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Affordable housing impact worries officials, residents
Marlboro calling on Gov. Corzine to suspend N.J. Fair Housing Act BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Applause erupted in Town Hall when residents who had packed the building to express their concerns about Marlboro’s affordable housing plan were told that the town’s officials would take action on a resolution which calls on state…
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If you are unable to make your mortgage payment:
1. Don’t ignore the problem. The further behind you become, the harder it will be to reinstate your loan and the more likely that you will lose your house. 2. Contact your lender as soon as you realize that you have a problem. Lenders do not want your house. They have options to help borrowers…
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Facing foreclosure is a new fact of life
Counselor offers tips to people who find themselves in tough spot BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer The figures may be shocking, but the number of residents in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties who are facing the possibility of losing their home to foreclosure is hitting a higher level every day. According to RealtyTrac, an online…
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3 officers among layoffs
Freehold Township mayor: ‘These are very difficult times’ BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The national recession is not only affecting the financial sector of big cities, it is hitting places like Freehold Township where three police officers will be laid off. Freehold Township officials have announced a plan to eliminate 20 positions this year.…
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Director makes cast feel at home
NYU senior Joseph Pernice films student project at his parents’ Marlboro residence BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer All is quiet on the set, and with the snap of a clapboard slate the camera begins to roll. Joseph Pernice intently watches the monitor, his director’s mind hard at work seeking ways to improve the scene that…
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Rose M. Sica
Mrs. Sica, 83, of Freehold Township, died Feb. 25, 2009, at Hartwyck at Edison, Edison Township. She was a communicant of St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, Freehold. Mrs. Sica was predeceased by two brothers, Ralph and Peter Colatrella. Surviving are her husband, Arsenio “Sam” Sica; two daughters, Camille Bevere and her husband, Raymond, and Donna…
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John J. Caliendo Sr.
Mr. Caliendo, 94, of Morganville, died Feb. 24, 2009, at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation, Shrewsbury. He resided in Matawan for 25 years, prior to relocating to Morganville. He was the proprietor of Rural Auto Body, Old Bridge, for 41 years, retiring in 1989. Prior to that, he was a welder at Kearny Shipyards, and worked…
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Betty Jane Oakley
Mrs. Oakley, 86, a resident of Freehold for 63 years, died Feb. 24, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. She was a member of the Old Tennent Presbyterian Church in Manalapan for over 40 years. Mrs. Oakley was predeceased by her husband, Charles, in 1991; and a sister, Marion Allen. She is survived…
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Florence Walthers
Mrs. Walthers, 88, of Hazlet, died Feb. 25, 2009, at home. She was a former nurses’ aide at St. Luke’s Hospital, Long Island, N.Y. She was predeceased by her husband, Harold Walthers, in 1981. She is survived by two sons and one daughter-in-law, James and Sue Walthers of Howell, and Patrick Walthers of Hazlet; and…
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