Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The Lacey Township School District is offering counseling services to students throughout the day until 8 p.m. Wednesday
Dan DiFabio, 18, was known for his smile and humor. “Dan, you were so amazing! You always had a smile on your face and you always made everyone smile and laugh around you,” Tina Monbleau said on Facebook. The Lacey Township High School senior was pronounced dead at his Forked River home Tuesday. The circumstances surrounding his death have not been released. Monbleau continued to call DiFabio a “sweetheart.” “We have such an amazing angel watching over us now and you’re in a very special place right now,” she said. A candlelight vigil was held in DiFabio’s memory Tuesday night and a makeshift Facebook page has been created in his honor. As of Wednesday afternoon, the page had 1,988 likes. According to DiFabio’s Facebook page, he …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The body of Marine Cpl. Christopher Monahan, who was killed in action in Afghanistan Nov. 26, is escorted home
With an honor guard of retired Marines standing by, the body of Marine Cpl. Christopher M. Monahan Jr. was returned to Ocean County on Tuesday. An escort of nearly 100 motorcycles, comprised of cyclists from the Legion Riders, the Patriot Riders, the Patriot Guard, as well as NJ state troopers, police from Toms River and police and firefighters from Island Heights, guarded and guided the path of Monahan's return, from the Delaware Memorial Bridge to Anderson & Campbell Funeral Home on Main Street in Toms River. Monahan, 25, a 2006 Central Regional High School graduate who grew up in Ocean Gate but more recently had lived in Island Heights, was killed in action on Nov. 26 in Afghanistan's Helmand Province when the truck he was riding in …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Celestine Kreitzer was pronounced dead on Tuesday, Oct. 30 due to hypothermia
Celestine Kreitzer was known as a “lovely lady.” Kreitzer, 94, of Forked River was one of four Ocean County residents who died due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy. She was pronounced dead on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 2:35 p.m. due to hypothermia, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. “She was courteous and outreaching. She was a real lady," neighbor Margaret Mukherjee said. "She sounded like a very gracious woman. In this day and age, that’s a wonderful value.” Kreitzer was found that Tuesday afternoon by her caretaker, who had reportedly tried to convince Kreitzer to evacuate on Monday afternoon but failed as she refused. “She died in a house she loved,” Mukherjee said. Kreitzer’s home is currently uninhabitable after Sandy’s …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Ana Kopack, 10, of Lanoka Harbor lost her battle with cancer on Wednesday, Sept. 26
Looking up to someone generally entails admiring someone of greater wisdom and experience, which usually comes with age. But in Lacey, many look up to someone of lesser stature, 10-year-old Anastasia Kopack. “She was 10 and she helped an 18-year-old girl through so much. If it wasn't for her I wouldn’t be where I am… She was amazing, and she could relate to so much at such a young age,” Rachel Lynn Inglis said of Ana. On Wednesday, Sept. 26 Ana, 10, lost her battle with cancer. She was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in March 2011. Although declared cancer free just more than a month ago, she started getting headaches and the doctors found a brain tumor. The tumor was removed successfully but others were found. …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Grief counselors will be available at Mill Pond School for students and parents from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday
The viewing for Anastasia Kopack, 10, of Lanoka Harbor, who lost her battle with cancer on Wednesday, will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28 in Bayville. Kopack passed away at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, according to her obituary. She was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in March 2011. She traveled to St. Christopher’s often for treatments. Kopack had graduated from Lanoka Harbor Elementary School, where she played the trumpet with her school band, her obituary said. She was a member of St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church, a part of their religious education program and the youth choir group. She was also a member of Girl Scout Troop #264. People are remembering …
Monday, September 10, 2012
Former Jackson Mayor, local Realtor will run against longtime incumbents
A newly chosen Democrat ticket for Ocean County freeholder will pit former Jackson mayor and local attorney Joseph Grisanti and Beachwood Realtor Patricia Barndt against Republican incumbents John C. Bartlett, Jr. and Gerry P. Little. The November race saw changes after Democrats George Cevasco and Bonnie Verga withdrew as candidates. Kevin Barron, chairman of the Candidate Screening Committee for the Ocean County Democrats, said the pair withdrew for personal reasons. "We appreciate their interest and are sorry they weren't able to run, but we are excited and energized about Patricia Barndt and Joseph Grisanti," Barron said. Grisanti and Barndt were nominated and unanimously chosen as the candidates at the county Democratic meeting Sunday…
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Three doctors on list for Toms River
The Medical Marijuana Program Patient Registry begins today in New Jersey, as the Department of Health allows qualified patients and their caregivers to apply for identification cards. “The Department has made every effort to make the process as user friendly as possible,” said Health Commissioner Mary E. O’Dowd in a news release. “Registered physicians have had access to the system since July to become familiar with it and have their questions answered.” The department has a list of more than 100 physicians, including three in Ocean County, authorized to recommend medical marijuana to patients. All three are in Toms River: Patients and their doctors can register through the Department of Health medical marijuana registration website. …
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Jack Flynn, 68, was a Lacey police officer and 36-year member of the fire department
Jack Flynn was the kind of guy who gave to the community unceasingly of his time. When he wasn't patrolling Lacey's streets as a police officer, he was helping to fight fires as a member of the Forked River Fire Department. He served in the New Jersey National Guard. And he even found time to coach soccer, according to his son, Kevin. "He coached the whole time I was playing, at least 10 years," Kevin Flynn said. But Jack Flynn didn't do it for accollades; he did it because that's what he did. "I just think my dad wanted to give back to the community," Kevin Flynn said. John W. "Jack" Flynn, who died on July 2, was laid to rest last Friday after a funeral Mass at St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church in Forked River. His funeral was attended by…
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Good friends of Mollicone, a Lacey man who was killed in a recent motorcycle accident, reminisce
The hot rays of a summer sun beamed down on a deck of a home on Lakeside Drive South. Shielded by an umbrella, friends sat in a circle mourning, smiling and reminiscing. It had been just three days since their close friend, Joseph Mollicone, 31, of Forked River passed away after suffering fatal injuries due to a motorcycle accident on Nautilus Boulevard. “It feels so surreal,” Frank Pezzuti said. “I don’t think it’s really hit any of us yet,” Cheryl Detora said, adding that she keeps thinking she’s going to wake up from the nightmare. They remembered Mollicone, a 2000 Lacey Township High School graduate, by his smile, great friendship, uplifting personality and good advice. “I grew up with him from middle school,” Pezzuti said. “He’s …
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Joshua Stanton Cramer was celebrated in academics and athletics
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
An Ocean County teen celebrated for his academic and athletic achievements has died following a battle with brain cancer, according to a death announcement. Joshua Stanton Cramer, 14, of Jackson, died Tuesday after what an obituary posted to the Timothy E. Ryan Home for Funerals calls a "courageous" fight against Diffused Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a rare and aggressive form of brain stem cancer. The teen, who was born in Lakewood, attended Ocean Day School there and won the Citizenship award 4 years in a row. He transferred to Switlik Elementary School and won the Ocean County Guidance Councilors Caring Award, an honor given to one fifth grade student at each county middle school, according to the obituary. At Goetz Middle School, he was …
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