• Rockets going the distance, learning to win close games

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The Raritan High School football team has battled through a tough start to the season, playing two games that finished with six-point margins. In their last game, the Rockets defeated Red Bank Regional, 35-34, in a match that went into double overtime. They have almost come to expect close games. “We…

  • Ex-Eagle Barbieri starting at center for Rutgers

    From walk-on to senior tri-captain BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Q uarterback Chas Dodd has created a lot of excitement around Rutgers University football. Rutgers University center Howard Barbieri protects quarterback Chas Dodd from a pass rush during the Scarlet Knights’ Oct. 8 game against Connecticut. Barbieri is a Middletown South High School graduate. COURTESY OF…

  • Freshman Academy smooths transition to high school

    Raritan H.S. programs tailored to first-year students BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer HAZLET — Raritan High School’s Freshman Academy has helped ease incoming students into their first year of high school and reduced disciplinary actions. Barbara Petriello, guidance counselor and freshman transition counselor at Raritan High School, part of the Hazlet Township Public School District,…

  • District outlines new state rules for biology & math

    Students need passing scores on end-of-year assessment BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — In an effort to increase mathematics and science literacy statewide, the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) announced new mandates for high school biology and algebra assessments starting in the 2010-11 academic year, district officials said on Oct. 13. Cresenda Jones,…

  • Charles Kirman Sr.

    Mr. Kirman, 78, formerly of Lincroft, died Oct. 15, 2010, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. An Air Force veteran of the Korean War, he was a past member of the Red Bank Fire Department, Union Hose Fire Company. Mr. Kirman retired as owner of R.P. Boothe Brake Service, Neptune, after which he worked…

  • Elizabeth R. Matthews

    Mrs. Matthews, 76, of Union Beach, died Oct. 4, 2010, at Bayshore Health Care. She was a secretary with Turk Collections in Keyport. Mrs. Matthews was a member of St. John’s Methodist Church, Hazlet, and Grace Methodist Church, Union Beach. She is survived by her husband, Stanley Matthews. A funeral service was held at the…

  • 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 Sheldon DeVesty

    Mr. DeVesty, 80, of Stuart, Fla., and a former resident of the Navesink section of Middletown for 65 years, died Oct. 15, 2010, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Mr. DeVesty served in the Korean War and was a lifetime member of the Navesink Fire Company. He worked as a salesman at All American…

  • Charlotte H. Biegner

    Mrs. Biegner, 80, of Marlboro, died Oct. 5, 2010, at home. Prior to retiring, she was a hostess at the Chowder Pot, Keyport. Mrs. Biegner was predeceased by her husband, George; three brothers, Patrick, Leon and Buster; a sister, Lorraine; and her former husband, Ned Vigil. Surviving are three sons, Ned Vigil of Tennessee, Clyde…

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