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    A visit by a therapy dog to the Parsons Elementary School in North Brunswick on March 7 gave one first-grader a chance to do some hands-on learning. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Weathermen going overboard these days

    Wind chill haters, unite! When I was a kid, temperatures were temperatures, and if you did not have enough sense to dress for the cold, your mother did: “Put your mackinaw, leggings and hat on before you go out — and close the door behind you!” Why all the hype in today’s weather forecasting? Why…

  • Resident seeking answers from Marlboro

    My property borders Insurance Auto Auctions (IAA) at 426 Texas Road, Marlboro. IAA’s operating hours per their license are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. They are not licensed to work beyond those hours — yet they do. We are exposed to noise, huge trucks, and clouds of dust and dirt they create.…

  • Douglas M. Tashjian

    Mr. Tashjian, 64, of Freehold, died Feb. 7, 2014, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was employed as a distributor for Marriott Hotels for many years. Mr. Tashjian was predeceased by a brother, Daniel. Surviving are many loving relatives and friends. Arrangements were under the direction of the Freeman Funeral Home, Freehold. Interment was…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    He’s just trying to make Mom better Lori Clinch When our first-born son left for college, it broke my heart. I cried when he packed his boxes, sobbed when he loaded the car, and I sniveled all over myself as I drove away and left that young man at a campus home far away from…

  • Olive Trippiedi

    Mrs. Trippiedi, 91, of Freehold, formerly of Brooklyn and Queens, N.Y., died Feb. 16, 2014. She was employed by Mergenthaler Linotype, Brooklyn, N.Y., prior to becoming an aide for the New York City Board of Education. Mrs. Trippiedi was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Trippiedi. Surviving are three children, Janice Rocco, Richard Trippiedi and his…

  • IN THE NEWS

    Public relies on board members for info about school matters Mark Rosman During the school board election season in the fall of 2013, I half-jokingly instructed the reporters on my staff to ask the following question to residents who were running for a seat on their local school board: “If you are elected, will you…

  • Catherine “Kitty” Pancetti

    Mrs. Pancetti, 83, of Manalapan and Jupiter, Fla., formerly of Colts Neck, died Feb. 24, 2014, at St. Mary’s Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Fla. She worked at New Dorp High School, Staten Island, N.Y., from 1967-84. Mrs. Pancetti was predeceased by a grandson, Jeffrey Pancetti; a brother, Michael Graziano; and two sisters, Rose Toto…

  • John M. Duffy

    Mr. Duffy, 77, of Staten Island, N.Y., died Feb. 28, 2014, in Manalapan. Prior to retiring in 1996, he was a New York City firefighter for Engine Company 151, Staten Island, for 31 years. He was predeceased by his three siblings, Mary Garrison, and Jim and Frank Duffy. Surviving are his wife, Rose Sciusco; three…