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Nanny states say being healthy is no cakewalk
CODA GREG BEAN It’s funny what memories of childhood stick with you as clearly as if they happened yesterday. I remember a night when I was in second grade, when the school I was attending had its annual fundraising carnival, and part of the festivities featured a cake walk — a long table full of…
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Vincent J. Laraia
Mr. Laraia, 79, of Howell, died April 12, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Mr. Laraia was employed as a licensed professional engineer and worked as a chemical engineer for Merck & Co. in Rahway and Whitehouse Station for 35 years, retiring in 1993.…
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Eugene J. “Geno” Valentine
Mr. Valentine, 91, a native of Glen Lyon, Pa., formerly of Michigan, died May 5, 2012, at the home of his son and daughter-in-law in the Morganville section of Marlboro. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. Prior to retiring, he was employed as a quality control…
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John J. “Irish” Lazarus Jr.
Mr. Lazarus, 67, of Farmingdale, formerly of Nutley and Tinton Falls, died May 8, 2012, at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, from complications from multiple myeloma. He was a self-employed investment adviser and a chartered life underwriter. Mr. Lazarus served as an officer with the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Surviving are his…
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Marlboro students excel at competition
MARLBORO — Last month, 38 students from the Marlboro Middle School traveled to The College of New Jersey, Ewing, to compete in the annual New Jersey Technology Student Association (NJTSA) Middle School State Conference. There were more than 350 middle school students from 15 middle schools across the state in attendance this year. MMS-TSA members,…
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Soccer coaches will play for charities
On May 18 the Manalapan Soccer Club and the Marlboro SoccerAssociation will join together for the second annual Coaches Classic for Charity to benefit the Samaritan Center and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The Samaritan Center, based in Manalapan, provides food to individuals and families in need in Manalapan, Marlboro, Englishtown and Millstone Township. According…
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Middle school pupils earns kudos in math
MARLBORO — Rachel Zhou, a Marlboro Memorial Middle School (MMMS) eighth-grader and math team member, was honored as a national student leader who successfully completed each of the 2011-12 Continental Math League’s five competitions. Rachel achieved a perfect score in all five events, according to a press release from the Marlboro K-8 School District. The…
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Youngsters excel at Odyssey of the Mind
Members of the Ivy League Day Camp Odyssey of the Mind team, hailing from Manalapan and Marlboro, are planning to participate in the Odyssey of the Mind finals in Iowa on May 23. A lthough the Odyssey of the Mind educational program is no longer offered in some local schools, a group of young people…
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Joan Magerkurth
Mrs. Magerkurth, 76, of Matawan, died April 27, 2012. She was predeceased by a brother, Leonard Lesho. Surviving are her husband of 50 years, William Magerkurth; a daughter, Ann Unsinn and her husband, Timothy, of Fair Haven; a brother, Edward Lesho and his wife, Josephine, of Linden; two sisters-in-law, Margaret Lesho of Virginia Beach, Va.,…
