Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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GCU courses to be offered to people 50 and over
Georgian Court University, Lakewood, is launching a new program tailored for individuals 50 and over who want to take advantage of college-level courses on GCU’s campus without tests, grades, or credits. The McAuley Institute for Lifelong Learning will feature special five- to sevenweek courses taught by college faculty in a friendly and informal learning environment,…
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Veronica Elizabeth Lynch Early
Mrs. Early, 87, of Hazlet, died Aug. 22, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She had resided in Chesapeake, Va., the Belford section of Middletown, and Shrewsbury before relocating to Hazlet. Mrs. Early was a former housemother at St. Vincent DePaul Nursing School, Chesapeake. She was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Donald…
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Teacher creates health rap DVD
PLUMSTED — A local teacher has his students hip-hopping for health. Chris Wells, the health teacher at the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School and the New Egypt Primary School, and his cocreator Kurtis Johnson have just released a DVD called “Hip-Hop Health: Learning Concepts Through Physical Activity.” “The overall concept of the DVD is…
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Homeowners win battle, but the war is not over
Coda • GREG BEAN So, the Long Branch homeowners in the MTOTSA neighborhood have finally won a major battle, after years of litigation, protest and uncertainty. They’ll be able to keep their homes in the beachfront neighborhood, and they’ll no longer have to worry that they’ll lose their residences to eminent domain. But when all…
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Kimberly Ann Mack
Mrs. Mack, 47, of Red Bank, died Sept. 17, 2009, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, following a battle with cancer. She was a mammographer at Red Bank Radiology. Mrs. Mack was predeceased by her parents, Arthur Moll Sr. and Patricia Mac- Donald Moll. She is survived by a son, Conor…
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Amelia Mitreuter
Mrs. Mitreuter, 87, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge, died Aug. 23, 2009. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward, and her children, Edward and Margaret. Mrs. Mitreuter is survived by a daughter-in-law, Wanda Mitreuter of Freehold Township; a brother, Charles Metzger of Toms River; a sister, Fran Loepsinger of Westfield; five grandchildren; and two…
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For the Record
In Howell High School’s season opening football victory over Piscataway, the Rebels’ Phil Adamo had two touchdown receptions, both from quarterback Jimmy Ryan. Adamo caught five passes for 100 yards vs. Piscataway. Howell’s Ryan Handy, not his brother Rob Handy, had one touchdown reception, also from Jimmy Ryan. Some information regarding the Rebels’ football statistics…
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Katherine Leschak
Mrs. Leschak, 82, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who has family in Monmouth and Mercer counties, died Sept. 3, 2009, at Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, N.Y. A homemaker, Mrs. Leschak was born in Kremna, Czechoslovakia. Her husband, Peter, died in 1988. She is survived by a son, John Leschak, and his wife, Karen, of Howell;…
