Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Spotswood students seek gowns to be donated to those in need
SPOTSWOOD — Two students at Spotswood High School are organizing a prom gown collection in order to help girls who can’t afford their own. Jessica Corrente and Emily Johnson decided to help others their age after reading a magazine article about Ashley Greene’s mission. The “Twilight” actress is the spokeswoman of DonateMyDress.org, a national campaign…
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Michael Congiusta
Mr. Congiusta, 20, of East Brunswick, died March 10, 2011, in Hackensack University Medical Center. He was completing his junior year at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Surviving are his parents, Paul and Catherine Palino Congiusta; two brothers, Paul and Christopher; two good friends, Katelyn Santoro and Meghan Cosentino; his aunts and uncles, Steven Congiusta, and…
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Gloria Critelli Smalley
Mrs. Smalley, 87, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 16, 2011, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Smalley. Surviving are a son, Robert Smalley, and his wife, Ann, of The Villages, Fla.; two daughters, Joyce Porambo, and her husband, Joseph, of East Brunswick and Jeanne McDowell of…
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Rose A. Allen
Mrs. Allen, 74, of East Brunswick, died March 18, 2011, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was employed as a secretary for the New Jersey State Police, Troop D Headquarters, where she worked for 19 years. She was predeceased by a granddaughter, Rosie Price. Surviving are her husband, Richard Allen; six children, Donna…
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Jane Loy Rodgers
Mrs. Rodgers, 81, of Lower Gwynedd, Pa., formerly of Sayreville, died March 15, 2011, in Artman Lutheran Home, Ambler, Pa. Prior to her retirement in 1985, she was a plant-manager secretary for Hercules Inc., Parlin section of Sayreville, where she worked for 25 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Norman Francis Rodgers, and by…
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Noreen Elizabeth De Freitas
Ms. De Freitas, 65, of Georgia, formerly of Florida and East Brunswick, died March 12, 2011, at home. Prior to her retirement in 2004, she was a certified nurse’s assistant at Summerhill Nursing Home, Old Bridge, where she worked for five years. She was predeceased by her mother, Aileen De Freitas, and her father, Sydney…
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Anna Marie Durr Keane
Mrs. Keane, 75, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick, died March 17, 2011, in Robert Wood JohnsonUniversityHospital, NewBrunswick. Surviving are her husband, John Keane; three sons, Patrick Keane of Davie, Fla., Kevin Keane of Monroe and Brian Keane, and his wife, Holly, of East Brunswick; a daughter, Margaret Westfall, and her husband, Neal, of Las…
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Monroe students bring ‘sunshine’ to ill children
Teacher, teenagers visit Maine camp to bond with campers, families BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Monroe’s Camp Sunshine volunteers this year included (front, l-r) Sabrina Sigismondo, Jason Spennato, Stephanie Sheiner and Jamie Costa; (middle) Jessica Koslowitz, Arvid Pagsanjian Susan Stasi; and (back row) Angela Stasi, Donna Spatola, Sarah Saieva and Matt Kusnetz. MONROE — Traveling…
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Helen La Grande
Mrs. La Grande, 87, of South River, died March 5, 2011. Surviving are her husband, Salvatore La Grande; a son, Christopher La Grande, and his wife, Suzanne; two daughters, Rose Marie Marques, and her husband, Tony, and Salena Desiano, and her husband, Chris; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A Mass was offered at Corpus Christi…
