• Lancers hope to use momentum from division title in state playoffs

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Despite an early exit from the Shore Conference Tournament, St. John Vianney is looking to regain its momentum in the state baseball tournament after winning a second consecutive A Central Division title. The Lancers (12-8, 9-3) beat Freehold Township in the conference tournament’s opening round and then lost to top-seed Jackson…

  • SJV rallies past Middletown South to win MCT softball title

    Third straight county win for Lancers BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Middletown High School South’s Taylorray Higgins is safe at third base as St. John Vianney’s Jackie Gallagher covers the bag during the May 19 Monmouth County Tournament final played at Wall High School. Defending champion SJV rallied for a 4-3 win to capture the Lancers’…

  • Jane Waggner

    Mrs. Waggner, 80, of Brick and formerly of Belford, died May 16, 2012, in Brick. She worked at Foodtown before eventually retiring from Wachovia Bank. Surviving are her husband of 56 years, Walter Waggner; three sons and daughtersin law, James and Donna Waggner of Brick, William and Darlene Waggner of Red Bank, and Chris and…

  • Michaele Matthews

    Mrs. Matthews, 65, a lifelong resident of Matawan, diedMay 16, 2012, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was employed for many years as an attendant with the Waitt Funeral Home and worked as a crossing guard for the Matawan Borough Police Department. Mrs. Matthews leaves behind her husband of 43 years, A. Joseph Matthews; a…

  • Dana Noyes Paulus

    Mr. Paulus, 69, a resident of the Navesink section of Middletown since 1998, died May 11, 2012, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She retired five years ago from the marketing/ advertisement field. Mrs. Paulus was a volunteer for the Visiting NurseAssociation and was instrumental in founding the children’s wing at the Monmouth Museum, Lincroft.…

  • Honora “Nancy” Stern

    Mrs. Stern, 82, a resident of Hazlet since 1959, died May 15, 2012. She was predeceased by her husband, Bernard Stern, and a daughter, Elaine Smith. Mrs. Stern is survived by her children, Richard Stern and his wife, Jenny, of Union, Ky., Darlene Maguire and her husband, Patrick, of Eatontown, Craig Stern and his wife,…

  • Frances Hopper

    Mrs. Hopper, 91, a lifelong resident of Keyport, diedMay 3, 2012, at Bayshore Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Holmdel. She was a member of the Hazlet and Keyport senior centers. Mrs. Hopper was also a Key Stepper, a senior line-dancing group that performed at many senior citizen facilities. She was predeceased by her husband, Eugene…

  • Joseph “Poppy” Toomey

    Mr. Toomey, 97, of Hazlet, died May 13, 2012, at the Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. He lived in Staten Island, N.Y., for 60 years before moving to Hazlet. Mr. Toomey worked for the Department of Transportation for 29 years and later worked as a security guard at Staten Island Community College from 1976 to…

  • Margaret “Peggy” Donohue

    Mrs. Donohue, 80, a resident of Hazlet since 1959, died May 15, 2012, at home. She was a communicant at Holy Family Church in Union Beach, where she was a Eucharistic minister, a member of the Altar and Rosary Society and a CCD teacher. Her husband, John Donohue, predeceased her. Surviving are her children, John…

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