Category: Suburban Opinion
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Paying homage to OBHS history, brick by brick
Alumni group plans pathway leading to Lombardi Field BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Time to dust off the yearbook and pull the old varsity jacket out of mothballs. Alumni from all incarnations of the township’s secondary schools are invited to participate in an ambitious high school reunion project. The Old Bridge Alumni…
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John Strincoski
Mr. Strincoski, 81, of Spotswood, formerly of South River, Sayreville and Old Bridge, died July 20, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 1997, he was employed as a licensed plumber for 20 years with the Old Bridge Board of Education. Before that, he worked for Sayreville Plumbing…
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Campers learn the gross, the delicious, and all else
Thousands of area kids choose from diverse subjects during summer camp BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Gabby Banyacski (l-r), 8, of Edison, Chris Banyacski, also 8, and Griffin Maker, 9, of Metuchen, test out their newly designed paper airplanes during a July 28 session of Camp Middlesex at Middlesex County College in Edison. EDISON —…
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Ann Rastak
Mrs. Rastak, 99, of Edison, formerly of East Brunswick, died July 16, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for many years as a cafeteria worker for the East Brunswick Board of Education. Her husband, Gustav, died in 1967. Surviving are a daughter, Judy Adams, and…
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Janet Evanoff
Mrs. Evanoff, 70, of Howell, previously of Old Bridge, died July 24, 2010, at UMDNJ University Hospital, Newark. Mrs. Evanoff retired in 1995 as a bookkeeper for Standard Confectionary, East Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Evanoff Sr., and two brothers, Peter Lees and Clement Lees. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Joseph…
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Theresa Russo
Mrs. Russo, 86, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died July 15, 2010, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for 22 years as a sales clerk and floor person at Kresge’s department store in the former Sayre Woods Shopping Center, Old Bridge. After that, she worked in the kitchen…
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Teen’s dedication, drive land him at West Point
Smith participated in ROTC program all four years at OBHS BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Travis Smith OLD BRIDGE — Many 2010 graduates of Old Bridge High School will be continuing their education at colleges or trade schools in September. But only one will be setting out to tackle four years of intense academics and…
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Christie unveils salary cap plan at local school
Says many school supers’ salaries are out of proportion with economic realities BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Just after signing a law capping property tax increases at 2 percent, Gov. Chris Christie announced another cap proposal, this one intended to cut school spending and direct more money to the classroom. Gov. Chris Christie takes questions…
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