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Stella Barski
Ms. Barski, 84, of Cranford and formerly of Holmdel, died February 9, 2011, at home. She was a postal worker with the U.S. Postal Service. Ms. Barski was a cancer survivor and volunteered her time at Union Hospital. She was predeceased by a daughter, Catherine Harris. She is survived by a son, Thomas Barski of…
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Inge M. Swetits
Mrs. Swetits, 83, of Middletown, died Feb. 4, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was born in Ball, Germany. Mrs. Swetits is survived by her husband, Charles Swetits; a son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Barbara Swetits; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A funeral liturgy was offered at St. Mary’s Chapel, Middletown. Burial followed…
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Dorothy F. (Handel) Wedemeyer
Mrs. Wedemeyer, 88, a resident of Cliffwood/ Aberdeen for 55 years, died Feb. 3, 2011, in Jackson. She was predeceased by her husband, William F. Wedemeyer Sr., whom she had known since they were 5 years old; a daughter, Dorothea F. Olney; a daughter-in-law, Kathryn O. Wedemeyer; and her 11 siblings, Pearl, Freida, Margaret, Eva,…
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Frank Mazen
Mr. Mazen, 72, of Hazlet, died Feb. 3, 2011, at his home. He worked as an electronic technician for Industrial Controls in Ocean Township. Surviving are his wife, Regina Peck Mazen; a daughter, Donna M. Jones and her husband, David, of Cape Coral, Fla.; his stepchildren, Regina and Joseph; two sisters, Michele Jasinksi of Union…
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on campus
Jeffrey Tyler De Leon, son of Alfredo and Nanette De Leon of Middletown, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Wake Forest University, Winston- Salem, N.C. He is a biochemistry major with a German minor and a Middletown High School South graduate. Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pa., has named the…
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Brookdale to host free Black History lecture
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown, will host a lecture presentation by Dr. DeForest Soaries 6-8 p.m. Feb. 22. The community is invited to the free Black History Month event, to be held in the Warner Student Life Center’s Twin Lights rooms Soaries was the first African-American male to serve as New Jersey’s Secretary…
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business briefs
One dollar at a time, one “Breakfast with Santa” at a time for 12 years, and the Northern and Central New Jersey and Long Island Applebee’s restaurants have raised nearly $2.5 million for the U.S. Marine Corps’ “Toys for Tots” program. This year, the Middletown Applebee’s alone raised nearly $11,500 to benefit less-fortunate children in…
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NOTES
Three students from Mater Dei Prep in the New Monmouth section of Middletown are hosting a diaper collection 12:30-5 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Hazlet Pathmark on Route 35. Anna Connors, Joseph DiTomasso and Nick Benicasa will be collecting money or packages of diapers to benefit the March of Dimes’ “Every Little Bottom” program. Today,…
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Surprise! Schools told to brace for a possible cut in state aid
IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN File this one in the “not very good news” department. The New Jersey School Boards Association reported last week that while Gov. Chris Christie’s budget message is still several weeks away, “New Jersey school districts are bracing for the possibility of further cuts in state aid to districts.” Oh, that’s…
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