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Plant a garden and butterflies will come
Students at Hazlet’s Middle School planted a courtyard garden designed to attract colorful butterflies to the school grounds. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Chenowa Wendel sets plants in a new butterfly garden at Hazlet’s Middle School on May 11. Below: Vanessa Ali and Becky Terranova water the plants designed to attract butterflies. “We chose…
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Budget on hold, discussion rolls on
Despite a backlog of paperwork at state level, Twp. Committee talks dollars and sense BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Despite taking no action on the 2009 municipal budget, the Holmdel Township Committee completed what one resident deemed a “successful” conversation about this year’s reductions and curtailed spending. “I castigated you all on Monday night…
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Residents demand answers as taxes rise
Impact of reassessments weighs on homeowners BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Residents turned out in full force at the May 19 Matawan Borough Council meeting to draw elected officials’ attention to the rising cost of living in the borough. What began as a budget hearing quickly turned into a question-and-answer session when residents peppered…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Phil Coccio, Aberdeen, looks over the names inscribed on a monument to veterans and firefighters at Memorial Park before the start of Matawan’s annual Memorial Day parade on May 24.
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Mary Isabel Smith
Mrs. Smith, 92, of Middletown, died May 8, 2009. She was preceded by her husband, Doyle Smith, in 1999. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Charles Harris of Fair Haven; a half-brother, Charles Toes of Memphis, Tenn.; and a grandson. A funeral liturgy was celebrated at St. Mary’s Chapel, New Monmouth…
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Joan Patricia Mullin
Mrs. Mullin, 69, of Middletown, died May 19, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a member of the New Jersey Watercolor Society. She was predeceased by a brother, Robert Fanning. She is survived by her husband, Henry Mullin; a sister, Carol Fanning of Swan Lake, N.Y.; a brother, Richard Fanning of Pennsylvania; and…
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Mary April Belmonte
Mrs. Belmonte, 55, of Middletown, died April 30, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was vice president and director at Reserve Fund, New York City, retiring in 2008. She was predeceased by her parents, Wanda and Albert Pszeniczny; and her husband, Patrick, in April 2009. She is survived by two sisters, Christine Alexander…
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Robin Jay Fierro
Ms. Fierro, 44, of Millstone, died April 16, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Elizabeth, she had resided in Rahway, Old Bridge and Aberdeen before moving to Millstone five years ago. She was employed as a floor worker at Barnes & Noble, Hamilton, for 13 years. She is survived by her companion,…
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Kay L. Epifano
Mrs. Epifano, 65, of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, died May 6, 2009, at home. She was a private caretaker for the elderly for more than 20 years. She is survived by her husband, Nicholas W. Epifano; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Patricia and Richard Geiger of Tinton Falls, Nicola and Jason Armbrust of…
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