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    The University of Wisconsin, Madison, has named the following local students to the dean’s list for the spring semester: Sydney Blair Roth of Colts Neck; Alyson Isadora Maugeri of Freehold; Melissa Emily Bachman and Jonathan Ryan Nagel of Manalapan; and Lindsay Elyse Ginsberg and Courtney Starr Sohn of the Morganville section of Marlboro. Misericordia University,…

  • Mary Elizabeth Parker

    Mrs. Parker (née Metzgar), 93, of Freehold, died May 3, 2010, at her daughter’s home in Landenberg, Pa. She grew up in the Poconos where she developed a passion for nature and horses. She graduated from Stamford Hospital School of Nursing in 1940. As a registered nurse, she performed private duty prior to enlisting as…

  • Sheldon “Shelly” Gerald Hare

    Mr. Hare, of Freehold, died May 21, 2010, at home. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Queens prior to moving to Freehold in 1966. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in Berchtesgaden, Germany, as military police. He was a member of the Jewish War Veterans. Mr. Hare was president of Arkay…

  • Douglas C. Hyers

    Mr. Hyers, 62, of Gainesville, Fla., formerly of Freehold, died May 14, 2010. He moved to Gainesville in 1990. Mr. Hyers was predeceased by his father, Leroy Hyers, in 1981, and his mother, Marie Schiverea Hyers, in 1988. He is survived by his companion, Kim Molner of Gainesville; a sister, Suzanne Hyers of Washington, D.C.;…

  • Antoinette Elsworth

    Mrs. Elsworth, 87, of Freehold Township, died May 25, 2010, at the Manor, Freehold Township. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Woodhaven, Queens, prior to moving to Freehold Township in 1990. Her husband, Eric Elsworth, predeceased her in 1992. Surviving are a son, Joseph Elsworth of El Paso, Texas; three daughters, Virginia…

  • Gordon T. McTaggart

    Mr. McTaggart, 48, of Freehold Township, died May 25, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, after a courageous battle with scleroderma. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he lived in Matawan before moving to Freehold in 1984. He was an independent general contractor. He is survived by his wife, Debra; his father, John McTaggart and…

  • Teacher honored with award

    MARLBORO — James Buchanan, an economics teacher at Collier High School in the Wickatunk section of Marlboro, has been selected to receive the izzit.org Teacher of the Year Award for 2010. He has won an all-expenses paid trip to San Francisco for the “Winning Ideas Weekend” conference to be held June 24- 26. At the…