Category: Independent Opinion
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Student defends MRHS against letter writer’s attack
Upon reading Mrs. Lori Ayanian’s letter, I looked up the state report card for Matawan Regional High School (MRHS) on the state Department of Education (DOE)Web site. Themost updated year listedwas for the 2006-07 school year and by comparing the graduation types, one can see that 89 percent ofMRHS students graduated by passing theHSPA. The…
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Paul L. Rendelson
Mr. Rendelson, 84, of the River Plaza section of Middletown, died March 24, 2008, at RiverviewMedical Center, Red Bank. He was a retired U.S. Navy captain, with his last duty station at the Defense Department Administration Services, Philadelphia, in 1976. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Jane; a son, Kirk of Red…
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Helene J. Gurbisz
Mrs. Gurbisz, 86, of Hazlet, died March 26, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, HenryW. Gurbisz, in 1984; two brothers; and a sister. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Henry J. and Marion Gurbisz of Middletown, and Richard J. and Cathy Gurbisz of Bloomingdale; two daughters…
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Agnes Baccaro DeAngelo
Mrs. DeAngelo, 91, of Middletown, died March 27, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was employed in the cafeteria at Middletown High School North for 20 years, retiring in the 1980s. She was predeceased by her husband of 49 years, Nicholas DeAngelo, in 1999; a sister,Marie Vanderzee; and five brothers, David, Dominic, Joseph,…
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Virginia Sicurella
Mrs. Sicurella, 84, of Hazlet, died March 27, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, Dominick Sicurella, in 1995. She is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Maria and Philip DiMeo of Bloomfield, and Frances De- Marro of theWest Keansburg section of Hazlet; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.…
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Erminia “Dolly” Minetti G. Fernandes
Mrs. Fernandes, 88, of Keyport, died March 30, 2008, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. She was a maintenance worker at NJ Bell, Orange, for 20 years, retiring in 1981. She was predeceased by her husbands, Joseph Grimsey in 1966, and Oracio Fernandes in 1990; a brother, Jerry Minetti; and three sisters, Filomena Cicchia, Elizabeth…
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James K. Shea Jr.
Mr. Shea, 80, of Monmouth Beach, died April 1, 2008, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was Rumson Chief of Police, retiring in 1980 after 29 years’ service. He was a member of the Monmouth County Police Chiefs Association, and FBI National Academy Association. He is survived by his wife…
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Robert E. Chesnowitz
Mr. Chesnowitz, 80, of Middletown, died April 2, 2008, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. He was a retired electronics engineer at CBS Laboratories, Stanford, Conn. He is survived by his wife, Lucia Penn Chesnowitz; two sons, Robert Chesnowitz of Hazlet, and Joseph Chesnowitz of Manahawkin; a daughter, Lynn Marie Lundervold of Middletown; six grandchildren;…
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Donald J. Mantz
Mr. Mantz, 71, of Keyport, died April 2, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was an electrical engineer at Mid-State Controls, Aberdeen, retiring in 2002. He was predeceased by a brother, Fred J. Mantz in 1992. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Lynn Mantz of Middletown; a daughter and son-in-law,…
