Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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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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Television’s the medium, but what’s the message?
CODA GREG BEAN Let me set the scene: It’s a long-ago Saturday evening. Great-Grandma, Great- Grandpa, Grandma and Grandpa are coming to dinner at our house. My bride has been cooking all day. The wee bairns are bathed and tidied, their cowlicks plastered down, and they have been warned to be on their best behavior.…
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Josephine K. Drogan Curley
Mrs. Curley, 89, of South River, died March 10, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1984, she was employed for nine years as a seamstress with Wilshire Coats, South River. Before that, she worked at Woronowitz Hankerchief Factory, South River, for 30 years. She was predeceased by…
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Monroe officials saddened over proposed departure
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer MONROE — The Board of Education held a special meeting March 15 regarding its budget and the future of its send-receive relationship with Jamesburg. Monroe originally sought to charge Jamesburg a tuition rate of $18,933, but that was reduced to $16,100 in conjunction with the Middlesex County executive superintendent’s office.…
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John L. Pleva
Mr. Pleva, of East Brunswick, formerly of South River, died March 10, 2011, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1980, he was employed as a welder for Hercules/Aqualon, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 35 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Ann. Surviving are two daughters,…
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Roy Ellison
Mr. Ellison, 92, of East Brunswick, formerly of SouthAmboy, died March 8, 2011, in CareOne at East Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1983, he was employed as a foreman at Hercules Inc., Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 35 years. After that, he worked for 25 years at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, East…
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Carl P. Baron Sr.
Mr. Baron, 88, of South River, died March 15, 2011, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. Prior to his retirement in 1986, he was employed as a millwright with National Lead Industries, Sayreville, where he worked for 39 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Lottie Burek Baron; a son, Robert Baron; a brother, John Baron;…
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Matthew “Poncho” Chionchio
Mr. Chionchio, 69, formerly of Sayreville, died March 14, 2011, in Palace Gardens Assisted Living, Homestead, Fla. Prior to his retirement in 1998, he was employed for nine years as a school custodian for the East Brunswick Board of Education. Before that, he worked for more than 20 years as school custodian at Our Lady…
