• John F. Ryan Sr.

    Mr. Ryan, 86, of Howell, died Oct. 20, 2010, at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the European Theater in the 3rd Armored Division. Mr. Ryan was one of the organizers of the Howell First Aid…

  • Ruth Alice Romeo

    Mrs. Romeo, 86, of Peoria, Ariz., died Oct. 26, 2010, at Hospice of the Valley, Sun City, Ariz. She was born in Old Bridge and had lived in East Brunswick and The Villages in Howell before moving to Peoria in 2008. She was predeceased by a son, James Hess; and a brother, Bud Moneypenny. Mrs.…

  • Claire M. (Walsh) Taggart

    Mrs. Taggart, 92, a resident of Aberdeen for 64 years, died Oct. 11, 2010, at Bayshore Health Care, Holmdel. She was employed as a clerk in the credit department of Macy’s, Menlo Park, retiring in 1993. During World War II, Mrs. Taggart worked making transistor radios for soldiers. She was a communicant of St. Joseph…

  • John K. Swierat Jr.

    Mr. Swierat, 60, of the Belford section of Middletown, died Oct. 6, 2010, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He worked as a courier driver and dispatcher for Impulse Courier Service. Mr. Swierat was predeceased by his parents, John K. Swierat and Teresa Tolentino Swierat. He is survived by his brothers and sisters, Cece Hagenbuch…

  • Damien Ostrowski

    Mr. Ostrowski, 37, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 23, 2010, at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, New Brunswick. He was a U.S. Army veteran and served in Operation Desert Storm. Mr. Ostrowski was a self-employed contractor. Surviving are his wife of 11 years, Jody Ostrowski; his parents, Dan and Gail Ostrowski of Old Bridge;…

  • Naran Laneve

    Mrs. Laneve, 63, of San Francisco, Calif., died Oct. 22, 2010, at Coming Home Hospice, San Francisco. She was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1951, settling in Philadelphia before moving to Howell, where she lived until moving to the Bay Area of San Francisco in the 1970s. She graduated from…

  • Additional research needs to be done on pancreatic cancer

    Recently, several major TV networks teamed together for Stand Up To Cancer, which accelerates groundbreaking research through donations and collaboration among scientists who specialize in particular areas. One area where some progress is being made is pancreatic cancer research, but more still needs to be done. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer…

  • Disagrees with Bean’s description of tenure

    This letter, in response to Greg Bean’s Coda column “Tenure Must Be on the Table in Reform Talks”(Tri-Town News, Oct. 7), is in support of teacher tenure and my prediction of the dire consequences of its removal. Before you discredit my opinions as self-serving, let me state upfront that I am not a teacher, and…

  • The Magic 8-Ball says, ‘Reply hazy; try again’

    Although this column will appear after the Nov. 2 mid-term election, it was written beforehand, which makes it one of the most difficult of the year. I got so frustrated reading conflicting polls from races I’m interested in around the state and nation that I finally said the heck with it, and pulled my Magic…

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