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  • Joseph Gibus, 85

       MANVILLE — Joseph "Lefty" Gibus died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 85.    Born in Bath, N.Y., he lived in Manville most of his life.    Mr. Gibus was a licensed New Jersey state master plumber and an owner of Gibus Brothers Fuel Oil Company of Manville, retiring in 1992.    He…

  • Dominick Patero, 74

       PISCATAWAY — Dominick P. Patero died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000, at home. He was 74.    Born and raised in Manville, he moved to Piscataway in the 1960s.    Mr. Patero was a school bus driver for the Piscataway Board of Education for 20 years, retiring in 1990.    He was a communicant of Our Lady of Fatima…

  • Michael Izzo Sr.

       HILLSBOROUGH — Michael Izzo Sr. died Friday, Dec. 15, 2000, at Princeton Medical Center, Princeton.    Born in Italy, he came to the U.S. in 1920 and settled in Brooklyn, N.Y. He later relocated to Plainfield and then to Jamesburg before moving to Hillsborough.    He worked in maintenance for Johns-Manville Corp. in Manville for more than…

  • Puppy mills not healthy for dogs and cats

    By:Marilyn Hondorp To the editor:    Looking for a puppy at a pet shop? Ask where these dogs came from. Most likely they were bred in Iowa, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, or Oklahoma.    If so, then you will no doubt become the "proud" owner of a puppy mill dog.    Did you know these puppies were…

  • Gold’s Gym/Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Poirier is Hun’s level-headed scoring machine By: Justin Feil    Area boys’ hockey teams are finding out quickly what Jonathan Poirier has known for a while.    "I’ve had the scoring touch pretty much my whole life," said The Hun School post graduate. "I still have to work on my defensive play."    Poirier has plenty of opportunity…

  • Punishing Boy Scouts would be unfair

    By:Roy Koons To the editor:    Let’s get this straight. Banning smoking is not discriminatory. Banning drivers from driving without proper safeguards or cars is not discriminatory. Banning choradane is not discriminatory. Banning perverts from schools is not discriminatory. Banning violent people is not discriminatory.    Now, I love all the people that would like to be…

  • Highest court shed no light on the real issue

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 15 By: Packet Editorial    We tried very hard over the last five weeks – throughout what former Secretary of State James Baker termed the "long and arduous process" of resolving the disputed presidential election – not to let what we hoped the outcome would be color our view of the fairest and…

  • Joyce Marie Esock, 53

       MANVILLE — Joyce Marie (Wantrobski) Esock died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2000, at home. She was 53.    Born in Somerville, she lived in Flagtown before moving to Manville 33 years ago.    Mrs. Esock was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville.    Surviving are her husband, Stephen J. Esock; one son, Stephen J.…

  • Michael Ripley, 48

       MANVILLE — Michael Patrick Ripley died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000, at home. He was 48.    Born in Baltimore, Md., he lived in Manville for 16 years. He was an electrician at Top Line Electric Co. in Middlesex.    He was preceded in death by his daughters, Meghan Ripley in 1998; and Shannon Ripley in 1996.    Surviving…