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  • Gloria Dombrowski

    Gloria G. Dombrowski, 84, of Freehold Township, died July 1, 2010, at home. She was born in Jersey City and had lived in Bayonne for 51 years before moving to Freehold Township recently. She was the past president of the Police Wives Association, Bayonne. Mrs. Dombrowski was predeceased by her husband, retired Bayonne Police Capt.…

  • on campus •••

    Lindsay Diamond, daughter of Ilisa and Scott Diamond of Marlboro, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston. The 2007 graduate of Colts Neck High School is majoring in kinesiology. Samantha Koellner, daughter of Diane and John Koellner of Englishtown, has been named to the…

  • Rain cannot penetrate half of New Jersey’s surface area

    Many of us breathed a sigh of relief as the drought and mandatory bans on unnecessary water use were lifted. But be warned: We are polluting our drinking water in New Jersey. Our drinking water comes from two sources, surface water from rivers and streams that is stored in reservoirs, and underground water that we…

  • Board names assistant principals

    Manalapan High School will welcome two new assistant principals in September. Former assistant principal Shaun Boylan was named principal of Marlboro High School in June. The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education accepted the resignation of a second assistant principal, Cynthia Baumgartner, during its July 26 meeting. Baumgartner’s reason for departure was listed…

  • Limit public-employee pay for unused time at retirement

    Nearly every day we learn of another public official cashing out an exorbitant amount of unused sick or vacation time at retirement — $132,223 for the Freehold Regional High School District superintendent, $153,790 for the Keansburg police chief, and of course, the infamous $741,000 retirement package to the Keansburg superintendent of schools, which included $184,000…

  • on campus •••

    Matthew L. Nye of Howell received a Master of Science in Nursing from the College of Nursing at Seton Hall University, South Orange. Matthew J. Covello, son of Roslyn and Stephen Covello of Manalapan, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Boston University, School of Management, Boston, Mass. He is a…

  • Evelyn A. Palmisano Voight

    Mrs. Voight, 55, of East Brunswick, formerly of Old Bridge and South River, died July 11, 2010, in Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. She was predeceased by her father, Carmine Palmisano, and by a brother, David Palmisano. Surviving are a daughter, Cheryl Voight Blundell, and her husband, Stuart, of Jackson; her mother, Louise…

  • Changes are cooking in school cafeterias

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — New lunch options, including larger portions for pupils’ grumbling stomachs, will be available at Marlboro’s two middle schools during the upcoming school year. During the July 13 Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education meeting, board members were treated to a sampling of the district’s lunch options as…

  • Beth Ann Stauch

    Beth Ann Stauch, 57, of Neptune City, died July 3, 2010, at the Meridian Sub-Acute Rehabilitation Center, Wall Township. She was born in Neptune and was a lifelong resident of Neptune City. She was a park ranger for the Monmouth County Park System for 35 years, retiring in 2008. After her retirement, she became a…