Category: Independent Opinion
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Joseph G. Fournier
Mr. Fournier, 53, of Middletown, died Feb. 11, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He is survived by his wife, Debra Fournier; his parents, Margaret and Joseph A. Fournier; two children, Jennifer and Joseph W.; and a sister, Annmarie. Arrangements were by John F. Pfleger Funeral Home, Middletown.
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Cynthia Wurum Swiatek
Mrs. Swiatek, 77, of Middletown, died Feb. 8, 2009, at home. She was predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Frank Swiatek, in 2006. She is survived by two daughters and one sonin law, Lynne and Edwin Johnson of Downers Grove, Ill., and Ellen Swiatek of Middletown; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Frank and Valerie…
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Elizabeth Papai Varsanyi
Mrs. Varsanyi, 83, of Edison, died Feb. 11, 2009, at Care One at the Highlands, Edison. She was an office worker at Newark Board of Education for 25 years, retiring 30 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, Julius Varsanyi, in 1986. Mrs. Varsanyi is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Zoltan and Nancy…
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Flora Jean Schwartz
Mrs. Schwartz, 75, of Ocean Township, died Feb. 13, 2009, at home. She had resided in Elizabeth and Holmdel before relocating to Ocean Township in 1987. Before her retirement in 2006, Mrs. Schwartz was employed by the Multiple Sclerosis Association, Ocean. Prior to that, she was employed for several years at her family’s business, Auto…
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Maria Korowsky Lapa
Mrs. Lapa, 85, of Tinton Falls, died Feb. 12, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She resided in Matawan prior to relocating to Seabrook Village, Tinton Falls, 10 years ago. Before her retirement, Mrs. Lapa was a secretary at E.I. DuPont, Parlin, for several years. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank F.…
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Hazlet prepares for expanded pre-K classes
District budgets $800K for upgrades to schools BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer HAZLET — The Hazlet School District is eight months away from starting an expanded preschool program and is now looking at what upgrades need to be done to the schools to accommodate the added classes. Superintendent of Schools William O. George said the…
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BOE preps ‘tentative’ budget to meet deadline
County wants budget prior to gov.’s budget address BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Board of Education has begun the budget process a little earlier than normal because the county wants school budgets submitted before the governor’s budget address. According to Business Administrator William Doering, Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s deadline is forcing the…
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MHSS Eagles Hall of Fame inducts class of 2009
1,000-point scorers: Danielle Pankey (l-r), Kevin Murawinski, Heather Litzebauer, Frank Bennett, David Cerchio, Andrea Ashuck Mrusek and Mary Gilligan Arvanitis. MIDDLETOWN — Ten superior athletes, two teams and a coach were inducted into the High School South Eagles Hall of Fame for 2009. After the banquet and induction ceremony at Middletown South on Jan. 23,…
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Heather Grace Sherman
Miss Sherman, 22, of Middletown, died Feb. 18, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was a 2008 graduate of Middletown High School South, where she was an assistant manager of the varsity soccer team. She enjoyed music and the computer. She is survived by her parents, Kathleen and Walter “Butch” Sherman Jr.; and…
