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    Michael Kastner of the Morganville section of Marlboro and a junior at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., participated in “The Wedding Singer,” which played at the college in November. Kastner is a member of the Marist College Council of TheatreArts, a student-run theater organization. Frank Talamo and Rachael Adelfio of Freehold recently participated in the annual…

  • Harry “Dewey” Holmes

    Mr. Holmes, 95, of Marlboro, died Jan. 13, 2012, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran of World War II. Prior to retiring in 1979, Mr. Holmes was employed as a fire chief at Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital. He was predeceased by his wife, Marie Miles Holmes, in 2008. Surviving…

  • Kuhnert family appreciates tribute to coach

    The Kuhnert family would like to express our deepest gratitude to Freehold Borough High School boys basketball coach Ben DiBiase and Freehold Township High School boys basketball coach Brian Golub. Their passion and determination to establish the first annual Kuhnert Classic in order to keep the memory and legacy of Jack Kuhnert alive was a…

  • Cynthia Bosner

    Mrs. Bosner (nee Richman), 83, of Galloway, formerly of Old Bridge, died Jan. 19, 2012, at AtlantiCare Medical Center, Galloway. She was employed as a speech therapist for the Old Bridge Board of Education and also taught classes at Kean University in Union. Surviving are two sons, Kenneth Westreich and his wife, JoAnn, and Alan…

  • Deferred compensation has us in tough spot

    I read in Greg Bean’s recent column of his and others’ displeasure with public workers’ sick and vacation day buy-backs and other benefits they receive when retiring. You are right that some of these stories are appalling, but perhaps you vent your spleen in the wrong direction. These benefits and others like pensions, health, dental…

  • Peter Fuentes

    Mr. Fuentes, 67, of Freehold Township, died Dec. 29, 2011, at The Manor, Freehold Township. For the past five years, he worked in the produce department at ShopRite, Jackson. Prior to that, he was employed for 32 years in the shipping department at the Nestlé Company, Freehold. Mr. Fuentes was predeceased by a brother-in-law, Michael…

  • He’s got his mom on a technicality

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I t has always been an aspiration of mine to raise boys who are domesticated. Not in the way that one would train a cat or dog, mind you (although house training is always a plus), but I strive to be the kind of mother whose boys know their…