Barry Battista:  

Life Hi! Lived on Linden Ave and went to school in Verona until 1972 when my family moved to Toms River, NJ. Hated moving before graduating, but I guess Toms River (where is Toms River????) was better than Long Island! Still, would have loved to graduate with all my longtime friends from Verona! Used to visit a couple times a year, and see some people (Susan C., Richard L., Marty B., Jim H., Gary H), but haven't been there for at least ten years. Worked for Loyalty Life Insurance Co (Continental Insurance sub) in Piscataway until they were sold. Miss that place, best job and group of people I ever had and worked with! After Loyalty Life was sold I worked for the U.S. Army for 34 years supporting the Avionics group as a Project Lead/Lead Programmer primarily writing software applications to diagnose problems with the black boxes aboard rotary and fixed wing platforms. Supported groups deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan during both Gulf Wars which was paramount to the troops being able to keep the aircraft flying and com...Expand for more