COVID claims life of former Howell mayor Suzanne Veitengruber
COVID claims life of former Howell mayor Suzanne Veitengruber ×
HOWELL – The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the life of Suzanne Veitengruber, 71, who served on Howell’s governing body in the early 1990s and was the township’s mayor in 1991.
Veitengruber died on Jan. 20 from COVID-19, according to an announcement made on Facebook by her son, George Veitengruber, and daughter, Melissa Veitengruber Skrocki.
They said their mother was “a professor, mayor, town councilwoman, township administrator, advocate and adviser but, moreover, she was a wife of 49 years, a dedicated mother who never missed a game, a meet or a concert, and a Gigi who loved and spoiled her five grandchildren.”
COVID claims life of former North Brunswick CFO
COVID claims life of former North Brunswick CFO
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the life of Suzanne Veitengruber, 71, who served on Howell’s governing body in the early 1990s and was the township’s mayor in 1991.
In her professional career, Veitengruber worked as a municipal administrator in Keansburg; as the chief financial officer in North Brunswick, Tabernacle Township and Shrewsbury Township; and as the acting administrator in South Bound Brook.
Veitengruber died on Jan. 20 from COVID-19, according to an announcement made on Facebook by her son, George Veitengruber, and daughter, Melissa Veitengruber Skrocki.
HOWELL – Republican Township Councilman Thomas Russo will serve as Howell’s deputy mayor during 2021.
In the absence of the mayor, the deputy mayor runs the meetings of the Township Council. Russo succeeds Republican Councilwoman Evelyn O’Donnell, who served as deputy mayor during 2020.
Russo and O’Donnell are joined on the council by Democratic Mayor Theresa Berger, Democratic Councilman John Bonevich and Republican Councilwoman Pamela Richmond.
The council held its 2021 reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. After Russo was elected deputy mayor by his fellow members of the governing body, he was sworn in by Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden.
“Thank you to my colleagues for the unanimous support, it does mean a lot. I got to know all of you very well over the last two years and I am looking forward to continuing to work with all of you in doing some great things and working together,” Russo said.
HOWELL – Democrat Theresa Berger and Republican Evelyn O’Donnell were sworn in to begin serving new four-year terms on Howell’s governing body during the Jan. 5 reorganization meeting.
Berger, who will begin serving her second term as mayor, congratulated O’Donnell, who will begin serving her second term as a councilwoman.
In Howell’s form of government, residents directly elect the mayor, who serves as a member of the five-person Township Council. Berger and O’Donnell are joined on the council by Democrat John Bonevich and Republicans Thomas Russo and Pamela Richmond.
In her mayoral address, Berger said, “To the citizens of Howell, thank you for your confidence which was evident with an overwhelming re-election. I will work hard to fulfill our dreams of good, positive development, and maintain your trust.
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