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  • Raymond L. Robbiani

    Mr. Robbiani, 83, of Farmingdale, diedApril 30, 2008, at home. He was a U.S.Army veteran of World War II and a meteorological engineer project manager in weather radar at CECOM, Camp Evans, Wall. Mr. Robbiani served as president of the Farmingdale Board of Education for 19 years. His wife, Doris E., died in February. Surviving…

  • Unions counter gender-based bias

    Guest Column MARY BETH MAXWELL Rus already know:Americans are witnessing the highest inflation rates seen in over 20 years.According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, food prices climbed nearly 5 percent in 2007, and as housing and energy costs skyrocket out of control, working families are getting squeezed. In these difficult times, we should also…

  • Elsie Brugman Suarez

    Mrs. Suarez, 84, of Morganville, died May 1, 2008, at JFK Medical Center, Edison. She lived in Manalapan for 20 years before moving to Marlboro 24 years ago. Mrs. Suarez is survived by her husband of 59 years, Herminio (Herman) Sr.; a son and daughter-in-law, Herman Jr. and Chrisann ofMorganville; a daughter, Diana Suarez-Ganguzza of…

  • Request for information not always a simple task

    In the News MARK ROSMAN There are some things that drive school superintendents nuts and there are some things that drive newspaper editors nuts. For example, it cannot make the Freehold Borough superintendent of schools feel good when she goes on an Internet message board and reads this posting about the Freehold Intermediate School: “April…

  • Dad says: Where did all the stinking money go?

    Are We There Yet? LORI CLINCH Now and then there comes a time when the bills pile up, the funds run low, and it seems as if our empty bank accounts ring with a hollow, cavernous echo. These times call for extreme measures, and my husband, Pat, likes to gather the family ’round the table,…

  • Bill would support fight against Lyme disease

    As president of LymeQuest Support Group and Advocacy Project, I have watched with sadness as Lyme disease has devastated our communities and our state, disabled countless victims and destroyed lives. Many innocent children suffer and lose their childhood from the ravages of this disease, which can cause cardiac, neurological, musculoskeletal and psychiatric manifestations. Many adults…

  • Photo

    PHOTO COURTESY OF MARLBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT Jennifer Seavers (standing, left) and Nancy Savage (standing, right), the advisers of the Marlboro Middle School Builders Club, join several members of the club to show some of the 2,700 books that were collected and will be donated to the Cramer Elementary School in Camden. See story, page 71.

  • Local student will attend leadership summit

    Melih Gazko, a student at Freehold Township High School, has been selected to attend the 2008 Global Leadership Summit, sponsored by LeadAmerica atAmerican University in Washington, D.C., and Fordham University, N.Y. The Global Leadership Summit is a college-accredited invitational leadership program for academically talented and promising young leaders from across the United States and internationally.…

  • Builders Club puts books in hands of Camden pupils

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO – Pupils at Camden’s Cramer Elementary School will no longer be lacking reading material after receiving a donation of 2,700 books from children at the Marlboro Middle School, Route 520. Handcarts loaded with boxes and plastic containers sat in the entrance of the school showing all who entered the…