Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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St. Aloysius pupils get taste of acting
After-school program is taught by Howell High School students BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Students in the third through seventh grades at St. Aloysius School, Bennetts Mills Road, are being given the opportunity to learn some of the techniques of theater and acting in an eight-week after-school program. Youngsters who are participating in the “Acting…
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James Alan Van Deursen
Mr. Van Deursen, 76, of North Brunswick, died Dec. 17, 2009, at home. He was a salesman for the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., North Brunswick, for more than 30 years, retiring in 1988. He also owned racehorses. Mr. Van Deursen is survived by his wife, Roseanne Norcia Van Deursen; a daughter and son-in-law, Louise and William…
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Looks like we survived the ‘storm of the decade’
Coda • GREG BEAN By the time this column sees print, the Great Blizzard of 2010, nicknamed “Snowpocalypse” by some creative member of the national press, will just be a memory. You know, before we moved to the East Coast, I used to believe that folks out here were scared of only one thing, and…
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FRHSD releases details of violence, vandalism
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Incidents of violence and vandalism increased in some areas, while other types of incidents showed a decrease during the 2008-09 school year in the Freehold Regional High School District. The district’s annual violence and vandalism report was presented during the Board of Education’s Jan. 11 meeting in Freehold Township. With…
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Toby Shapiro Newmark
Mrs. Newmark, 71, of Oceanport, died Jan. 23, 2010. Born in Lakewood, she had resided in Long Branch prior to relocating to Oceanport in 1962. She was a 36-year member of the Monmouth County Board of Elections. She is survived by her husband, Gerald Newmark; a son and daughter-in-law, Mitchell and Marnie Newmark of Metuchen;…
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District clarifies course change
Contrary to rumors circulating around the Freehold Regional High School District, the child development classes in the district will not be eliminated but will undergo several changes, according to district officials. Concerned parents and students have been contacting local news outlets in recent weeks, worried because of rumors that they said claim the FRHSD will…
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John S. Limaldi
Mr. Limaldi, 68, of Howell, died Dec. 20, 2009, at Ocean Medical Center, Brick. He had lived in Roselle before moving to Howell three years ago. Before his retirement five years ago, Mr. Limaldi was a postal clerk for the U.S. Postal Service in Madison. He was a U.S. Army veteran and served during the…
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Steven Hancheck Jr.
Mr. Hancheck, 77, a resident of Manalapan for 42 years, died Jan. 22, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Before retiring, he was employed at Keystone Plastics in South Plainfield and then Unlimited Auto in Keyport. Mr. Hancheck was a communicant of St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church, Marlboro. Surviving are his wife of 53…
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For the Record
A sentence in the article “Senator’s Bill Proposes Putting End to COAH” that was published in the Tri-Town News on Jan. 28 should have stated that the bill (S-1) proposed by Sen. Raymond Lesniak would also do away with affordable housing obligations that have gone unmet for decades in some towns. The sentence as published…
