• Ann Clayton McCarty

    Mrs. McCarty, 74, of Howell, died April 26, 2012. She was an elementary-school teacher for the Howell Board of Education for over 34 years, retiring from the Taunton School in 1996. In 1974 she was nominated for the National Outstanding Teacher of the Year award. She was predeceased by a brother, C. Ensley Clayton. Surviving…

  • George Cyril Gmitter

    Mr. Gmitter, 84, of Manalapan, died April 27, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a founding member of St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, Manalapan. Mr. Gmitter served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was also a Merchant Marine for many years. He was predeceased by…

  • Herminio Balagtas

    Mr. Balagtas, 58, of Manalapan, died April 25, 2012, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, due to an automobile accident. Born in Manila, Philippines, he had resided in Manalapan for the past 20 years. Mr. Balagtas worked for the Howell Township school system for many years. Surviving are his wife of 29 years,…

  • Joan Magerkurth

    Mrs. Magerkurth, 76, of Matawan, died April 27, 2012. She was predeceased by a brother, Leonard Lesho. Surviving are her husband of 50 years, William Magerkurth; a daughter, Ann Unsinn and her husband, Timothy, of Fair Haven; a brother, Edward Lesho and his wife, Josephine, of Linden; two sisters-in-law, Margaret Lesho of Virginia Beach, Va.,…

  • business briefs •••

    United Teletech Financial Federal Credit Union elected two members to its volunteer Board of Directors at its annual meeting held on April 23. Ruth Ann Kluin of Freehold was reelected to a three-year term and also named chairman of the board. An active member of United Teletech Financial since 1983, Kluin worked at Bell Labs…

  • Golden Nugget celebrates A.C. grand opening in style

    BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City What happens in Las Vegas is now happening inAtlantic City, too, as Vegas icon Golden Nugget celebrated the grand opening of its newest resort, Golden Nugget Atlantic City, with a weekend-long gala from April 26-29. Golden Nugget has a hotel in Laughlin, Nev., as…

  • Freehold Borough council adopts municipal budget

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Borough Council has adopted a $14.58 million municipal budget for 2012. The budget was adopted on May 7. The spending plan calls for a municipal tax levy of $9 million. Other revenues (i.e., state aid and surplus from the water and sewer utility), will be applied…

  • Middle school pupils earns kudos in math

    MARLBORO — Rachel Zhou, a Marlboro Memorial Middle School (MMMS) eighth-grader and math team member, was honored as a national student leader who successfully completed each of the 2011-12 Continental Math League’s five competitions. Rachel achieved a perfect score in all five events, according to a press release from the Marlboro K-8 School District. The…

  • Student finds his voice with help of family, school, iPad

    Father: ‘Life-changing’ is easy to say; living it is unbelievable BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Enrique Mendez, with his father, John, is recognized by the Old Bridge Board of Education. I t took nine years, but when it finally happened, it was more than worth the wait. Enrique Mendez, a second-grader at the Voorhees Elementary…

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