, Gina…

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