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Patricia Nardone
Mrs. Nardone, 72, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died May 3, 2012. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Seton Hall University, West Orange, and was employed as the director of quality control for Burry-Lu Inc., Elizabeth. Surviving are her husband, Vincent Nardone; and a sister, Phyllis Gil. A funeral service was held…
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Kathleen R. Flynn
Ms. Flynn, 63, of Delray Beach, Fla., died March 31, 2012. Born in New York City, she had lived in Staten Island, N.Y., for 30 years before moving to Florida 10 years ago. She earned an associate’s degree fromThe College of Staten Island. Ms. Flynn owned the Early Bird Luncheonette in Staten Island for five…
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Catherine B. Hopwood
Mrs. Hopwood, 78, of Holmdel and formerly of Keansburg and Colts Neck, died April 29, 2012, in Holmdel. She was a communicant and former Eucharistic minister at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Keansburg. Mrs. Hopwood was preceded in death by husband, Walter Hopwood. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-laws, Mary and Louis Femiano of Howell, and…
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Joan S. Clayton Bergstrom
Mrs. Bergstrom, 74, of Howell, died April 30, 2012, of cancer. Prior to retiring in 1966, she was employed as a school bus driver for the Howell Township Board of Education for 30 years. Surviving are four children, April Cottrell of Bordentown, Sherri Clayton of Wall, Chad Clayton of Freehold and Robin Coles of Florida;…
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Martha BellWright
Mrs. Wright, 89, of Hamilton Township, formerly of Freehold, died April 30, 2012, at home. Prior to retiring, she was employed by the Pine Brook Nursing Home, Englishtown, as a certified nurse’s aide. She was predeceased by a son, Nathaniel Wright; a daughter Martha Wright; and her husband, Major Wright. Surviving are four daughters, Augustine…
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Between the bridges: A Brooklyn excursion
DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN I ’ve always been curious about what existed between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges in Brooklyn’s resurging DUMBO district. Although I lived just a short walk away in both Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights for several years in the ’90s, and have walked across the Brooklyn Bridge many times, I never…
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FTHS forensics team lets its words do the talking
BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer The Freehold Township High School forensics team has enjoyed a great deal of success in the 2011-12 season. Most notably, under the direction of coach Philip Drummond, who teaches math at FTHS, four students from the 75-member forensics team have qualified to represent New Jersey at the National Forensic League tournament…
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Ganging up on bullying
Teachers Megan Valentine of Laura Donovan School, Freehold Township, and Katelyn Smith of Colts Neck High School, who are close friends, joined forces to help students recognize and develop strategies to combat bullying in schools. Smith’s class of CNHS Peer Leaders recently went into the classrooms of students in grades 3-5 at Laura Donovan and…
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Pauline A. Emerson
Mrs. Emerson, 82, of Freehold, died April 21, 2012, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Holyoke, Mass., she resided in Freehold for most of her life. She owned and operated Pauline’s Health Foods in both Freehold and Manalapan for many years. She was predeceased by her husband, Bernard, in 1976; and a granddaughter,…
