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Newbury pupils dance to help V Foundation
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer HOWELL — Forget about bake sales and toss out those raffle tickets — students at the Newbury School in Howell have taken school fundraisers to a new level. A massive Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) competition and Gamin’ Ride Mobile Video Game Theater were the main attractions of the school’s April…
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Willie Simons
Mr. Simons, 57, of Freehold, died April 11, 2009, at his niece’s home in Freehold. He was born in Clarksdale, Miss., and had resided in Freehold most of his life. Mr. Simons was a construction worker and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Surviving are his wife, Pamela Manning Simons; two daughters, Antoinette Russin of Dallas,…
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Nightly newscast: Be afraid, be very afraid
Coda • GREG BEAN Whenever someone asked what I did for a living, I never said I’m in “the media.” “I’m a local newspaperman,” I told them. “There’s a big difference.” Fact is, most local newspaper people of my long acquaintance are idealists who really do want to change the world by making a positive…
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School board member owes an explanation
I would like to commend the Freehold Borough Board of Education for their preparation of a lean, yet responsible budget in these uncertain economic times. It appears that a majority of the board truly understands the importance to the town in providing a cost-effective, yet thorough and efficient education. Unfortunately, not all of the board…
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Catherine DiMeo
Mrs. DiMeo, 78, of Howell, died April 19, 2009, at The Manor, Freehold Township. Born in Newark, she was an inspector for General Motors, Linden, before her retirement and was a member of the United Auto Workers Union. Surviving are her husband, Anthony Joseph DiMeo; two sons, Bix DiMeo and Christian DiMeo and his wife,…
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Monmouth County sheriff’s officers are definitely first responders
I must express my disgust at Monmouth County officials’ claim that the Monmouth County sheriff’s officers are not "first responders." This claim surfaced because Sheriff Kim Guadagno instructed her staff to explore applying for a federal grant that would save the jobs of 14 sheriff’s officers facing layoffs. A condition of the grant was that…
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Betty Payne
Ms. Payne, 74, of Marlboro, died April 15, 2009, at home. She was born and raised in Harlem, N.Y., living in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Irvington before moving to Marlboro 33 years ago. Mrs. Payne held various positions at Verizon (formerly New York Telephone) for 40 years before retiring in 1993 as supervisor. In 2002 she…
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Writer says students did not deserve to be criticized
I find it truly amazing that a member of our community has chosen to criticize and denigrate the scientific work and research of an obviously talented group of Manalapan High School Science and Engineering students and their work on a cure for AIDS ("Students Should Have Looked at Other Side of AIDS Issue," News Transcript,…
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Vincent Passarelli
Mr. Passarelli, 82, of Freehold Township and formerly of Old Bridge, died April 18, 2009, at Bartley Health Care, Jackson, He was the owner and operator of Deli Delite in Old Bridge from 1964 to 1990. Mr. Passarelli was predeceased by three sisters, Rose, Anne and Florence. Surviving are his wife of 59 years, Dolores…
