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  • Salvatore V. Longo

    Mr. Longo, 21, of Manalapan, died at home on May 21,2009. Born in Freehold, he was a lifelong resident of Manalapan. A graduate of Manalapan High School, he was a junior at Rutgers University and a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Surviving are his parents, Roseann and Gerald Longo; three siblings Vincent, Gerard and…

  • Evelyn R. Kronke

    Ms. Kronke, 86, of Freehold Township, died May 18, 2009. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from Montclair State College and her master’s degree from New York University, serving on the educational staff at Ramsey High School for 35 years, first as an English teacher and finally as a guidance counselor. After retiring from the Ramsey…

  • Dennis K. McGackin Jr.

    Mr. McGackin, 27, died May 21, 2009, in Freehold Township. He was a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, class of 2000, and attended the Berklee College of Music, Boston, Mass. He was employed at Dick’s Sporting Goods, Freehold Township. He was the Mc- Gackin family historian. Mr. McGackin is survived by his parents, Dennis…

  • Robert W. Kreudl

    Mr. Kreudl, 70, of Freehold Township, died May 20, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He had lived in Edison before moving to Freehold Township 19 years ago. Mr. Kreudl, a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, was a juvenile detention officer for Monmouth County for many years, retiring in 2003. His wife, Mary K.,…

  • Mary Bucco Buonano

    Mrs. Buonano, 89, of Morganville, died May 22, 2009, at Victoria Health Care Center, Matawan. She resided in the New Monmouth section of Middletown, prior to relocating to Morganville 20 years ago. She was employed at Buonano Family Convenience Store, Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband, Fredrick, in 2000. She is survived by…

  • MHS team places second in science competition

    MANALAPAN — A group of Manalapan High School sophomores who came up with an idea to use innovative gene therapy technology to cure people with HIV/AIDS have moved up in the ranks of competition. Mojin Chen, Vaidhy Murti, Tejas Srinivasan and Jeremy Puthumana, all of whom are students in the Freehold Regional High School District’s…

  • Rose Gesior

    Ms. Gesior, 69, of Howell, died May 23, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. She worked as an office controller for Sansone Auto in Neptune for about 10 years. Ms. Gesior was an usher at the Two River Theater Company and volunteered many hours making stuffed bears for children with cancer. She…

  • Teens put medical knowledge to good use

    FHS seniors prepare lessons for children at Colts Neck primary school BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Freehold High School students (l-r) Jennifer Sun, Meha Halari, Harsha Ayyala and Nikita Ekhelikar conduct a dance activity with pupils at the Conover Road Primary School, Colts Neck, during an interactive health fair that brought together…

  • Hettie L. Chiarchiaro

    Mrs. Chiarchiaro, 83, of Aberdeen, died May 26, 2009, at Regency Park Health Care Center in Hazlet. Born and raised in Vale, N.C., she obtained her LPN license while employed at Marlboro State Hospital from 1951-1954. Mrs. Chiarchiaro was a member of the Boarding Home Association and proprietor of Parker Boarding Home from 1956 until…