Category: Independent Opinion
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Elizabeth Ann Johnson Baumgardner
Mrs. Baumgardner, 58, of Matawan, died Dec. 5, 2009, at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack. She had resided in Manalapan before relocating to Matawan eight years ago. Mrs. Baumgardner was an administrative assistant to the principal at The Children’s Home Mary A. Dobbins School, Mount Holly. Prior to that, she was an executive assistant at…
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Holt, Pallone have done their duty with health care votes
AARP thanks Reps. Rush Holt and Frank Pallone for their votes in favor of better health care for every New Jerseyan. With the passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR- 3962), we are one step closer to a stronger Medicare for seniors and future generations, and stable, affordable health care options for…
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Peter P. Machonis
Mr. Machonis, 86, of Keyport, died Nov. 22, 2009, at home. He was a doorman at Baker Theater, Dover, retiring in 1985. Prior to that, Mr. Machonis was a bartender at Kelsey’s Bar, Jersey City, for several years. He was predeceased by a sister, Ann Kelsey. Surviving are his wife, Leona Resauit Machonis; a stepdaughter,…
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Barbara A. Manzella
Mrs. Manzella, 62, of the Belford section of Middletown, died Nov. 21, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, Casper Manzella. Mrs. Manzella is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Robyn Manzella of Belford and Deborah and Kevin Ricardo of Middletown; two sons and daughters-in-law, Brian Manzella and…
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Louanne R. Acerra
Ms. Acerra, 51, of Middletown, died Nov. 30, 2009, at home. She had been a longtime resident of Shrewsbury before relocating to Middletown. Mrs. Acerra was a den mother for the Cub Scouts. She was predeceased by her parents, Louis Acerra and Anne Acerra-Ferrante; and three brothers, Ralph, Bobby and Dominick Acerra. She is survived…
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In long battle over shaky degrees, taxpayers suffer
Coda • GREG BEAN The interminable dispute in the Freehold Regional High School District over administrators and teachers who got ginned-up degrees from an unaccredited and highly suspicious online diploma mill just won’t go away. Regular readers know the saga of the tale’s most highly visible player, FRHSD Superintendent of Schools James Wasser, who got…
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Matawan Regional test scores yield mixed results
Administrators adopt strategies to boost student scores BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Standardized test scores at Matawan Regional High School showed slight improvements in language arts and mathematics, but more work needs to be done to help struggling students, administrators said. “If we want our students to excel, we need to develop the…
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Sharon D. Lee-Borello
Mrs. Lee-Borello, 46, of the Leonardo section of Middletown, died Nov. 20, 2009, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, following a lengthy illness. She was a secretary at Rice Associates, Fair Haven, retiring due to illness. Mrs. Lee-Borello was predeceased by a sister, Dawn Byrnes. Surviving are her husband, Glen D.…
